It can help avoid problems with conflicting prescriptions. Fiber optics communications can also help overcome confusing claims and enhance quality care choices. Patients and their families can quickly research diagnoses and medications to help take a more active role in their health care management. A specialist in a large city can help assist a local surgeon by watching and offering support during an operation with information and images that are available over the fiber optic network. Patients in our community will be able to get timely second opinions once the online specialist has access to all the reports, lab results, x-rays and so on.
Professionals begin to diagnose and assist immediately.
Without complete health histories, it is impossible to know of pre-existing conditions, such as asthma, or drug allergies. Lives can be lost through lack of timely, accurate information. Fiber optic networks can bring this information directly form the patient's doctor to the ER staff. The medical world changes rapidly. Convenient, online professional education offers our local health care professionals the opportunity to keep up with out leaving the community.