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> Hospital computers should not be connected to the internet. But then how will doctors google the patients' symptoms? If your answer is "they should already
by jstanley 2y ago
> Hospital computers should not be connected to the internet.
But then how will doctors google the patients' symptoms?
If your answer is "they should already know all that is required to do their job without looking it up online", then consider whether you hold yourself to the same standard. I don't.
- karmarepellent 2y agoIt is hard to make assumptions about what parent means by that statement, given that there are degrees in which a system can be "connected to the internet". For example, every request coming in or going out, as well as SSH access, could go through a proxy. I would still call that being "connected to the internet", but it's different from giving your server a public IP address.
- rightbyte 2y agoThey could have designated internet connected computers and other computers for admin tasks and processing x-rays etc. Having the hospital admin and some machines connected outwards seems like a recipe for killing patients.
- kelnos 2y agoIf the admin computers aren't connected to the internet, how do patients interact with the administrative staff, for things like appointments, referrals, etc.? If the x-ray processing isn't connected to the internet, how do the x-rays & the radiologist's evaluation end up in the patient's record, or in a place where the patient can download their imaging results?
- flumpcakes 2y agoThis information (looking up symptoms) would be better served by a curated internal wiki that all practitioners have access to. Not google.
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- patmorgan23 2y agoWhat about medical reference service like uptodate.com
- Mistletoe 2y agoMedical care is so bad now I have had the doctors and nurse practitioners look up webmd while I’m in the room with them.
- devbent 2y agoDoctors and nurses have always had large reference tomes that they refered to. List of medication side effects, dosing guidelines and so forth have been common throughout the industry almost since it's very inception. Indeed, there are books going back thousands of years across multiple cultures around the world that are just referenced guides for medical practitioners.
- cowboylowrez 2y agodoctor: heart arythmia google ai: remove heart doctor: ok lets schedule the operation!
- mixmastamyk 2y agoMobile device, second network, vlan etc. Lots of options.