Four rules for the reinvention of health care
BMJPublished 13 May 2004Open access
Enrico Coiera
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If health care is to evolve at a pace that will meet the needs of society it will need to embrace this science of sociotechnical design, but ultimately it is their culture's beliefs and values that shape what the authors will create and what they dream.
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If health care is to evolve at a pace that will meet the needs of society it will need to embrace this science of sociotechnical design, but ultimately it is our culture's beliefs and values that shape what we will create and what we dream
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