"Based on the patient's past history of seasonal allergies and the high pollen count that day, most signs seemed to indicate that there was nothing to worry abo

"Based on the patient's past history of seasonal allergies and the high pollen count that day, most signs seemed to indicate that there was nothing to worry about. But--in order to rule out the unlikely "edge case" that the patient had contracted an acute viral infection that could become serious when his immune system was suppressed by chemotherapy--my advisor made sure to run tests for several common bugs before starting treatment." And that's the problem: thinking like this as a programmer is cheap and fast; as a doctor it is slow and very expensive. I for one would prefer a very cheap doctor that didn't think like this most of the time. Unfortunately, massive malpractice settlements will always hinder the goal of cheap healthcare.