Then and now and when.
Since the 1970s, it has been clear that the health community needs to develop a health care system that matches a person's needs with the expertise and technology to address those needs. The logical solution is a multi-tiered system. In such a system, physicians would provide second- and third-tier services and other health professionals would provide first- and second-tier services. Medical informatics should take on the challenge of supporting the [...]
Author(s): Schoolman, H M
DOI: 10.1136/jamia.1998.0050401