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Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine 8/2020

01-08-2020 | Air Pollutants | Viewpoint

The Beast, the Borg, and the Role of the EMR

Authors: Benjamin R. Doolittle, MD, MDIV, Patrick G. O’Connor, MD, MPH

Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine | Issue 8/2020

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In 1996, the Star Trek movie First Contact was released. The movie describes the Borg, a computer-organic entity that sails through the universe conquering other life forms and assimilating them into the collective. All conscious creatures are absorbed into a shared consciousness whose purpose is to dominate other civilizations. Their tag line is, “Resistance is futile.” The swarthy Captain Jean-Luc Picard is the only one who has ever escaped the Borg. His freedom is costly. He is haunted by nightmares and flashbacks. Only through a Hollywood ending—“Fire photon torpedoes!”—is the Borg defeated. …
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Metadata
Title
The Beast, the Borg, and the Role of the EMR
Authors
Benjamin R. Doolittle, MD, MDIV
Patrick G. O’Connor, MD, MPH
Publication date
01-08-2020
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Keyword
Air Pollutants
Published in
Journal of General Internal Medicine / Issue 8/2020
Print ISSN: 0884-8734
Electronic ISSN: 1525-1497
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-019-05474-w

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