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Implementing electronic medical records

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Despite a number of challenges, patients' medical records are slowly making the transition to the digital age.

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        cover image Communications of the ACM
        Communications of the ACM  Volume 52, Issue 11
        Scratch Programming for All
        November 2009
        135 pages
        ISSN:0001-0782
        EISSN:1557-7317
        DOI:10.1145/1592761
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