Implications for health care

• information overload is nothing new in health care

  • �Health care workers overburdened by 'information overload��
  • �In the last 35 years, the number of prescription drugs listed in the Physicians' Desk Reference has more than doubled.�
  • �overload means that diligent research for any case can require an open-ended effort, likely consuming many hours.�

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Health care workers overburdened by 'information overload� CNN Interactive 28.01.96

http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/9601/information_overload/

�This overload means that diligent research for any case can require an open-ended effort, likely consuming many hours. We consider that the current and imminent presentation of information is of inadequate quality to serve the practice of health care.�

Effective Information Transfer for Health Care: Quality versus Quantity, by Gio Wiederhold NII White Papers, 1997.