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Workstations as enabling technologies for computer-based patient records.

P N Rosen
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Advances in computer-based technologies and cultural changes occurring in the workplace are changing the way we work and share information. Networked, distributed computing environments offer the promise of improving the quality of patient care and containing costs. Understanding and overcoming the cognitive and behavioral barriers of machine-man interactions will help us to fulfill that promise.

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P N Rosen. 1994. Workstations as enabling technologies for computer-based patient records.. https://doi.org/10.1016/0020-7101(94)90033-7

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