Mat
5:45 KJV
That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he
maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the
just and on the unjust.
In temporal things, God loves all men.
Even in an era of rapid and accelerating technological change.
How
computers will replace your doctor - The Week http://j.mp/0DrPC or http://theweek.com/article/index/273612/how-computers-will-replace-your-doctor
You've probably read some widespread
sillinesses about how technology is moving us toward a world split between
"high-skill" and "low-skill" jobs. Worriers claim that
people with high-skill jobs will gobble up all of the economic pie, and those
with low-skill jobs will be left with mere crumbs. This notion was perhaps best
exemplified by economist Tyler Cowen's book Average is Over. http://www.amazon.com/Average-Is-Over-Powering-Stagnation/dp/0525953736
This is nonsense. Because high-skill jobs are
in peril, too. And sometimes, their death will make way for a raft of new
"low-skill" jobs.
For example, look at the future of the general
practitioner of medicine. This is considered the epitome of the high-skilled,
secure, remunerative job. Four years of college! Four years of medical school!
Internship! Residency! Government-protected cartel membership! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIGBVjr3Et8
And yet, this profession is going the way of
the dodo bird.
To understand why, the first thing you need to
understand is that multiple studies have shown that software is better able to
diagnose illnesses, with fewer misdiagnoses http://io9.com/5983991/computers-are-better-at-diagnosing-and-treating-patients-than-doctors
. Health wonks love this trend, known as evidence-based diagnosis, and medical
doctors loathe it, because who cares about saving lives when you can avoid the
humiliation of having a computer tell you what to do.
Then you need to look at companies like
Theranos http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/12/15/blood-simpler
, which allow you to get a blood test cheaply and easily at Walgreens, and get
more information about your health than you'd get in a typical doctor's visit.
Then look at a company like Sherpaa https://sherpaa.com/ , whose mobile app
provides you diagnoses, helps you get your prescriptions filled, refers you to
specialists, and so on. Right now, Sherpaa works with doctors. But there's no
reason to think it couldn't eventually work with software (and in the meantime,
work with cheaper Indian doctors rather than morbidly expensive American
doctors).
But, you say, we won't be able to get rid of
the human general practitioner absolutely. People will still need human
judgment, and the human touch.
You are right — absolutely right. But the human
we need is someone with training closer to a nurse's than a doctor's, and
augmented by the right software, would be both cheaper and more effective than
a doctor. You might pay a monthly subscription to be able to treat this person
as your family "doctor" — although most of your interaction would be
with software via an app. They'd be better than a doctor, too — trained in
general wellness and prevention, and being able to refer you to specialists if
need be.
What room is there left for generalist doctors
in that scenario? None. They're the ones who the internet will replace; and it
is nurses and other "low-skilled" health workers who will do best out
of this shift. And most importantly, it will be great for patients.
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