Unfortunately, no technology may be generally accepted to be flawless. The health care system has recently started to implement new technologies. Among them is MRI or magnetic resonance imaging that is believed to be indispensable in young patients’ treatment because some of them tend to possess mental issues and need to access records electronically in order to be aware of their diagnosis and the exact impact of the treatment.
Indeed, new engines may easily fail because of any reason causing problems and postponing forming a precise diagnosis. For instance, according to recent researches, “they identified keywords and tabulated definitions for major categories of equipment and problems e.g. switch, router and bug” (Chem, Wang, Magrabi, 2017). It means that electronic devices seem to be unreliable to some extent. Another issue concerning their application runs as follows: “any disruptions to access the computer system have severe consequences to hospital operations, finance, patient safety, providers, and especially the clinical staff” (Gecoma, Klopp, Rouse, 2020). Therefore, the work of the whole clinic may be stopped because of one engine, a few patients may die of not being given manual pulmonary ventilation. The reason would be an MRI that went off in the neighboring wards.
Nevertheless, there is no reason to stop implementing new technologies. The point is that problems with engines may be prevented in case of accurate use. MRI cannot be replaced as well as many other devices, that is why it would be wise to keep them at hospitals. A probable solution may be to double the devices in number to act swiftly in case they are broken. However, there is a large investment from the government should take place.
To sum it up, brand new engines may be broken when they are needed and cause a patient’s death. Such situations are better to be prevented. Unfortunately, it can be done only with the help of the government. However, it does not mean that without technologies hospitals would work better. New technologies appear to be an essential part of medical treatment and should not be criticized because of the probability of their chance failures.
References
Chen, J.A., Wang, Y., & Magrabi, F. (2017). Downtime in Digital Hospitals: An Analysis of Patterns and Causes Over 33 Months. Studies in health technology and informatics, 239, 14-20.
Gecoma, G., Klopp, A., & Rouse, M. (2020). Apocatastasis: Redefining tropes of the apocalypse in Neil Gaiman and Dave Mckean’s signal to noise: Implementation of an evidence-based electronic health record (EHR), downtime readiness, and recovery plan. Online Journal of Nursing Informatics Contributors, 1. Web.