Medical and Care Compunetics 3

For citizen/patient-related information, it is necessary to use the latest medical and care compunetics. This publication covers aspects concerning information supply to patient and professional; electronic health records, its standards, its social implications; and developments in medical and care compunetics.

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This publication covers aspects concerning information supply to patient and professional; electronic health records, its standards, its social implications; and new developments in medical and care compunetics. For citizen/patient-related information, it is necessary to use the latest medical and care compunetics. The editors recognize the possible thread to patient safety of the information available on the internet. They also see the problems of professionals to find information on the latest developments in medical and care compunetics in a structured way. This book is dedicated to the co-founder of the ICMCC Foundation, Prof. Swamy Laxminarayan, who passed away on September 29, 2005.