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Interesting Enemies For a Diagnostic Database

Posted by timothy on from the cult-of-speciality dept.

dlh writes: "Boston.com is carrying an article about Dr. Lawrence L. Weed's Problem Knowledge Coupler software. Apparently the medical profession is not exactly thrilled at the idea." Seems access to information is a positive thing, but certain doctors seem to feel threatened by this sort of database.

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  1. Re:Indeed by caca_phony · · Score: 0, Redundant

    PhysicsGenius, how ever do you do it? You are one of the few folks here who can troll without getting modded down (true trolling, not just flamebate and crapflooding). Congrats.

    Regarding medical info databases, they generally can give a list of probable diagnoses and need a little human common sense to help them out. Expert systems generally suck at common sense.

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