For an industry that can use polymer-coated metal stents to open arteries about 1/1000’th the size of a penny and align 200+ beams of gamma radiation to ablate malignancies, its pretty surprising that healthcare as a whole has been a late-adopter of technology in pretty much every area outside of direct patient care. However, just […]
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The end of the pager is coming – Part II
Pagers were first introduced in the 1950’s. Interestingly enough, physicians were early adopters of this then-emerging technology, paying around $10/month for the service in NYC. And for nearly half a century, pagers came to dominate communications in healthcare settings thanks to their reliability and reach. And while many things in medicine have changed, this part […]
