Provides information on medical technology, including how a person's medical issues are diagnosed, recorded, and treated, both in and out of local doctors' offices, medical centers, and hospitals; how innovation and technology are leading to even more highly expensive and sophisticated tools and procedures; and the use of computers to record, maintain, and protect a patient's privacy.

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