October 19, 2005 10:20 AM PDT

Quote of the day: Hospitals adding 'decision support'

For those who get nervous about losing the human touch in today's high-tech hospitals, Dr. Warren Sandberg, of the center for Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technology at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, offered a reassuring quote. At a medical conference in San Francisco on Monday, he talked about the operating room of the future.

"We're not replacing people; we're adding a layer of decision support," Sandberg said. Click here for the full story.

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