Doctors to Trade Bedside Manner for Xbox360
By Shawn on Friday, January 11th, 2008 at 6:57 PM PST In Game Companies, Game Consoles, Game Platforms, Gamer Life, Microsoft, Microsoft
At the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show, Microsoft displayed the new Cerner Care Console solution; a collaboration of Microsoft, Cerner and Spectrum Health. The Cerner Care console incorporates the Cerner Millennium healthcare information technology (HIT) computing platform and Microsoft Windows Media Center with a retail Xbox 360 for use in hospitals. The system will answer patients’ inquiries on their condition and health care team as well as allow them to watch movies or play Peggle.
“Our goal is to engage patients in a full partnership with us so we can provide the highest quality care and best experience possible,” said Matt VanVranken, executive vice president, Spectrum Health System/president, Spectrum Health Grand Rapids. “Informed and involved patients are essential to providing exceptional experiences in our hospitals.”
I envision this system as the health care equivalent of the self checkout lanes popping up at all the local grocery stores. You’ll never need to deal with another real human being until something is really screwed up. I can’t say I like the idea.
via Cerner
That will be great when patients need an answer and get a red ring of death.