The plight of the fax machine

It’s 2015. In the midst of technological advancements such as EHRs, HIEs, cloud computing and telemedicine, another unlikely player stands strong in the health IT world: the fax machine.

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The fax machine was patented in 1843 by Alexander Bain and commercialized in the 1960s. But what place does such an antiquated technology hold in healthcare today, in an industry inundated with the latest innovations and technologies? How far have we really come if we still rely on fax machines?

The following cartoon was contributed by McKesson.

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