What Are the Limitations of Computers in Medicine?

What Are the Limitations of Computers in Medicine? (0:40)

Computers excel at collecting data, but doctors must interpret it, says HealthMaker Henry Masur, MD, chief of the National Institute of Health's critical care medicine department. Watch as he discusses other limitations of computers in medicine.

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About Henry Masur, MD

Henry Masur, MD, has been Chief of the National Institutes of Health’s Critical Care Medicine department since 1989. Dr. Masur is an expert in the fields of HIV-related infections and of critical care related to infectious disease. He leads the District of Columbia Partnership for AIDS Progress and is Clinical Professor of Medicine at George Washington University.

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