Medical information systems?

Two big topics that are rolling around in the media hopper these days are health care and broadband technology. According to recent studies, the health care industry is several years behind in terms of data digitization and research. A shame, really, when one thinks of the shear amount of applications computer data analysis would have on an industry that conducts tests on nearly every patient. Expert systems alone have the potential to save untold numbers of lives. But I caught an article on SilionValley.com about the implication of remote technology and health care. Imagine if a rural patient falls prey to a mysterious neurological ailment; the kind whose nearest expert practices thousands of miles away. With remote technology, there’s no need for distance to be of issue.

I suppose this is a growth of the distance education field we’ve all witnessed in the last decade. I work in the health care field but my degree is in business with information systems, so the implication that medicine might push for greater penetration of information systems makes me a little giddy.

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