The author explains the maze of jargon surrounding the new technologies and reviews their actual and potential use for health professionals. The report shows how health information could become accessible to the public through GP surgeries, hospitals or libraries, and ultimately on compact disc, the Internet, cable or satellite in ...
This pamphlet provides health professionals with an overview of the 'information revolution'. It is a simple guide to digital information, computers, multimedia, CD-ROMs, CD-Is, the Internet, the World Wide Web, cable and satellite.