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Information and its handling and transmission form an essential part of health care and are reflected in professional standards. Automated information systems in health care-health informatics services-will improve these functions and bring new opportunities through the harnessing of modern information and communications technologies. Thus, computer support is now essential in many parts of medicine, the US Institute of Medicine has long espoused the value of computerised patient records, 1 and many countries have developed strategies on this topic, and there are countless health related internet sites.
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