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One low-hanging fruit to help the medical system is to replace/supplement GPs. GPs just route to a specialist, with some treatment short-circuits along the way
by trh0awayman 4y ago
One low-hanging fruit to help the medical system is to replace/supplement GPs. GPs just route to a specialist, with some treatment short-circuits along the way. Sometimes you are forced through this pipeline for insurance reasons. There's a shortage of these doctors, at least in the US.
Create what WebMd should be: an actual working expert system. Take some modern medical textbooks and create a basic expert system. You can use ML for any imaging/sound/whatever needs, and you can schedule lab tests yourself. It might never be as good as a great GP, but how often do you have access to a great GP?
- bombcar 4y agoThe idea behind a GP is supposed to be someone who knows you and your history, and can help recommend care, but they've been forced to become gatekeepers for the insurance system to reduce specialist use. The incentives are all sorts of misaligned.
- ravenstine 4y agoHow about maybe we decide we don't need people to slave away in medical school for a decade and go through residency in order for them to diagnose and treat patients? Is anyone stopping to think that the way we become doctors might be very stupid? We don't necessarily need tech to solve this problem.
- trh0awayman 4y agoOf course the whole system of becoming a doctor is screwed up (especially the match), but the chances that it will get fixed seem slim. I don't think we need tech to solve the problem in general - I think we need tech to solve the problem today.