NYT’s Forgetting Everything
Another nice short vignette from Lisa Sanders, MD in tomorrow’s NY Times magazine . Quotes from the article, showing how technology has changed us:
The medical record, from flipping through it, to scrolling through it;
Abend, a 61-year-old neurologist, scrolled through the patient’s electronic medical record as the resident described the case.
The initial presentation of the patient, via instant messenger:
“When is our wedding date?” she quizzed. “Can you tell me that?”
“No :(”
I see it now, 20 years in the future:
“This is a 27 year-old male who presents using inappropriate emoticons while chatting and cannot remember how to attach a document in Gmail. Sounds pretty serious, probably should get admitted.”