Showing posts with label Computers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Computers. Show all posts

People Treat Computers and New Media as Real People and Places

A few excerpts from the articles linked below:

Study: multitaskers are terrible at every aspect of multitasking. Multitasking may be creating people who are unable to think well and clearly.

People relate to technological devices socially (as if they are people), and those interactions affect others. Technology and people: Do we have to bring back the saying ‘Look at me when I talk to you’?

Japanese nurse robot - ACTROID-F (video):



References:

Clifford Nass, Who Warned of a Data Deluge, Dies at 55 - NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/16VGF7m

College admission officers: They Loved Your G.P.A. Then They Saw Your Tweets. 30% college admissions officers said discovered information online that negatively affected an applicant’s prospects http://buff.ly/1dYeTt4
EMR or "How Computers are Harming Doctor-Patient Relations" - Rick Payne

EMR or "How Computers are Harming Doctor-Patient Relations" - Rick Payne



EMR or How Computers are Ruining the Doctor's Office and Harming Doctor-Patient Relations - a presentation by Rick Payne.

My experience with EMR has been mostly positive but it is certainly useful to be aware of other points of view.

Related:

Medical Malpractice Liability in the Age of Electronic Health Records - NEJM, 2010 http://goo.gl/cGZG9
"The iPatient is getting wonderful care across America. The real patient wonders, "Where is everybody?" NYTimes, 2011.