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Contexto e objetivos Com permanente expansão da adoção de Processos Clínicos Eletrónicos (PCE) e a sua influência na prática clínica, a adaptabilidade dos médicos foi posta à prova. Foram identificados desafios no fluxo de trabalho e mudanças necessárias no uso de PCE. A anamnes…

This dissertation examines the emergence of minimally invasive gallbladder removal, or laparoscopic cholecystectomy in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Its rapid adoption is often referred to as the beginning of the “laparoscopic revolution” in general surgery. This alludes both …

There is a growing recognition that we cannot afford the provision of all new health care technologies, even those that are proven to be beneficial. This is increasingly true in the US, where health care spending is on an unsustainable upward trajectory. US health care spending …