Yet anybody with a blog or a social-networking page is effectively treating it as a gigantic electronic dinner party, in which conversation is free and informal, friends can keep track of each other's most mundane experiences and any thoughts that take one's fancy can be instantly shared with anybody else who owns a computer.

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He added it would be interesting to see whether the electronic patient record would prevent more errors once it was in place as any clinician treating the patient would be able to see relevant medication information, whatever their location or the time of day.

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