Texting in medicine?

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So as I read in this post on another blog recently, two doctors were able to successfully perform surgery by text messaging directions to one another to save the life of a man who had been shot in the Congo.

It’s an inspiring story about what technology can do these days, but it got me thinking: what else could one person text to another so that they could perform a duty they otherwise could not do?

  • Stealing. In the millionth Ocean’s Eleven movie, they’ll text directions to one another instead of radioing.
  • Fixing cars, computer programs, etc. I have actually learned how to download certain programs by receiving the directions via text message, so I can attest to this!
  • Politics. Someone just has to send the politician the right message, at the right time, and they can win over a constituency following their advice. And bam! That’s how we keep a week-long thread about texting in the White House going at Textually Speaking!
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One Response to Texting in medicine?

  1. [...] while back I posted about how texting can save your life—now let’s look at the other side of the issue: how [...]

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