Applied medical informatics for the chest physician: information you can use!
The world of applied medical informatics is changing rapidly. This is the first of a three-part series of articles on applied medical informatics that will bring the practicing chest physician up to date on the structure, function, benefits, and drawbacks of the electronic medical record and all of its components, including the virtual ICU and the daily practice of medicine.
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI. Electronic address: wbria@umich.edu.
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D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical; D050316:Medical Order Entry Systems; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized