This is the first article in a two-part series on the impact the information revolution is having
on medicine." It might be interesting to point out," says author Michael OReilly," that most of …

Comments on the need for medical practitioners to manage the use of information
technology in the 21st century. Caution against total dependence on the medium; Choices to …

The first communication in this series, published in the January issue (Arch Intern Med125:
157-161), examined medical care as a system and concluded that the prerequisite to …

A look back at the advancement of modern medicine over the last 20 years is breathtaking.
Who could have foreseen the introduction of computer axial tomography, magnetic …

Amajor anomaly of the Information Age is that a huge sector of the US economy has been so
lacking—and for so long—in its use of information technology (IT). As dozens of major …

Corresponding author: Wynne M. Snoots, MD, 3434 Swiss Avenue, Suite 104, Dallas, Texas
75204 (e-mail: snoots@ bhcs. com). subsequently expanded. These codes in particular lack …

Focuses on factors hampering the application of information technology on medical
information. Disappointment by medical executives over the cost-effectiveness of information …

PROLOGUE: One of the newest commodities in the health care marketplace is health
information; close on its heels is the technology that is emerging to manage, move, and …

IWAS VERY PLEASED to be invited to respond to Dr. Huth's paper. I have been interested in
the information explosion for more than a decade, since I became interested in medical …

Edward J. Huth, editor, Annals of Interna [Medicine, proposes that pressures for keeping
updated can be offset by getting informa-tion for the immediate problem at hand. He …