The digital era has revolutionised the second half of the 20th century. Medicine has not been spared. It was not long ago that a Palm Pilot with access to Epocrates was the greatest technology. This evolved to the first smartphones, such as the giant Blackberry with tiny letter keys, followed by the touchscreen smartphone. Now we can call, text, e\u2010mail, page and research any question, even through voice command, in a matter of seconds from one device. With this, medicine has evolved to embrace an electronic medical record, digital operating room schedules, computerised foreign\u2010language interpreters, and digital prescribing of controlled substances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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