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This paper reflects on the development of computer assisted medical decision making and biomedical research, and concludes that, despite long standing difficulties in these areas, routine reliance on computers will become firmly established within the current decade.
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Vidal, J.J. (1981). Integrated Computing & Telecommunications in Biomedical Research and Medicine. In: Grémy, F., Degoulet, P., Barber, B., Salamon, R. (eds) Medical Informatics Europe 81. Lecture Notes in Medical Informatics, vol 11. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-93169-7_4
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