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If there were doctors and nurses who have basic computer literacy and entry level coding skills taking part in the acquisition and development process of the IT
by exDM69 9y ago
If there were doctors and nurses who have basic computer literacy and entry level coding skills taking part in the acquisition and development process of the IT systems they use, I bet they wouldn't suck as much as they do.
Most specialized software systems, e.g. those that are used in hospitals or selling you train tickets, are developed by people who don't have a faintest idea how the software is used daily. This ends up being an expensive disaster more often than not.
This is why I think everyone should have basic computer literacy and programming skills. Which is not the same as everyone should be a professional quality software engineer.
- Retric 9y agoYea, even basic programming is not part of basic computer literacy. You are looking a very different and expencive in terms of time to acquire sill set. Worse, Doctors are often not part of these decisions in the first place. Further there are plenty of doctors with these skills however they don't work for cheap and most of this software is build by people that are paid as little as possible. Remember their workflow is not actually complicated, it's just not helpful when selling this software. Really, this software is not terrible because it's hard to make, it's terrible because of how it's sold and maintained.