Digital Doctoring
Thanks to Dr. Premkumar for the following information.
Dr. Joseph Martin, the dean of Harvard Medical College, authored an essay in the Boston Globe this week, entitled "Digital doctoring". Dr. Martin writes, "A generation ago, doctors were taught that they were all-knowing healers whose judgment was sacrosanct. But today, there's simply too much to know. With the overwhelming advancement of innovative drugs and procedures, doctoring has moved from an individual endeavor to a team effort, and it is technology that binds the team together." He concludes, "Eventually, of course, physician resistance to technology will fade as the generations turn. Until then, it is important that the revolution continue, for technology benefits everyone -- by lowering costs and saving lives."