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