Respiratory applications of telemedicine

@article{Cooper2009RespiratoryAO,
  title={Respiratory applications of telemedicine},
  author={Christopher B Cooper},
  journal={Thorax},
  year={2009},
  volume={64},
  pages={189 - 191}
}
Dramatic advances in electronic communications have expanded access to information and contributed vastly to global human knowledge and understanding. At the same time, electronic acquisition, processing, storage and transmission of data is rapidly becoming an integral part of modern health care. The potential seems boundless. The electronic medical record has the ability to improve the reliability and completeness of individual healthcare information and should therefore facilitate continuity… 
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