Conversation Starter
Conversation Starter
Krista Hanna
HCS/490
September 08, 2014
Makala Pollard
How might advances in technology and medicine enable consumers to make healthy or unhealthy choices? Provide examples Technology has made huge advances in the health care field and truly enables people on a daily basis. Most people are unable to afford to go to the doctor so when they need answers they can simply go online to any search engine such as Google, MSN, or Bing and allow people to search thousands of possible ideas. The Internet does not always have to answers, or if it does there not exactly the right answers. People are relying on WebMD and How Stuff Works sites to get home remedies on how to solve there medical needs. The information provided on these websites are number one, not always accurate and number two, may be providing false information. They could potentially cause more harm then good in the long run, but people tend to believe them anyways. The reason people are turning towards technology is because insurance has become to expensive for people to maintain along with that there are copays and each time a patient has to come back to revisit a problem they were seeing there doctor for they are contracted to pay there copay. Most people get upset, because it was just a follow up visit but it’s still considered an office visit that as an office we have to bill there insurance in order to get paid for seeing them. Going to the doctor has become more and more expensive, and with health insurances on the rise, people are less likely able to afford them. Turning to technology is the least expensive way for them to get their answers that they need. Now, there are some good things about the medical world and technology these days. For example, social media sites such as Pinterest and Facebook have blogs that educate people on health dieting and exercise. Pinterest has tons of healthy meal blogs where people post about daily meal
Krista Hanna
HCS/490
September 08, 2014
Makala Pollard
How might advances in technology and medicine enable consumers to make healthy or unhealthy choices? Provide examples Technology has made huge advances in the health care field and truly enables people on a daily basis. Most people are unable to afford to go to the doctor so when they need answers they can simply go online to any search engine such as Google, MSN, or Bing and allow people to search thousands of possible ideas. The Internet does not always have to answers, or if it does there not exactly the right answers. People are relying on WebMD and How Stuff Works sites to get home remedies on how to solve there medical needs. The information provided on these websites are number one, not always accurate and number two, may be providing false information. They could potentially cause more harm then good in the long run, but people tend to believe them anyways. The reason people are turning towards technology is because insurance has become to expensive for people to maintain along with that there are copays and each time a patient has to come back to revisit a problem they were seeing there doctor for they are contracted to pay there copay. Most people get upset, because it was just a follow up visit but it’s still considered an office visit that as an office we have to bill there insurance in order to get paid for seeing them. Going to the doctor has become more and more expensive, and with health insurances on the rise, people are less likely able to afford them. Turning to technology is the least expensive way for them to get their answers that they need. Now, there are some good things about the medical world and technology these days. For example, social media sites such as Pinterest and Facebook have blogs that educate people on health dieting and exercise. Pinterest has tons of healthy meal blogs where people post about daily meal