Dr. Theresa Cullen: Okay, so I think I’ve said this on your show before, but you know that tri-quarter from Star Trek, I’m still waiting for that tri-quarter.
JIm Flyzik: Yes. Yes, yes.
Dr. Theresa Cullen: So when do you guys give it to me? I heard that there was some big competition. We didn’t do it yet. I think that that’s informative though. I think that we have all these grandiose visions and we’re going to be able to get through, and you know what, these are human bodies. They’re all different. We all look different for a reason. We’re not all the same, so while we try to eliminate variation wherever it is, what we need to remember is that medicine and I still practice medicine, it’s about the narrative of medicine, so you know what? I want IT in the background. I want it just to figure it out. I want to it to give me clinical reasoning and clinical decision support at the point of care and kind of whisper in my ear, so the patient doesn’t know I’m relying on it. Not really, but that’s so what I have is that patient healthcare team engagement with the patient, with the population.
The one thing I would also caution us we don’t want to forget about the digital divide. So while most of us in this room have access to the latest and that greatest, there’s lots of people out there that don’t…
JIm Flyzik: That don’t.
Dr. Theresa Cullen: And so what we need to do is ensure that technology remains accessible and available to help everybody.
JIm Flyzik: Excellent.
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