Everyday, the use of technology grows, and the lines between what computers do versus humans grow closer. In some cases, the lines have become blurry. From robot vacuums and other items to automate household cleaning to driverless cars on the roads and robot-assisted surgeries in ...
Healthcare Consumerism: Who’s Really Making the Decisions?
For thousands of years, patients have visited doctors for issues such as headaches, heartaches, and all kinds of "aches." The symptoms and signs are reviewed, diagnosed, and a treatment is then recommended. In the past, the patient-doctor relationship involved the physician ...
Integrating the Healthcare Workplace: Diverse Roles Must Unite for Patient Care
In the workplace, people are grouped together or join a team so they can impact an individual or a group of people. In healthcare, it should be evident that we, regardless of the discipline, work together to help the patient get better. Whether you work on the front lines, behind ...
Pills: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
One day, we are going to work. Mid-day, we start to feel sick. We go to the doctor’s office. We are evaluated and given a pill to get better. Sounds like a normal story, right? Typically, we take medication and we get better. However, what happens when we don’t comply with ...
Privacy and Google Glass: Where’s the Line?
Google. Is there ever a moment when we don’t use a Google service? Whether we are searching for a new recipe to locating directions when lost to sharing documents and pictures with friends and family, Google is there for us. So what can Google do for us when it comes to health ...