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In the late 1990s, I worked

Elusive Trope — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 21:27:30 +0000

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In the late 1990s, I worked for a company that did outsourcing of medical transcriptions. The doctors, from mental health to physical health, would dictate their notes into the phone and it was then sent to our site where a team of transcriptionists would type it up. Then it would be sent electronically back. So much of your medical files have flying around as 0s and 1s for years.

You can get reminders of when

rmrd0000 — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 19:26:08 +0000

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You can get reminders of when prescriptions are ready for pickup, check on how many refills are left,etc.All available on an iPhone app. You can also be reminded by IPhone alert when it is tome to take meds. Advanced society or Big Brother?

First time I had a doc zap my

artappraiser — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 18:27:23 +0000

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First time I had a doc zap my prescription to my local Walgreen's, I got Kafka chills. Especially thinking about the girls with access to that computer at my Walgreeen's. What I fear most is not so much the competence but the incompetence of the people that will have access to the wunnerful new world of your electronic medical life.