The Olympic authorities are keen on technological advances, and anything that helps runners break records will add to the excitement for spectators.

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They'll add to that medical records.

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Digital hospitals, computerized records--they are fun to talk about but do more to add to the cost of medicine.

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It is supported by the suspects' mobile-phone records and the testimony of the dying woman and her friend, they add.

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But once records are open, connected, and more user-friendly, we can start to add intelligence to the network that will help doctors, nurses, care coordinators and patients all do a better job improving health, not health care.

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