The current state of medicine is extremely frightening. Note 1: My comments here relate to the German health system, with which I am most familiar with, but I

The current state of medicine is extremely frightening. Note 1: My comments here relate to the German health system, with which I am most familiar with, but I assume that other systems work similar, if not less efficiently. In my opinion, there are many other problems in the broad field of medicine, but the following two points could be resolved with the support of IT, so I will confine my remarks to those. 1. Plausibility checks Virtually no plausibility checks will be carried out in todays hospitals. Often conflicting drugs are prescribed, which produce uncomfortable side effects. One should start to make all medications and treatment measures subject to automatic (computer based) plausibility checks. This would also lead to a cognitive relief of the clinical staff. 2. Statistical evaluations (data mining) The lack of inadequate statistical analysis is another concern. Germany has begun to build a national cancer database only this year. One can only imagine what valuable information is hidden in those statistics and have been missed up to this day. Imagine an international database in which all patients who are admitted as an emergency to the hospital are captured statistically. This data could be stored completely anonymous. The only thing of importance would be the provision of relevant laboratory values and the patient's symptoms described in the context of the (verified) final diagnosis. Such a system could support the finding of completely new knowledge (data mining) and support the doctor in finding the right diagnosis. And of course the hospitals need strong incentives to implement these measures. Which is why I support the author's call for absolute transparency.