Re:One doctor's view (Score 1)

The choice may come down to either no MD diagnoses or a computer assisted diagnoses by a registered nurse or trained nurses aid. The baby boomers are entering that period of their life when they use the most healthcare dollars, spend far more time in the hospital, clinics etc., while at the same time hundreds of thousands of nurses will be retiring. Did I mention that relative to the projected demand there are very few new people entering the nursing profession? There will probably be massive nursing shortages in the next 10-20 years. Trained people using PKC or similar programs along with wireless-based PDA/tablet-type computers (which could also cut way down on record-keeping) could be life-savers.