V alternative . Kos points to the Office 365 suite as an example that does email , calendaring , messaging , telephony , webcasting , groups , intranet , business intelligence , social networking and more . “ The irony is that many health organizations own this technology , yet haven ’ t rolled out these capabilities to their clinicians .”. Is better communication and collaboration the end-goal ? Again , Kos describes it as building blocks for transformation . “ Using these digital capabilities to deliver care in new ways is the objective . Telemedicine for example , or centers of excellence on enterprise social networking .”. One of the most radical initiatives involves augmented reality . Case Western Reserve University is using the new technology to reinvent the whole way they teach medical students anatomy , going as far as to remove cadavers from their curriculum in favour of holograms . Their story can be seen here .
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