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The telephone together with the computer added a substantial extension to the medical schools' ability to provide consultation services to rural areas. Diagnostic services such as a differential diagnostic computer program called CONSIDER developed by Dr. Donald Lindberg, the computerized EKG, biomedical information services, Drug Information Central, continuing education, and other projects are examples. [AER]


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