Health Tech Critic Gifts

"Yes, of course you can have a second opinion — ask Siri."

Valuable business advice from some famous disruptive technologies.

'Call me immediately if there's any serious side effects so I can notify my lawyer.'

"Surgery up here is free!"

"This just in: According to a recent poll, painkillers have replaced religion as the opiate of the masses."

Who gets the anti-corona vaccine?

Statue of Liberty with satellite dish and laptop spying on the World.

'Tech stocks dropped on the finding that technology isn't neccessarily the best solution to everything.'

"You'll do everything...accounting, marketing, manufacturing...with no pay or benefits...and three years from now we'll trade you in for a newer, sexier model."

Twitter censorship

"AI chat bot"

"We don't offer a health-care plan. Instead, we have Lou persuade you not to get sick."

"I'm prescribing a patch. It will dispense meds as permitted by your insurance company."

"... and keep him off al news coverage of healthcare reforms."

Modern Day Kids Playing 'Telephone'

Social media and censorship...

It tells you the time? That's all it does? Well, isn't that just the cutest little thing?

Modern Life Blues

Feel alienated by technology? Tell me more. Press 1 for yes, 2 for no.

'We'll see significant savings in health care costs with our new in-house operations.'

Someday

BMA criticises 'Black Hole' of NHS IT spending

'I just evolved the opposable thumb, and I've already got carpal-tunnel syndrome!'

"We are here to remove a blockage in your bank account."

"Republicans, Democrats...as long as they keep getting sick, we'll be all right."

'So far, all I can tell you for sure is how much I've charged you.'

'Having all this information on my patient's diagnostics is great, but I think I need a degree in data analytics to sort it all out...'

'What's PPI and how did you get this number?'

'I'm death for goodness sake - why do I have to adopt a more healthy lifestyle?'

NHS Reforms: See No Evil, Hear No Evil and Speak No Evil.

The World Pharmaceutical Corporation

'With all these mega mergers between electronics and telecommunications firms, I just got an obscene email from the toaster...'

"Frank, I need your help. The computers are down, but I was told you know how to multiply two numbers together."

'I wasn't feeling ill, doctor, until I started hearing about the NHS reforms.'

Have you drugged your child today?