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The application of computing technology to healthcare is long-established and rapidly growing, with new horizons opening up rapidly as a result of increased processing power, lower costs, increased recognition of the potential improvements to health care and its delivery, and the managerial and research potential of quality databases capable of easier analysis. However, new technical opportunities often need matching new policies and controls, and this has not had sufficient attention.
“ We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.” Oscar Wide
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Rigby, M. (1997). Keeping Confidence in Confidentiality: Linking Ethics, Efficacy, and Opportunity in Health Care Computing — A Case Study. In: Anderson, R. (eds) Personal Medical Information. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-59023-8_11
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