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Clinicians in the Veterans Affairs (VA) health system have been afforded a valuable experience by participating in the development of clinical computer systems. They have participated in the development of a user-directed, innovative, and increasingly more sophisticated, more comprehensive computer technology. Over a multidecade span, VA clinician users have never failed to move ahead just because the tools were not yet available for a perfect application. The available tools were always used to their maximum capability, thereby stimulating new capacity. As new capabilities became available, the developed applications readily assumed new functionality and improved user friendliness.
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Fletcher, R.D., McManus, C. (1997). Developing Clinical Computer Systems: Applications in Cardiology. In: Kolodner, R.M. (eds) Computerizing Large Integrated Health Networks. Computers in Health Care. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-0655-2_19
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