On Thu, 30 Jul 1998 11:27:04 +0100, Chris Salter wrote:
>Not criticising but is not the latter, i.e. maintaining awareness of
>changes in practices, one of the critical problems faced by all medical
>professionals. Especially for GP's who don't have the advantage of
>specialisation to limit the number of pulses they need to keep their
>fingers on. Given an efficient information retrieval interface, is this
>not where the Internet has the potential for changing the face of
>medicine. Yes, I realise I am preaching to the converted! :-) It's just
>that awareness, or rather the lack of it, is arguably the main reason
>this patient feels it necessary to impose himself on this august
>assembly.
Absolutely right, Chris.
However, we have a flood spearheaded by a tidal wave!
You know, of course, the problems of that elusive "efficient
information retrieval interface".
Order, some kind of order, is required. I am not talking about
gateway or portal sites either. The problem is far deeper and harder
than that.
Ahmad
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