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Corporate Strategies for Computerization
- Edward C. Wu, MD, MBA; and
- Nirav Shah, MD, MPH
- From New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York 10010.
TO THE EDITOR:
McDonald's critique of computerization (1) highlights advice that all physicians would do well to heed. The ease of bar coding can allow us to become automatons, shedding our critical thinking in the process. Although McDonald touched on technological alternatives and systematic changes that would improve such innovations as bar coding, we suggest some additional lessons that medicine can learn from the corporate world.
Corporate principles can …
