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[…] my entire post over at the World Health Care Blog Posted in Healthcare. Tags: future, […]

Of course the future matters, in fact, by visioning into the future one can guide the organization out of the industrial era into the technology era. We see in health care that the frontline knowledge workers (ie: nurses, doctors, ancillary staff) are very resistant to managerial and organizational change. (example: some hospitals are still using pen and paper to chart). The pen was an instrument that came about right after the chisel and hammer, and in the age of technology it should be obsolete. But as google does all their work online and digitally our most precious health care system is lagging behind just now using barcodes to ensure patient safety, computers to document, and simulators to train.

If we do not attempt to vision into the future we will continue to be bogged down by the day to day tasks of patient care and it will take another century to implement the next form of communication techniques and patient care delivery enhancers. So I would argue to dream big and begin to implement technology and managerial strategies that will allow for constant change for change is the only constant in the universe!

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