Rite Aid (Camp Hill, Pa.) and OptumHealth (Golden Valley, Minn.) have decided to open the doors to technology and have online consultations with patients to discuss symptoms, disease management etc.
I think this is a terrible idea! Consultations shouldn't be done through the computer, it should remain person-to-person contact. Let say the internet goes out or someone walks in from behind, you lose your privacy. During an "on-line consultation" one might not feel that connection as one would feel doing it in person. Some things should be computer based, but when it comes to consultation, that should just remain as it always is...IN PERSON!
http://www.healthcare-informatics.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=news&mod=News&mid=9A02E3B96F2A415ABC72CB5F516B4C10&tier=3&nid=C5C3A0CF661C4C62B158CDF5351E414B
Friday, September 23, 2011
Friday, September 16, 2011
Qpid.Me?
This week during one of my classes, we had a guest speaker, from California, speak to us about receiving text messages about "STD/HIV verification for online dating, allowing you to make better decisions about who you sleep with"---http://www.qpid.me/
I think the creators have a good idea about the future for STD results, since we all live in such a technological world. Our cellphones are attached to us, so it makes sense to have results at your fingertips. The idea is that you will receive a text either confirming or denying any STD so you can go around and basically sleep with anyone. At the same time, I do not like the idea that possibly someone can find out personally information via a text. I believe that we shouldn't move towards the future of text-messaging for such personal information , I think it should be plain and simple. You go to a clinic, get a blood test, and they call you telling you the results.
The company has a good idea, but I wouldn't support it.
I think the creators have a good idea about the future for STD results, since we all live in such a technological world. Our cellphones are attached to us, so it makes sense to have results at your fingertips. The idea is that you will receive a text either confirming or denying any STD so you can go around and basically sleep with anyone. At the same time, I do not like the idea that possibly someone can find out personally information via a text. I believe that we shouldn't move towards the future of text-messaging for such personal information , I think it should be plain and simple. You go to a clinic, get a blood test, and they call you telling you the results.
The company has a good idea, but I wouldn't support it.
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