The syndrome of inappropriate overconfidence in computing: an invasion of medicine by the information technology industry?

Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons, Summer, 2009 by Scot M. Silverstein

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Scot M. Silverstein

Scot M. Silverstein, M.D., is a consultant in medical informatics and adjunct professor of medical informatics at Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pa. Contact: scot.silverstein@ischool.drexel.edu.