Alex, Not to be too critical - but who would have thought that a cassette player could be made small enough and light enough to get millions of people to purchase it? sony...
I think you are right that the technology is still a bit down the road - but 20 years? I don't think so. If hospitals could manage to find room for PDAs, MMRs, CATs, and myriad other technology that one would not necessarily have expected to be in everyday use 30 years ago, i think WCs will take their place... as to the issue of weight? the lack of need for the standard pocket PDR or nursing Drug Guide carried by almost all clinicians and which would be eliminated with a good WC/MIS system will more than compensate for the WC weight. The issue of course of any good healhcare MIS is that the extra access to information and analysis and increases in productivity - if they actually exist - would more than offset the cost of equipment. The problem, thus far, is that the software out there is mostly crippled by design flaws and does not actually result in productivity enhancement and often just makes another inefficient way of handling information. The way I usually put it - if you don't reduce the tedium and expense of documentation activities and information seeking for doctors and nurses by 90 - 95% you shouldn't waste their time with your 'enhanced' MIS. Too many in healthcare have seen what little utility there is to most software on the market to not be cynical and skeptical about new products. bear --- Alexander_H�lzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I am watching oqo and other developments for more than 18 month now. > Nice. > But nothing new. No-one has ever seen a concrete peace of hardware. I > suppose developers are still seeking founding to set up production > line for > this industry study item. > > Wearable computer (WC) is also not more than a design study. The only > purpose is to make any announcement which might positively influence > on > stock quotes of the involved companies (infineon e.a.). They try to > use the > "first mover" advantage. Presumably there already are taking place > heavy > patenting activties in this area. May be industry will get blocked > totally > in these activities, so we will not see WC within the next 20 years. > BTW: > Who would like to wear a thick jacket, weighing several pounds inside > the > hospital ? BTW2: To my opinion wearable computing is total fake: It > is so > easy to attach some press-buttons to a piece of tissue. > > What is really "state-of-the-art" is to be seen and studied -as > always and > ever- in the military area: Did you guys see any soldiers equipped > with > wearable computers in the TV ?? (Yes they have wireless communication > build > into their helmets..but else ? Is this good for their health ?) > > To my opinion, it will take several years before we see real-world > applications on the market for wearable computing. And, again: this > race > will be won by power technology more than by computing technology. > > I do not even know of any bluetooth-application which was officially > certified for medical use. On the contrary: hospital managers tell, > wireless > technology is not even a serious issue in potentially life-threating > environments, like hospitals. > > I am really surprised how easy-believing the community seems to be > towards > fairy tails from shareholder-industry. > > Cheers > > Alex ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by BEA Weblogic Workshop FREE Java Enterprise J2EE developer tools! Get your free copy of BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1 today. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=5047&alloc_id=10808&op=click _______________________________________________ Care2002-developers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/care2002-developers
