Doyle D J, Ruskin K J, Engel T P
Department of Anaesthesia, Toronto Hospital, University of Toronto, Ontario.
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The enormous growth of the Internet and the World Wide Web has made these two technologies an important potential adjunct to cost-effective health care research and delivery. This article surveys some recent developments in telecommunications, networking and artificial intelligence that are likely to have a significant impact on improving the efficiency and quality of future health care. Issues discussed include: clinical record keeping on the Internet, Internet-assisted medical diagnosis, privacy and security matters, financial transactions, digital money, bandwidth concerns, multimedia (music, audio and video) information delivery via the Internet, intellectual property, and the concept of Information Philanthropy.
互联网和万维网的迅猛发展使这两项技术成为具有成本效益的医疗保健研究与服务的重要潜在辅助手段。本文概述了电信、网络和人工智能领域的一些最新进展,这些进展可能会对提高未来医疗保健的效率和质量产生重大影响。讨论的问题包括:互联网上的临床记录保存、互联网辅助医疗诊断、隐私和安全问题、金融交易、数字货币、带宽问题、通过互联网进行的多媒体(音乐、音频和视频)信息传递、知识产权以及信息慈善的概念。