Vol. 18 No. 1 (2020)
Commentary

Artificial Intelligence – the EHR savior?

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  • Kashif Qureshi
Kashif Qureshi
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
DOI: https://doi.org/10.26443/mjm.v18i1.173

Published 2020-08-12

Keywords

  • Electronic Health Records,
  • EHR,
  • AI,
  • Artificial Intelligence,
  • patient-physican relationship,
  • Humanism
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Qureshi K. Artificial Intelligence – the EHR savior?. McGill J Med [Internet]. 2020 Aug. 12 [cited 2025 Oct. 23];18(1). Available from: https://mjm.mcgill.ca/article/view/173

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