"A Digital Sixth Sense" was very interesting. The concept of having a virtual watch, file information, keypad etc. is the stuff of old futuristic videos showing all human in plastic suits and cars running only on predetermined tracks, ofcourse all happening by 2015.
The idea is fairly novel, having all the advantages of technology without the bother of using the actual gadget. While reading this blog and watching the video the thing that seemed to be the most beneficial for revolutionizing and improving healthcare communication is the feature of when you come in contact with someone, information about them pops up, virtually, on their person. Patient information and history could be readily available during a visit by using this feature.
Emergency room visits do not always offer the luxury of having a conscious individual able to give you their contact information or brief medical history and there may be no third party with them to offer this information. Someone equipped with this new technology could bring up the information on this person and treatment could begin even quicker. But even in scheduled, nonemergency visits or checkups patients are not always open and thorough about their medical history, either because they don't remember all details or are hesitent to say. By being able to just pull up on their person this information treatment could once again begin faster and the doctor could do a more thorough job of examing and prescribing treatment to the patient.
One question I had was would this new technology save the healthcare system money? To me it seems as though it may because it would replace former technologies and equiment that may have cost more in initial buying, maintenance, or both.
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The system could relate current vital signs (temperature, respiration, etc) right along with the patient's history. What do you think the system could tell the PATIENT about his/her CAREGIVER? Interesting to think how the communication should be two-way.
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