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The Computerisation of Israel's Psychiatric Case Register: Blessings and Dangers of Automated Information Systems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Michael Rahav*
Affiliation:
Director, Department of Information and Evaluation, Mental Health Services. Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel; Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, New York 10962, USA
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Psychiatric case registers (PCRs) have been in operation since the beginning of this century. At the present time there are numerous PCRs operating in many countries around the world on a national or regional basis (e.g. Scandinavia, Ireland, Scotland, England, Spain, Italy, Yugoslavia, Israel, Japan, The Netherlands, USA).

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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1986

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