FDA Says The Internet Is Going Down Later This Week?
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) posted a video to Twitter about stopping the spread of misinformation. Strangely, the FDA used “the internet is going down later this week” as an example. “Are you prepared? The internet is going down later this we...
Food and Drug Administration? That FDA? What do they have to do with Internet? FCC I could believe I guess.
Could be a subtle warning to the medical community who basically all use electronic medical records software. With no internet a hospital or healthcare business would grind to a hault. No internet you can’t access a patients records, or send out insurance claims for reimbursement.
Wait a minute, if the internet goes down, how the hell are the doctors going to used MebMD to look up a diagnosis?
Randy from South Park: “I can’t go to WebMD and look up this cough”😂😂
Can't even buy groceries without the internet anymore (unless you're paying cash.)
I work in a hospital — all patient records are on our intranet, which wouldn’t be affected by this. As far as I know, all hospitals work this way.
But sending insurance claims… you’re right, we couldn’t do that via internet. We can send paper mail though, assuming the USPS can function.