Disrupt or be Disrupted

Thanks to Dr. Hassan Tetteh, for his support and shout out to our April Man of the Month, Vice Adm. Dr. C. Forrest Faison III. 
Cmdr. Hassan Tetteh, Lead, Futures and Innovation, Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
Disruption is about experience. I went back to my undergrad as visiting alumni recently and recognized immediately much had changed from my own experience in the early 1990s. Many students talked with me and shared their views about the way campus life had changed and how much their experience was now shaped by technology in a way that was very different from my time on campus as a pre-med student.
Mobile apps provide Sailors, Marines and their families a place find health information on their phone instead of going to Google
One example related to how students interact with health care. As an undergrad, I visited the campus student health center with questions. When I asked what students do today when they have a health question or concern, 100% of them answered they first visit the Internet for information and then will likely ‘Google’ the condition they think they have. The students’ responses were surprising. Convenience through ‘virtual care’ was accepted over a face-to face appointment. Certainly in my own thoracic surgery practice many patients tell me they occasionally search for medical information on the Internet. However, the students said the Internet was their first resource for information. This was a new experience.
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Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - July 6, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Health Men's Health Military Source Type: blogs