Dr Heather Duncan, intensive care consultant and lead of the RAPID (Real-Time Adaptive and Predictive Indicator of Deterioration) project at Birmingham Children’s Hospital, discusses the benefits of wireless monitoring.
Technology is literally everywhere in our lives – from the devices in our pockets to the electromagnetic waves that flood our homes. This change has come about overnight, in the blink of an eye in terms of human history and culture. We are filling our lives with technology’s new promises to deliver more, deliver things more quickly, and to open up our lives to more opportunities.
It’s giving us completely new ways to get work done in the world. At the same time technology is less and less limited to a specific place.
Take phones for example. Do you remember corded phones – where you had to go to one place in the house to use the phone? I grew up with phones like that and even I can barely remember them.
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