Post #1991408
2026-04-21 02:54 UTC
@smallcircles @arclight
... online-only services or purely digital diagnostics further marginalizes some populations, who may outright lose access they once had when clinics and services select only "compliant" patients.
-- a notable and rather horrifying statistic was revealed by study that cancer patients who receive their diagnostic results directly and remotely have higher suicide rates and may be less likely to return to treatment compared to those whose prognosis comes in-person.
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@johannab@cosocial.ca 2026-04-21 02:56
@smallcircles @arclight I could spend another 10 minutes and easily type out at least 6 more examples, but I think my point is there. When I left med tech and went back to school, I continued to see those "unintended consequences" and unacknowledged stakeholders just about everywhere, it's like one of those "THEY LIVE" realizations where I'm the one with the magic glasses.