Electronic Patient Records and Clinical Research

C. Safran

doi:10.1055/s-0038-1638024

Yearbook of Medical Informatics, Table of Contents

Yearb Med Inform 1995; 04(01): 98-102
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1638024

Review Paper

Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart

Electronic Patient Records and Clinical Research

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C. Safran

¹Center for Clinical Computing, Beth Israel Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

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Computer-based Patient Records - Clinical Data Analysis

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