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A Joint Endeavor

Thomas L. Lincoln, MD

JAMA. 1983;249(5):610-612.

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IN THE 1970s, computers evolved into sophisticated information processing and communication systems. The 1980s will demonstrate the full impact of what they can do. Much has been written about the implications of this new electronic revolution,^1-5 and the outlines of a new information processing world are now evident. Today we may confidently project a new generation of computer systems that will accommodate the full functional diversity that health professionals require as end users of information. Equipment exists,⁶ dramatic examples can be demonstrated,^7,8 and the price is almost right.

Without preempting the expertise of the systems designers who will be responsible for providing new working systems, the future should look something like this: large mainframe computers will concern themselves with bulk tasks, eg, managing common archives and reorganizing large files, mainframe satellites will be involved in printing extensive batch reports, and communication nodes will link the archives with . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
From the Los Angeles County/University of Southern California Medical Center, Clinical Information Systems, Los Angeles.

Footnotes
Reprint requests to Los Angeles County/University of Southern California Medical Center, 1200 N State St, Clinical Information Systems, Room 12-700 General Hospital, Los Angeles, CA 90033 (Dr Lincoln).

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