Sometimes I realize I’m thinking
about what Chacrinha (one of the biggest brasilian TV presenter dead in 1988)
would do in the age of mobile technology. Certainly Chico Science (Famous
brasilian singer dead in 1997) would post your ideas on facebook and twitter.
No shortage of speculation about the future, or rather about the present when
we are talking about the internet technology. Moreover a hacker from north
american said that the smartphones are government tool for spying, giving up
older expensive devices.
Regardless of discussions among
TV presenters, hackers and singers, the communication revolution, specifically
when we talk about social media and smartphones, is very usefull in medicine.
They are bringin online and real-time current opinion and also facilitate
communicating among members of staff and improving the approach to the
patients. Besides the discussion at real-time of controversial cases in
scientifical fóruns on social media are making diagnoses and treatment easier.
The communicate between staffs,
residents, fellows and chief, and also nurses and another members of
multidisciplinary team could be easier through e-mail groups where you can
write reminder and pending, as well general information. The Facebook and
LinkedIn can bring union between persons and can host fóruns where we can talk
to colleagues from another countries and discuss our more difficult decisions.
Nowadays the surgeon capture the image of CT scan and share with doctors from
all over the world. The LinkedIn is a network, more usefull when we are talking
about job opportunity, indication and Professional reference. Recently, the
world had the first brain surgery, transmitted in social media on the United
States and was watched for about 14 million people amongst doctors and general
people. Today we have a chance to share a vídeo of our surgeries with another
doctors and get other opinions, improving the outcome.
When we are talkin about medical
education, the mainly apps are twitter and RSS feeds. Through them is possible
to sign and follow some journals and medical association and receive current
papers, general news and informations about congresses and simposium.
Sharing pdf files, text and excel
documents besides pictures and vídeos with another members of team is possible
thanks to “cloud” technology. Nowadays the resident elaborates an abstract and
before submit to next congress, he shares with the staffs and chief to check if
it’s correct. The main apps are DropBox and iClouds.
Although all this Technology and
promises, the most important issue is the conscient use of this tools, bringing
the better approach to the patient without his exposure. It’s essential to
respect the privacy of the patients and medical ethics. If the doctors knows
the perfect way to use this tools above, undoubtly the most benefited is just
the patient.
“Computers make art and artists make money” (Chico Science)
Bernardo de Andrada
Bernardo de Andrada