T he computer, now generally regarded as man's second-best friend, could prove to be a
thorn in his side when issues of computer-related liability reach Canadian courts, a …

The electronic computer is about to invade the practice of medicine. Virtually every major
medical school and hospital is either experimenting with the application of the computer to a …

The traditional legal rule used to measure the adequacy of a provider's delivery of care is the
custom of other providers in the defendant's locality. Many courts have expanded the …

The use of electronic computers in the field of medical care is burgeoning. While most
systems presently operating perform administrative functions, such as handling patient …

As the computer industry blazes forward, expanding the frontiers of technology, our lives are
opened to both a wonderful array of possibilities and a frightening range of vulnerabilities …

On July 5, 1967, a computer in Washington, DC, analyzed electrocardiograms of patients in
France and returned interpretations within thirty seconds. 1 That feat, which utilized a …

Physicians routinely use computers to store, access, and retrieve medical information. As
computer use becomes even more widespread in medicine, failure to utilize information …

The traditional legal rule used to measure the adequacy of a provider's delivery of care is the
custom of other providers in the defendant's locality. However, some courts have adopted …

The Internet is changing the delivery of healthcare services. A radiologist, from her home,
studies a set of pictures at 2: 00 am for an Emergency Room patient who has been in an …

In this full-length Foreword, John Norris and David Szabo discuss the trend towards the
development of substantially integrated and automated multi-institutional health care …