Showing posts with label shortage of healthcare workers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label shortage of healthcare workers. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Telemedicine may be part solution to doctor shortage*

This article out of Australia's ABC, title seems to blame new technology for the shortage of doctors (and other healthcare workers including pharmacists), when in reality the article and the person it quotes says nothing of the sort, and the real life position is obviously the opposite - the shortage of healthcare workers inspires people to come up with new technology (like telemedicine and telepharmacy programs) in order to fill needs.