2009-01-15

Democratization of medical education

There is a growing array of patient/consumer directed educational materials for a variety of medical conditions, surgical procedures, and risk assessments that probably exceeds that available in many doctor's offices and are accessible wherever there is a web browser. Given the renewed national interest in harnessing automation to improve healthcare, a strategy to integrate these valuable resources into clinical practice and patient awareness would appear to be highly leveraged.



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