title: Radical technology: your grandfather's telephone.
abstract: More than 100 years ago, a cutting-edge technology offered the potential to improve and better manage care. But like each innovation that was to follow, the telephone wasn't implemented in a day.
authors.affiliation: School of Business, Somford University, Birmingham, AL, USA. dusmith@samford.edu
authors.forename: Douglas L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D010824:Physicians' Offices; D014481:United States