The writer Dr. RK Umesh Singh, is a REGIONAL MANAGER for SIEMENS, MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS SYSTEM in JEDDAH (KSA), since last 6yrs. SIEMENS is a global Multinational (GERMANY) Co.
Conscientious Physicians must realize that the explosion in bio-medical knowledge renders what they learned in Medical school incomplete or outdated. Many physicians now use computer based educational products to augment their learning and accumulate the continuing medical education credits required by state boards or professional societies. Some of these products utilize multimedia technology including sound, video and graphics to make a point, illustrate a finding, or simulate a clinical case. The National Board of medical Examiners in the USA is developing computer based case simulations to be used to assess physician’s clinical knowledge and behavior during the National Board of Examination, a requirement for medical practice licensure.
Medical researchers increasingly use data routinely collected by electronic medical record systems. To exploit the increasing availability of large databases of clinical information, researchers have developed techniques for the discovery of causal relations from routinely collected data. These approaches are important because the high cost of randomized controlled trials precludes their application to all but the most pressing research questions. The validity of conclusions derived from routinely collected data depends on the accuracy of those data. Medical Informatics has identified the accuracy of data in electronic records and in computer based registries as significant problems.
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