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...digital revolution. Looking up lab results and x-rays on our computer screens beat out carbon copies and sheet film in an instant. We like e-mail; we shop, take tests and read our journals on line. But the romance, for most of us, began to sour with Computerized Physician Order Entry [CPOE]: entering patients' hospital orders on the computer. This is when we first confronted the downside to uploading our every medical judgment...
After CPOE grief and the obvious but very important "what if it breaks?" issue, our immediate concern with putting all that medical data on a nationwide computer network is privacy. Who gets to look? How do you limit access to information and respect privacy when managing a disease, like diabetes...
For 17 years, Scott Swanay ’87 made a living predicting the future.No, the tools of his trade weren’t decks of cards, crystal balls, or maps of stars and constellations.Swanay worked as an actuary for insurance companies, and armed with spreadsheets, formulas, and a degree...
Puzzles really help newspapers. They help the print edition because most people agree it's more satisfying to solve a puzzle on paper than on a screen. And yes, there are some advantages to solving them on a computer, but still there's a tactile pleasure you get from filling...
See pictures of intense computer-game players.