RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Uses of internet technology in clinical practice
JF Saudi Medical Journal
JO Saudi Med J
FD Prince Sultan Military Medical City
SP 661
OP 665
VO 22
IS 8
A1 Mansoor, Ibrahim
YR 2001
UL http://smj.org.sa/content/22/8/661.abstract
AB The practice of medicine has extended itself to vast areas and requires active clinicians to systematize and organize their workload through the use of the most up-to-date digital and computer communication technologies. Computerization and worldwide accessibility of information has especially provided great assistance in this regard. The explosive growth of medical information increases the need for the use of these new methods of organizing and accessing data. This article briefly summarizes a few of the vital tools that internet technology has provided clinical practice, with the aid of basic concepts of internet, database systems, hospital systems and data security and reliability.