The cost of technology
E Toll - Jama, 2012 - jamanetwork.com
NO ONE WAS MORE SURPRISED THAN THE PHYSICIAN HIM-self. The drawing was
unmistakable. It showed the artist—a 7-year-old girl—on the examining table. Her older
sister was seated nearby in a chair, as was her mother, cradling her baby sister. The doctor
sat staring at the computer, his back to the patient—and everyone else. All were smiling. The
picture was carefully drawn with beautiful colors and details, and you couldn't miss the
message. When he saw the drawing, the physician wrote a caption for it:“The economic …
unmistakable. It showed the artist—a 7-year-old girl—on the examining table. Her older
sister was seated nearby in a chair, as was her mother, cradling her baby sister. The doctor
sat staring at the computer, his back to the patient—and everyone else. All were smiling. The
picture was carefully drawn with beautiful colors and details, and you couldn't miss the
message. When he saw the drawing, the physician wrote a caption for it:“The economic …