Computers in the Workplace

The industry I will be commenting on is the Healthcare industry - 

I am in a family full of healthcare workers, and I have also worked in and around hospitals for years.  I think it is fascinating how the healthcare field is evolving and how it will continue to grow with some help from the IT field.  Where to start, computers have become integrated door-to-door with most hospitals today.  When I was working in the emergency room of a local hospital in 2008, all of our work (registration/triage) was done on paper and transferred to our database, now most of this is done on PC carts wheeled from room-to-room.  This however is basic evolution and not really impressive, however the movement to nationalize databases so that doctors you chose to see, could in turn see your treatment plans, prescriptions, medical history etc, is the game changer in my opinion.  This is however still an on-going process, but I think it is a drastic step in the right direction.  Another thing that excites me about IT and healthcare is the use of Big Data in healthcare, which can reduce costs, solidify treatment plans and reduce error, I think this is the most beneficial thing to happen to medicine from an IT perspective.  

It is going to become increasingly more important for healthcare workers to be IT literate, especially in the use of these machines (not necessarily in the build).  With the advent of increasingly sophisticated equipment, the employees must become not only competent, but proficient to use this technology to it's full intended use. 

With how quickly IT changes, the most important change I can foresee in the next 10 years is likely going to be some form of AI.... now whether this is "true AI" vs a more intelligent program we will see.  However, I think this will be revolutionary in terms of health, and how we view medicine as a whole.