Welcome to the Get Online Blog! After almost 6 months, I have finally jumped in, with both feet I might add. I would like to first of all take the time to thank all of our clients for making this blog possible. Without you, the inspiration for this company would have never materialized. I also want to thank our new readers; we look forward to learning from you and hope to tailor our services to fit your needs.
In the field of medicine, technology has advanced our ability to care for patients in leaps and bonds over the last century. However, physicians are not catching on to the information technology era. How many physicians out there participate in blog communities and sign up with RSS feeds? Let us take a step back. How many physicians have a phone where they can receive emails, a BlackBerry for example, and actually know how to use it? How many physicians have a website? Of those that have a website, how many are static – meaning, they do not change the information and have no interactive components like blogs, message boards, newsletters, etc.?
As physicians, we have a tremendous responsibility to our patients and communities. It is our duty to not only provide medical care, but to educate. Technology gives us so many avenues to reach out to our communities and across the world. Eventually, our younger generations will push the envelope of information technology. We should not wait for them. On the contrary, we must pave the road and lead our children into an era where they will find their comfort zone and achieve greater heights than we can ever imagine.
Until next time, I challenge you all to surprise your children by sending them an Instant Message when it is bedtime (yes, figuring out what an “Instant Message” is will be part of the challenge), and then go in and give them a warm hug and kiss – something technology will never be able to replace!