Institute:Office of National Coordinator (ONC) Workforce Training Curriculum
Component:The Culture of Health Care
Unit:Sociotechnical Aspects: Clinicians and Technology
Lecture:Sociotechnical aspects of health care
Slide content:Clinicians and Technology Continued Clinicians integrate technology into their medical practice Example: In 1816 Rene Laennec invents the stethoscope Refined since then Clinicians have adopted iterative modifications of technology into their practice 6
Slide notes:Clinicians have historically integrated technology into their practice of medicine. For example, in 1816, Rene Laennec [ ruh- ney la- neyk ] invented the stethoscope. The stethoscope has been considerably refined since that early prototype. Its now lighter, it has improved acoustic properties, a diaphragm was added, and now an electronic version of the stethoscope is available. Clinicians have uniformly adopted the iterative modifications of this technology into their practice in order to improve patient care. 6