How Does Technology Affect Healthcare Delivery
You have posted an important information about how the priority of physicians and healthcare professionals change Healthcare delivery. In my opinion, the concept of health care switch from seen an individual as a patient to seen individuals as clients or customers. Studies reported that the “Conceptualizing health care in business terms appears frequently in contemporary medical and lay literature, especially in the United States”. (Hudak, McKeever, & Wright 2003, page. 103). If patients are customers than doctors are considered vendors, therefore, healthcare services are products. Although this concept does not have the intention to harm, according to Petrova, Dale & Fulford (2006) healthcare professional need to keep in mind that the provision
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I am absolutely certain that technology is a great tool that reduced medical error, however it seems to me that every time that I go to see a doctor, they are paying more attention to the computer’s screen than me as a patient so It is hard for individuals to express issues and concerns when healthcare professionals show an uncaring and impersonal attitude . Clearly, technology is a complex tool that requires an adequate training of the personnel benefitting from it.” For instance, Electronic medical records have been introduced in most hospitals, outpatient clinics and in primary health care in Western Europe and the USA”. (Blum, Raj, Oberholzer, Riphagen, Strasser & Kaasa, 2015, page. 398). Although the benefits of Electronic Medical Records are obvious, the implementation of guidelines encounter some challenges because of the lack of simplicity of the guidelines, the content of the guidelines and the barriers faced by staff and healthcare professional that support the implementation. (Blum et. al.,2015). It is certain that the advance in technology become an important tool in medicine but it is also a truth that barriers are faced continuously, therefore, healthcare organization needs to develop strategies to overcome
I am absolutely certain that technology is a great tool that reduced medical error, however it seems to me that every time that I go to see a doctor, they are paying more attention to the computer’s screen than me as a patient so It is hard for individuals to express issues and concerns when healthcare professionals show an uncaring and impersonal attitude . Clearly, technology is a complex tool that requires an adequate training of the personnel benefitting from it.” For instance, Electronic medical records have been introduced in most hospitals, outpatient clinics and in primary health care in Western Europe and the USA”. (Blum, Raj, Oberholzer, Riphagen, Strasser & Kaasa, 2015, page. 398). Although the benefits of Electronic Medical Records are obvious, the implementation of guidelines encounter some challenges because of the lack of simplicity of the guidelines, the content of the guidelines and the barriers faced by staff and healthcare professional that support the implementation. (Blum et. al.,2015). It is certain that the advance in technology become an important tool in medicine but it is also a truth that barriers are faced continuously, therefore, healthcare organization needs to develop strategies to overcome