Chapter 9—Computerized Medical Technology: Meeting the Challenge and Issue of Standards

H Eden; GC Macks

doi:10.1520/STP35178S

SYMPOSIA PAPER Published: 01 January 1983

STP35178S

Chapter 9—Computerized Medical Technology: Meeting the Challenge and Issue of Standards

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No computer can deterministically produce valid results from invalid data. Any attempt to use computers to enhance decisions in medicine is thus limited by “problems of consensus and authority of the underlying information”. The problems of uncertainty and error exist in the data bases of all medical specialties.

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Eden, H

Biomedical Engineering and Instrumentation Branch, DRS, The National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md

Macks, GC

Office of Clinical and Management Systems, Clinical Center, The National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md

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Developed by Committee: F04

Pages: 91–105

DOI: 10.1520/STP35178S

ISBN-EB: 978-0-8031-4866-6

ISBN-13: 978-0-8031-0235-4

Chapter 9—Computerized Medical Technology: Meeting the Challenge and Issue of Standards

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