In this week’s New England Journal of Medicine Dr. Lisa Rosenbaum uses digital adherence monitoring to offer an overview of the complexities surrounding medication adherence. In Swallowing a Spy — The Potential Uses of Digital Adherence Monitoring she concludes that technology won’t make up for what doctors don’t have the time to do: For those of us who struggle, ... Continue Reading about 3 Points on Potential Uses of Digital Adherence Monitoring
Life 3.0 – Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Book review | Life 3.0 - Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence by Max Tegmark, Knopf (2017). If there’s one thing poised to change health care in the near future it’s artificial intelligence (AI). While at a flexion point our understanding of its boundaries and potential remain limited. Among physicians, for example, we can’t seem to get beyond the ... Continue Reading about Life 3.0 – Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Medical Virtualist – A Specialty with a Tenuous Future
A JAMA article this week proposes the a new specialty, the medical virtualist. But the suggestion that the virtual connection of doctors and patients will be restricted enough to be a medical specialty is shortsighted. The medium does not define the doctor Because the medium doesn’t define the doctor. In fact, it should be the other way around. Communication ... Continue Reading about Medical Virtualist – A Specialty with a Tenuous Future
Artificial Intelligence – How to Future Proof Your Job
Note: For a full review of Life 3.0 - Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence click through to the full 33 charts review. MIT’s Max Tegmark in his new book, Life 3.0 - Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, discusses how young workers can future proof for artificial intelligence. Recent forecasts for when various jobs will get taken over by ... Continue Reading about Artificial Intelligence – How to Future Proof Your Job
Apologizing for Technology
I was reading this interview with an MIT scientist who developed a machine learning tool to assess pain. At the end of the interview he remarked in a reassuring tone that his technology will not replace doctors. More and more we are apologizing for technology. I am seeing this more frequently in the context of medical technology. Developers are quick to to reassure ... Continue Reading about Apologizing for Technology
Novel Approach to Genetic Discrimination
One of this generation's greatest health care challenges will be privacy. As genomic analysis becomes more precise, individuals with genetically associated disease are increasingly cautious about sharing their genome over fear of discrimination and bias. This is a problem. Stanford researchers report in Science this week a method for shrouding private genetic ... Continue Reading about Novel Approach to Genetic Discrimination