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How Computers are Ruining the Doctor's Office and Harming Doctor-Patient Relations
- Rick Payne
As a cancer patient for the past three years, Rick watched several doctor's offices try to incorporate technology into their offices. As a software engineer on haitus, he is embarrassed to share the same title as the people building these horrible systems. In this presentation, he presents evidence that computers and poorly written medical software negatively impact patient care and shows how the current approach is wrong and not meeting the expectations of doctors and patients.
Bio:
I'm a software engineering consultant and I'm still negotiating my current contract with Leukemia since 2007. When I was first being treated for Leukemia, I was appalled by the paper records, lame software systems in place and dictation of records. Recently some of my doctors have implemented paperless systems, and the quality of care has declined. In this presentation, I will provide examples of the change in my personal care. I will share some of the discussions I've had with doctors about this topic. In the end, I hope to show that current software development methods and computers themselves are hurting patient care. There are some classic software development mistakes that I'm witnessing, and it needs to stop now because it is hurting patient care. I hope to inspire some of developers and entrepreneurs at ignite in order to provoke innovation.
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