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RE: Healthcare clamors for iPhone treatments

NotOnYourLife2 18th Mar 2008

ummmm.....

1) why would you carry a cell phone AND a Blackberry AND a pager. If nothing else the first two are mutually exclusive of each other.

2) most hospitals I've been in (I go to Kaiser Permanente one of the largest hospital groups in the country) and they strictly don't allow employees to have cell phones with them while working on duty, including doctors. Patients and visitors usually get away with it but it's a no-no for employees.

3) there are computer interfaces in almost all the exam rooms now so it's far from an "intrusion" people aren't scared cause there's a big bad computer display in the room or anything.

4) there's been portable devices all over the place for years that have done this type of thing. Personally I think if I saw my doctor looking at my records on an iPhone I'd walk out. I would much rather see him on a decent size display so he can see clearly and in detail what he's looking at. The iPhone display is great for what it is but not for daily work reading important (generally long) documents and images.

5) I think Ms. Chang should get 1) a clue 2) a job in a field analyzing something she actually knows about.