How have computers changed the ways doctors treat patients?

How have computers have changed the ways doctors treat patients?

I have to write an 8 page report, 2000 - 2500 words, and it's due this tuesday. Help me!

How have computers changed the ways doctors treat patients?computer protection

8 page report? Goodness. Hopefully some of the more computer savy docs can help.

Here's 1-2 pages. Find the statistics on number of deaths due to medical errors per year. Find statistics on number of errors reduced due to electronic record keeping. Find statistics on reduced errors due to electronic prescriptions.

That's all I could think of for a research paper. I can tell you how it changed my practice, perhaps that can give you an idea.

Instead of relying on hardcopy references, retrieving reference material on computer is faster. Online databases are also up to date with latest information. Accessing online journals or pubmed for research articles can help shed light on possible new therapies to try.

Imaging films can be sent in a blink of an eye. It's very convenient unlike relying on a radiologist report by fax and interpreting the data while waiting for the films to come in.

We can print out literature on diseases that help further explain their condition with pictures and diagrams, answer many of the patient's questions, give them a list of what to do and not.