Obama's health care challenge
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- President-elect Barack Obama, as part of the effort to revive the economy, has proposed a massive effort to modernize health care by making all health records standardized and electronic.
http://money.cnn.com/2009/01/12/technology/stimulus_health_care/index.htm
This will affect my life more than I'd like, being in the IT Health Care industry and all.
Here is my favorite part:
The biggest cost will be paying and training the labor force needed to create the network. Luis Castillo, senior vice president of Siemens Healthcare, a company that designs health care technology, said the laborers will have the extremely difficult task of designing a a system that "thinks like a physician."
"Doctors cannot spend hours and hours learning a new system," said Castillo. "It needs to be a ubiquitous, 'anytime, anywhere' solution that has easily accessible data in a simple-to-use Web-based application."
DOCTORS CAN'T LEARN NEW STUFF. IT HAS TO THINK LIKE A DOCTOR.
My God. No wonder they're having trouble finding "skilled people" - they want a Medical Skynet. EARTH'S DIAGNOSIS: HUMANITY. PRESCRIPTION: APOCALYPSE.
http://money.cnn.com/2009/01/12/technology/stimulus_health_care/index.htm
This will affect my life more than I'd like, being in the IT Health Care industry and all.
Here is my favorite part:
The biggest cost will be paying and training the labor force needed to create the network. Luis Castillo, senior vice president of Siemens Healthcare, a company that designs health care technology, said the laborers will have the extremely difficult task of designing a a system that "thinks like a physician."
"Doctors cannot spend hours and hours learning a new system," said Castillo. "It needs to be a ubiquitous, 'anytime, anywhere' solution that has easily accessible data in a simple-to-use Web-based application."
DOCTORS CAN'T LEARN NEW STUFF. IT HAS TO THINK LIKE A DOCTOR.
My God. No wonder they're having trouble finding "skilled people" - they want a Medical Skynet. EARTH'S DIAGNOSIS: HUMANITY. PRESCRIPTION: APOCALYPSE.