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Ann Thorac Surg 2000;69:1821-1822
© 2000 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Invited commentary

William S. Weintraub, MDa

a Division of Cardiology, Emory University School of Medicine, 1639 Pierce Dr, WMB 319, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA

e-mail: bill@ecor.eushc.org

Who would have predicted the world that is currently developing around us? The world of medicine, included, is in the process of undergoing a profound change in the way information is handled that will affect medical education and health care delivery in dramatic ways. We can get a glimpse of the changes that are coming in the paper by Ratcliffe and associates, which is presented in the current issue of The Annals. The authors have developed and tested an internet-based system for collecting postoperative data after coronary artery bypass surgery. The application permits data collection, note generation, and variation in practice pattern from clinical pathways. Unlike most current data collection applications in hospitals, this application is written in Java and is internet based, potentially . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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