The advantages and dangers of computers
the "ipatient" vs. the real patient
how physical exam skills are atrophying as American physicians increasingly just rely on technology.
"But all that training can be undone the moment the students hit their clinical years. Then, they discover that the currency on the ward seems to be "throughput" — getting tests ordered and getting results, having procedures like colonoscopies done expeditiously, calling in specialists, arranging discharge. And the engine for all of that, indeed the place where the dialogue between doctors and nurses takes place, is the computer."
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/27/opinion/27verghese.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1
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