Sonia
The Hospital and the Digital I was a little bit upset as I accompanied my father to his doctor's appointment this morning. He had gone to the domestic clinic for a sore throat in a couple of weeks and in the end was advised to go get it checked out at the general hospital. He seemed worried, too because he didn't want to eat breakfast, so didn't I, either. The hospital was cramped with people, which I was surprized by, even in that early morning. The big TV screen above the registration desk for the first-time comers like my father was showing that they already had eighty something people on the waiting, but the line seemed to be moving fast enough. While on wait, I kept being asked about how to use the digital kiosk machine and touch screens and what not for registration, and soon realized that I was one of the rare young persons in that space. I find it a little bit ironic because things are automated these days, and the big hospitals are one of the businesses catching up on it fast, but on the other hand their main demographic seems to be elderly people who don't relatively get used to things up-to-date. Yet another ironic thing is that many people are aware of Alzheimer's and should be taking precautious measures by exercizing, memorizing things, or learning a foreign language. In the meantime, you might have heard of 'digital dementia'. When you lose your phone or when you have a panic attack of perhaps misplacing your phone somewhere, it wouldn't be so much about the phone itself, but all the information on the phone. I am wondering how many phone numbers you memorize of your family members and close friends. I wasn't able to be released until a young, undergraduate-looking guy came on his duty of helping with that machines and registration. My father was put on medication based on symptoms until the examination day in two weeks, and a week after that will be going again for the findings and follow-ups. I hope it will be nothing to worry about.
Mar 4, 2015 7:53 PM
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The Hospital and the Digital (corrections continued)


I find it a little bit ironic because things are automated these days, and so the big larger hospitals are one of the businesses catching up on it fast use the latest technology, but, on the other hand, their main demographic seems to be elderly people who don't relatively get used to things up-to-date.
Yet another Ironically thing is that many people who are aware of the progression of Alzheimers and should be taking take precautious measures precautions by exercizing, memorizing things, or learning a foreign language. In the meantime, you might have heard of 'digital dementia'. When you lose your phone or when you have a panic attack of perhaps misplacing your phone somewhere, it wouldn't be so much about the phone itself, but all the information on the phone. I am wondering how many phone numbers you memorize of your family members and close friends.


I wasn't able to be released until a young, undergraduate-looking guy came on his duty of helping to help with that machines and registration.


My father was put on medication based on his symptoms until the examination day he can be examined in two weeks, and A  week after that we will be going again for the findings diagnosis and follow-ups. I hope it will be is nothing to worry about. 

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I hope your father's illness turns out to be nothing serious. 

Ok, pepper me with questions, Sonia! I hope I can answer them.  :P

March 5, 2015

The Hospital and the Digital

I was a little bit upset as I accompanied my father to his doctor's appointment this morning. He had gone to the domestic clinic for a sore throat in a couple of weeks earlier and in the end was eventually advised to go get it checked out at the general hospital. He seemed worried, too because he didn't want to eat breakfast, so didn't I, either.


The hospital was cramped with people, which I was surprized by, even in that early in the morning. The big TV screen above the registration desk for the first-time comers new patients like my father was showed that they already had about eighty something people on the waiting were ahead of us, but the line seemed to be moving fast enough.


While on waiting, I kept being asking about how to use the digital kiosk machineand touch screens, and what not for registration, and soon realized realizing that I was one of the rare few young persons in that space there.

 

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This is all for now.  I will return another time. Feel free to ask questions or disagree.  :)

March 5, 2015

The Hospital and the Digital

I was a little upset as I accompanied my father to his doctor's appointment this morning. He had gone to the clinic for a sore throat a couple of weeks earlier and was eventually advised to go get it checked out at the general hospital. He seemed worried too, because he didn't want to eat breakfast, so I didn't either.


The hospital was cramped with people, which I was surprised by, even that early in the morning. The big TV screen above the registration desk for the new patients like my father, showed that about eighty people were ahead of us, but the line seemed to be moving fast enough.


While waiting, I kept being asked about how to use the digital kiosk machine, touch screens, and what not for registration. I soon realized that I was one of the few young people persons there.

 

I find it a little bit ironic that because things are automated these days, because elderly people don't get used to new technology quickly.  and the big Large hospitals are often up-to-date on the newest technology, but they aren't investing money in educating their elderly patients on how to use the technology.

 

Sometimes I think that businesses should use less technology because people are starting to develop digital dementia. This happens when you lose your phone or when you have a panic attack because you misplaced your phone somewhere. The problem isn't so much the phone itself, but all the information on the phone. I wonder about how many phone numbers you have memorized of your family members and close friends. Many people are aware of Alzheimer's but are not taking precautions by exercising, memorizing things, or learning a foreign language.


I wasn't able to be released until a young, undergraduate-looking guy came on duty to help with the that machines and registration.


My father was put on medication based on his symptoms until he can be examined in two weeks. A week after that we will be going again for the test results and diagnosis. I hope it is nothing to worry about.

March 8, 2015
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March 6, 2015
You are so sweet. :)
March 6, 2015
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