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Information Systems for Rural Health: Problems and Potential Benefits

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Technology and Health: Man and His World

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Medical Informatics ((LNMED,volume 7))

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Computer-based medical information systems can serve patients directly and personally in only a very limited number of ways. These include, for example, obtaining the interrogative patient history; interpretation of physiological signals such as electrocardiogram spirogram, electromyogram; and monitoring of intensive care by sampling of patient measurements and treatment interventions.

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  1. D. A. B. Lindberg
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  1. Institut für Dokumentation, Information und Statistik, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 6900, Heidelberg 1, Germany

    Gustav Wagner

  2. Dept. für Biometrie und Dokumentation, Abt für klinische Datenverarbeitung und Dokumentation der Med. Hochschule, Karl-Wiechert-Allee 9, 3000, Hannover 61, Germany

    Peter L. Reichertz

  3. Via Tarvisio 5, I-00198, Roma, Italy

    Ezio Masè

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Lindberg, D.A.B. (1980). Information Systems for Rural Health: Problems and Potential Benefits. In: Wagner, G., Reichertz, P.L., Masè, E. (eds) Technology and Health: Man and His World. Lecture Notes in Medical Informatics, vol 7. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-49276-1_6

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