As computerization of medical systems and health records progresses, and numerous systems become linked, a likely outcome might be:
a. obscuration or piracy of individual identities
b. longer delays in aggregate and individual processing of data
c. misdiagnosis because individual data are not considered
d. ability to comprehensively search information on any condition
D
Once numerous systems become linked, the ability to comprehensively search information on any condition will be available. Currently records are frequently unavailable either within a single institution or between health institutions. This unavailability results in unnecessary delays, costly unneeded repetition of tests when data are inaccessible, complete loss of important information, and inability to provide appropriate coordination and continuity of care.
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