Why do doctors still use pagers?
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Why do doctors still use pagers?

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Why do doctors still use pagers? He's an emergency room physician at San Francisco General Hospital, and he says pagers cause all kinds of problems for doctors trying to get in touch with each other. GUO: And look, Toph has heard all the classic arguments for why hospitals still use pagers to this day. Nevertheless, a few years ago, Toph and his colleague, Dr. Mary Mercer, tried to get their fellow doctors to switch to a more modern way to communicate - try to get them to use texting.

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Why do doctors still use pagers? : Planet Money
1 year ago

Why do doctors still use pagers? : Planet Money

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Why do doctors still use pagers? Except there's one group of people who still carry pagers: medical doctors. Sponsor Message On today's show: A story about two doctors who hatched a plan to finally rid their hospital of pagers. Help support Planet Money and get bonus episodes by subscribing to Planet Money+ in Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org/planetmoney.

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