Policy Issues in Medical Computing. the Media and Medical Computing: Are the News Media Providing Adequate Information about Medical Computing? A Panel Discussion

摘要

In theory, the news media covering medical computing discover and report in a timely and accurate manner every significant new development in the application of information technology to health care. In practice, news coverage falls short of the theoretical ideal. What are the systematic factors that limit the scope and depth of coverage of new developments by the media? What are realistic expectations of what the media can do?