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Dr. Lawrence Weed, Pioneer in Recording Patient Data, Dies at 93

By The New York Times  
   June 22, 2017

Dr. Lawrence L. Weed, who introduced a system for organizing patient data in the 1950s that is now used in hospitals all over the world, and who led the way in developing a computerized method for aiding in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases, died on June 3 at his home in Underhill, Vt. He was 93.

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