DocumentCode
1521394
Title
Early Biomedical Computing and the Roots of Evidence-Based Medicine
Author
November, Joseph A.
Author_Institution
Univ. of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
Volume
33
Issue
2
fYear
2011
Firstpage
9
Lastpage
23
Abstract
The heavily computerized evidence-based medicine (EBM) approach to diagnosis and care aims to reorient medical practice toward adhering to standards and protocols generated by mass data analysis. By clarifying the connections between the 1960s National Institutes of Health effort to computerize medicine and the recent proliferation of EBM, this article illuminates the intellectual and institutional challenges of introducing information technology to medicine.
Keywords
data analysis; information technology; medical computing; medical information systems; medicine; National Institutes of Health effort; biomedical computing; evidence based medicine approach; information technology; mass data analysis; medicine computerization; Biomedical communication; Biomedical computing; History; Medical diagnostic imaging; Medical services; automation; computers and society; evidence-based medicine; healthcare; history of computing; organizational; public policy issues; software;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1058-6180
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MAHC.2011.35
Filename
5771309
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