The future:
The use of video in health care is bound
to grow as staffing budgets continue to shrink. "Desktop video"
for taping in-service and other educational meetings will become commonplace.
More CEOs will begin using video to reinforce their image as leader and
organizational spokesperson. Off-the-shelf training videos will be
used more as health educators begin to accept generic packages for supervisory,
marketing and sales, human resource, and communication skills.
And that's not all. Although the hardware is still too complex and expensive for widespread use, interactive video is not far down the road. It will make a considerable contribution to training in particular. Another video technology advance: There is now a prototype for "boom boxes" with video players in them. With the infusion of such portability, videos will become a regular part of our lives.
Mary E. Longe, president, Longe Life Communications, Inc., a Deerfield, IL, firm the designs and packages resource libraries, and former manager, community health promotion and women's health, American Hospital Association
Source:
--Hospitals, May 5, 1990 v64 n9 p52(4)
