tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3741684961227307530.post5533602375573520992..comments2024-01-05T05:58:19.437-08:00Comments on Medical Quack: Bringing Providers, Health Care Executives and Administrators into the 21st CenturyMedical Quackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12443589277651479846noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3741684961227307530.post-73806075661165116172008-10-05T14:00:00.000-07:002008-10-05T14:00:00.000-07:00Thank you for the comments and yes fear is a big t...Thank you for the comments and yes fear is a big thing, folks look at me like I am Lucifer with a tablet with teeth that bites!<BR/><BR/>I can't lose the sense of humor here though either, and in the next week or so I have a similar story about a representative that actually "sold" tablets a few years ago that is quite amusing.Medical Quackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12443589277651479846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3741684961227307530.post-29350959722057230782008-10-05T13:52:00.000-07:002008-10-05T13:52:00.000-07:00In 1995, I bought my first (Palm) Pilot and used i...In 1995, I bought my first (Palm) Pilot and used it to take notes during meetings and sales calls when I worked as a pre-sales engineer. My colleagues lugged around giant Franklin planners for the same purposes - they just didn't get it, although my clients were pretty impressed. (Fujitsu probably made their Stylistic tablets back then, running Windows for Pen, but I didn't run into anything like that until I became a consultant and did some Palm programming for a client out of another office.) Sometimes people need to be dragged kicking and screaming to a new way of working before they realize how beneficial the change can be. It makes a great deal of sense to have a physician on the team doing geek to MD translation. Lack of a trusted, enthusiastic, tech-savvy medical professional to act as intermediary between the IT guys and medical staff, plus the stunning failure/neglect of vendors to advise clients on what is required to administer and maintain electronic systems over time seem to be a couple of common barriers to adopting technology in healthcare.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com