Vitaltech-How much responsibility do they have?
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Re: Vitaltech-How much responsibility do they have?
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I believe that Vitaltech should have enabled the 911 feature- or at least the contacting family and friends. Notifying someone that they are going to die, on a moments notice, in the middle of whatever they happen to be doing has to bring about shock and chemical changes within the brain that cause hysteria. Letting them know in a doctors office, where they are prepared to hear news or any sort, medically, is much more controlled- allowing for more reasonable processing of the news. In any case, people will continue to act on their own free will. I believe there is a great difference in how the "notice" is given, and seeing the possible consequences, I definitely believe a "go to the doctor immediately" notice is much more reasonable. -At least hospitals and doctors have next of kin protocols and grief support on hand.
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I did not even really consider the multitude of circumstances under which someone might receive their notice. Gosh, think if all the incredibly bad moments in your day that could happen. Very good point. Even just the average person's state of mind at that moment could have a huge impact on their reaction. They could.be in the middle of a huge corporate meeting, putting their kid to bed, having an argument with their spouse. All of those endless possibilities alone could determine how the VT2 user would react.VictoriaMcMillen wrote: ↑08 Mar 2018, 12:31
Notifying someone that they are going to die, on a moments notice, in the middle of whatever they happen to be doing has to bring about shock and chemical changes within the brain that cause hysteria.
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Escalation to murder seems to be a result of an individual's panic at a judgement they see as absolute, even when it might not be. Notifying a health professional of the health problem that would lead to a watch user's death is much more responsible than simply telling the user the time of their death.
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Thank you so much for your feedback! VitalTech definitely did not explore every possible avenue to mitigate the notification that a user may be close to death. The watch was a very clever device with its ability to monitor a user's blood continuously but calling it FINAL Notice definitely made it seem final. There were so many things VitalTech could have tweaked to provide the benefits of the watch without causing such panic.ViziVoir wrote: ↑11 Mar 2018, 17:11 This is probably one of the most interesting questions I've seen on the topic - how could we responsibly make this feature available? kfwilson6, I agree entirely with your earlier point about sending the Final Notice to a credible doctor. Human bodies are much more complicated than a prediction this precise seems to imply, and factors like epigenetics and environmental cues can have a huge impact on an individual's health and response to treatments. Even taken at face value, if the watch can predict that a person will die of a heart attack within two weeks, for example, why not just locate the affected artery and instruct the user to undergo surgery as soon as possible?
Escalation to murder seems to be a result of an individual's panic at a judgement they see as absolute, even when it might not be. Notifying a health professional of the health problem that would lead to a watch user's death is much more responsible than simply telling the user the time of their death.
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A lot of responsibility falls on VitalTech since they offered the Final Notice option. No, I don't think that they should have stuck with the alert to see a doctor as soon as possible because it doesn't seem as urgent. I would have to say that yes a Final Notice is a notification of a life-threatening illness since the technology was developed by a doctor with the necessary know-how of how the body functions, and it wasn't developed by completely clueless people.kfwilson6 wrote: ↑02 Mar 2018, 10:48 It was evident that Dr. Patel and his entire team were concerned with the Final Notice option. They were hesitant to offer it for a 30 day time period when it would be less accurate. They even considered features to help users cope with the "housekeeping" aspect of dying such as notifying next of kin. In the original prototype, there was even a 911 feature. Clearly, Dr. Patel was concerned with the well-being of his users. When he found out there were gun incidences with the original test group, he brought the issue to his committee for further consideration.
How much responsibility falls on VitalTech for offering the Final Notice option? Should they have stuck with an alert simply stating the user should see a doctor as soon as possible? Do you think users would take a notification to see the doctor as seriously as a Final Notice? Is the Final Notice equivalent to a doctor's diagnosis of a life-threatening illness?
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What I meant with this question was more along the lines of is it equivalent to a doctor's diagnosis in the sense that when a doctor gives a diagnosis he is actually there for the patient as a human contact. He can provide consolation and answer questions whereas the watch doesn't give any kind of detailed information and is just a device that cannot provide what one on one contact with another person can.
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