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picture. Today’s medical practice isn’t the family doctor my grandfather said came to
their house when he was a kid.”
“Right, Elizabeth. ose days are gone. We’ve gained a lot in terms of what we can do,
but we’ve lost some of the personal touch. One of the things we hope to accomplish with
technology is to get some of that personal touch back. ere’s a lot more to remember now
than there used to be, but maybe technology can help us remember it. e hard part isn’t
getting the data into the computer. e hard part is getting it back out again when and
where it’s needed, without people needing to do a lot of extra work. Extra work discourages
people from using anything.
“Anyhow, back to my patien ...