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Why are so many doctors technology illiterate? (lemmy.one)

submitted 5 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Title basically. I’m about midlife crisis age (lol) and I’ve been on computers and technology since I could walk. What is with all these doctors who are barely older than me who can barely use the Internet, don’t know how to type or what an adblocker is? I don’t feel like I can trust a doctor who is ok with malware coming in because they doesn’t run a free adblock or even DNS block. I mean wth?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago (2 children)

They are?

Do you have stats for this? Because all my doctors (who range from 30 to 60) are very savvy. They use apps on their phones for auto-dictation, do video calls with me, are pulling up reference material and links while we talk, etc.

During my last visit my doc pulled out a $2000 dermatology camera attached to a tablet to take color-accurate photos of skin. It was wifi connected and sent the images directly to my records.

I think we need a trustworthy study to understand this.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I worked IT for a decent sized hospital network in a decent sized city for about 5 years, and yeah pretty much universally doctors were terrible with technology. Maybe that's changed somewhat in the 10 years since I was fired by that shithole, but I'm pretty confident in agreeing with OP's assessment.

That said, I wouldn't expect the general public to know about ad blockers or DNS, and doctors would be no exception to that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

I don’t expect the doctors themselves to know DNS or even adblockers for that matter, but at least have the IT infra in place to manage it for them. With all of the HIPAA requirements, I would have thought a more thorough IT practice would be required.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

That sounds fantastic. The most technology I see many of them using is an audio recording device that essentially just writes the notes for them verbatim, presumably to avoid having to type on the keyboard. Is being able to touch type while talking to someone at the same time that unique of a skill?