Things to come: postmodern digital knowledge management and medical informatics.
The overarching informatics grand challenge facing society is the creation of knowledge management systems that can acquire, conserve, organize, retrieve, display, and distribute what is known today in a manner that informs and educates, facilitates the discovery and creation of new knowledge, and contributes to the health and welfare of the planet. At one time the private, national, and university libraries of the world collectively constituted the memory of society's [...]
Author(s): Matheson, N W
DOI: 10.1136/jamia.1995.95261908