A new set of tools for the doctors

The medical world is changing so much and with the infusion of technology it seems that it may over complicate the very tasks that they were trying to do. Just imagine the forms and papers that you are used to completeing for you job if they were made digital. Likely you would need training on where to find certain things, as well as how to operate the certain tools.

Doctors and clinicians have been going through this for a long while. Also there were multiple layouts for the information making it all the more difficult to interpret and implement action. Microsoft has been working on a solution...

During the rigorous user-centered design process, more than 100 clinical needs were identified for standardization -- from how names are displayed to the display of patient information, dosages and dates. The toolkit turns the design guide into software components that developers and health customers can deploy, at no cost, in their own existing or upcoming clinical applications, saving their customers both money and time to market.

What sorts of things could be customized in your world that would be easier? Consider the cell phone chargers you had to buy every time you got a new phone, what if that were the same - you could save money.

I reminded myself today, Don't believe everything you see (meaning: just because it has been made that way, it doesn't mean it is right or that it can't be done another(better) way.