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Surgeon/scientist promoting science in medicine and exposing quackery. Editor of Science-Based Medicine. My opinions do NOT represent those of my employers.

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    1. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon Jan 12

      David Gorski, MD, PhD Retweeted Alan Levinovitz

      This is, sadly, true. We’re also the only industry left that still widely uses pagers.https://twitter.com/AlanLevinovitz/status/1349126226774994944 …

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      Alan LevinovitzVerified account @AlanLevinovitz
      Lots of takeaways from an interview I just did with a gastroenterologist. One of them—should I have known this?—is that faxes (!!!) are still a primary way that physicians send and receive information. "the only industry left that does it"
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    2. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon Jan 12

      The pager I carry 24/7 (shown next to my Apple Watch for size comparison) is basically the same as the one I carried over 20 years ago. Same size, same design. I expect to be carrying it until the day I retire. That’s how far behind the technological times medicine is here.pic.twitter.com/xqsc8yI5JS

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      David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon Jan 12

      How many docs out there, I wonder, still carry this pager or one with the same design?

      7:37 PM - 12 Jan 2021
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        2. Scott Colson, MD‏ @srcolson Jan 12
          Replying to @gorskon

          We have the option to carry one, but I switched to a pager app on my iPhone when it became available. I don't miss my pager. In fact, my patients used to tease me about my "1980s tech"

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        3. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon Jan 12
          Replying to @srcolson

          We just got PerfectServe at my cancer center, but this doesn’t help much because the other main hospital I’m based at still uses pagers.

          0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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        1. (((BLM+SaferAtHome-Test/Trace/Isolate)))‏ @MactasticChgo Jan 12
          Replying to @gorskon

          Right?!?!?! If I had a nickel for every time my wife said that as she grabbed her pager I could make a car down payment.

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        1. WeIsMan‏ @dcweisman Jan 12
          Replying to @gorskon

          Love my pager. It takes effort and thought to get me. And dedicated fax lines have never been beat.

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        1. I am Immune‏ @DamanLangguth Jan 12
          Replying to @gorskon

          Not had one for 15 years

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        1. @DrM47145  🔱  🇦🇷 🇺🇸‏ @DrM47145 Jan 12
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          One is too many. 14 years ago I was given the option to carry a one-way pager or a Palm Treo. The Palm was heavy, bulky and not that smart, but even back then Pagers were too already woefully dated. I don’t need to say what I chose.

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        1. visionarymuse‏ @visionarymuse Jan 12
          Replying to @gorskon

          OR circulator here. I carry that same one every time I’m on call. The ear piercing beeps are guaranteed to wake everyone in the house, and possibly the neighbors as well!

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        1. Megan Lane MD‏ @m_lane19 Jan 12
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          pic.twitter.com/7jfH5kABlw

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        2. mark gamache‏ @markgamache Jan 12
          Replying to @gorskon

          They still have technical advantages in some situations.

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        3. Clara‏ @ClaraBRussells Jan 13
          Replying to @markgamache @gorskon

          Yes, I wonder if the simplicity could be argued as an advantage as well. A dedicated device that just does one thing.

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