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No: HECs should be designed primarily to assist the patient rather than the health care team or institution

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Meyer, H.B.P. No: HECs should be designed primarily to assist the patient rather than the health care team or institution. HEC Forum 4, 205–208 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00057873

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