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April 27, 2005
Hospital Services Performed Overseas
I've been debating this one for a while since I got the vision for Telemedicine. If I'm dying in the middle of the night, do I want some sleepy technician making decisions about my treatment or would I prefer a technician overseas wide awake to make the call. I've always leaned towards letting the overseas technician make the call, but the point of qualifications is a valid one and this is where international standards would be a nice thing to have, but that would likely harm America more than help us, because many of the overseas schools are built of the European standards which are infinitely higher than ours. Ultimately I don't see a big issue with it, for as long as the necessary precautions have been taken to minimize issues of language barriers and the necessary consulting between technicians on the ground and remotely are maintained. Given a choice between a hospital disappearing and having it run remotely by doctors from around the world, I pick the latter and I think we would all be better off.
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Posted by ManDrake at April 27, 2005 8:35 PM
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