Reimbursement for Computer-Assisted Literature Searches for Patient Care

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To the Editor: Computer-assisted literature searches are sometimes the most important diagnostic studies performed for patients. Today, many physicians use the literature search as a medical decision-making tool comparable to the orthopedist's arthroscope, the gastroenterologist's endoscope, or the radiologist's CT scanner. A computer-assisted search is particularly valuable in patient care because it is designed to identify specific items of information needed for a specific patient's problem. At our hospital, for example, McClatchey1 has used his personal computer to search MEDLINE for diseases associated with a "numb chin," the presenting symptom of his young patient. Because his search results suggested the . . .

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