What YouTube is for
Hospital IT pilot fish is checking on help desk calls sent to his department when he spots a doctor's request for access to YouTube -- a blocked site.
"Thinking that this was just another case of a doctor believing that he is above the law, I called to explain that this site was specifically blocked at the request of the hospital administrators," says fish.
Administrators are particularly strict about what Internet sites can be accessed because the hospital deals with psychiatric and behavioral-disorder patients, and everyone is careful about what they might see on common-use PCs.
Doctor tells fish he needs access to YouTube for patient therapy. He's working with patients who have emetophobia -- the fear of vomit.
His plan: to expose patients to videos of people throwing up, in order to desensitize them to it.
"The hospital administrators agreed and we granted him an exemption for that Web site," fish says.
"I just feel sorry for the tech that might have to service that particular PC."
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