Why Aren't Doctors More Tech-Savvy?

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/01/why-arent-doctors-more-tech-savvy/283178/

by dvdt • 13 years ago

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na85• 13 years ago

The article does a pretty good job summing it up, actually. But there's another huge reason: time.

I'm married to a physician; work tends to spill over into personal time, the demands of running a practice are real and nontrivial, and a lot of times your doctor just doesn't have the luxury of free time to spend fiddling with computers.

That fiddly time is often the difference between your average tech savvy individual and a Luddite.

My wife is still doing her residency. She's in her twenties, has an android phone, she likes the idea of Linux, and she knows there are real benefits to using an EMR system when it becomes time to start her own practice. She isn't a Luddite.

But she doesn't have time to go out and educate herself on security and technology to the point that she will be making an informed purchase. I imagine many doctors are in a similar situation.

Why Aren't Doctors More Tech-Savvy?

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