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Methods Inf Med 2016; 55(05): 403-421
DOI: 10.3414/ME15-12-0005
DOI: 10.3414/ME15-12-0005
Original Articles
Discussion of “The New Role of Biomedical Informatics in the Age of Digital Medicine”
Further Information
Publication History
15 August 2016
Publication Date:
08 January 2018 (online)
Summary
This article is part of a For-Discussion-Section of Methods of Information in Medicine about the paper “The New Role of Biomedical Informatics in the Age of Digital Medicine” written by Fernando J. Martin-Sanchez and Guillermo H. Lopez-Campos [1]. It is introduced by an editorial. This article contains the combined commentaries invited to in -dependently comment on the paper of Martin-Sanchez and Lopez-Campos. In subsequent issues the discussion can continue through letters to the editor.
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