Where's the chief knowledge officer?
BMJPublished 26 September 1998Open access
J. A. Muir Gray
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Push technology to disseminate information has magnified the problem of unwanted information, and busy clinicians are now caught in an information paradox—overwhelmed with information but unable to find the knowledge they need when they need it.
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Health ProfessionsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance
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