June 20198In My OpinionAs we all know and remember, not only has the healthcare sector changed immensely, but over the past 30 years the world has gone from being non-technical to everything we touch is now technically connected, or based on technology.I can recall as a young boy my parents calling our family doctor and the doctor responding by visiting us at home. Patient records were on paper and physicians focused just as much on building a relationship with your family, as they did on treating the patient. In short, there used to be more of a personal relationship with your practitioner. Fast forward and that personal relationship between physician and patient have become more distant, a different kind of professionalism. Treatment of the patient is now based on data analytics and what I'd now call Technical Genetics of a hospital and its patients.Asking patients to fill out forms, and transferring those forms manually from registration, to lab, to radiology is history. The government has interceded by creating a mandate that medical facilities capture and analyze all patient data, and share that data electronically with other practitioners.During the transition over the years from the personal and manual processes, to professional and automated processes ­ there have been major improvements. Today, more than ever, patient records are easily shared between a private physician's office, hospital, and patient. Sharing of records and coordination of care ensure patient safety such as identifying drug allergies, which has the potential of saving lives.El Centro Regional Medical Center believes that adopting technology and embracing the new professionalism GENETICS OF HOSPITAL TECHNOLOGYTechnology is meant to remove the road blocks before us, in order to allow our humanity more time to shine onto othersEdward Neville Maltass, CIO, El Centro Regional Medical CenterBy
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