What if health care worked like everything else?

Abstract Doctors use up-to-date communication technology in their personal lives, but the tools they use to communicate with professional colleagues are much more limited. In light of new research exploring the use of WhatsApp in Israel, this commentary explores the barriers to such use and the tech...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:bb25768db0cf4f0fbc72c2ce9d94b6c82021-11-28T12:08:34ZWhat if health care worked like everything else?10.1186/s13584-021-00503-82045-4015https://doaj.org/article/bb25768db0cf4f0fbc72c2ce9d94b6c82021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1186/s13584-021-00503-8https://doaj.org/toc/2045-4015Abstract Doctors use up-to-date communication technology in their personal lives, but the tools they use to communicate with professional colleagues are much more limited. In light of new research exploring the use of WhatsApp in Israel, this commentary explores the barriers to such use and the technological, legal, and cultural factors that enable adoption of such technologies for medical communication. Common tools can be used for professional collaboration but must be adapted for that use as well as culturally acceptable for broad implementation.Shira FischerBMCarticleMedicine (General)R5-920Public aspects of medicineRA1-1270ENIsrael Journal of Health Policy Research, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-3 (2021)
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What if health care worked like everything else?
description Abstract Doctors use up-to-date communication technology in their personal lives, but the tools they use to communicate with professional colleagues are much more limited. In light of new research exploring the use of WhatsApp in Israel, this commentary explores the barriers to such use and the technological, legal, and cultural factors that enable adoption of such technologies for medical communication. Common tools can be used for professional collaboration but must be adapted for that use as well as culturally acceptable for broad implementation.
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