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Are you kidding with this statement, i just finished reading some good research papers with focus studies on this. Do you think docs in the ER hold all the info
by nashequilibrium 13y ago
Are you kidding with this statement, i just finished reading some good research papers with focus studies on this. Do you think docs in the ER hold all the information in their head of the different types of diagnosis? The biggest mistakes usually happen when faced with a rare disorder but doctors don't have the time to find the edge cases in the ER so they go with whats familiar. My wife is a therapist and most therapist just push bipolar because they are lazy to go through all the material to find these edge cases. You should also read Mckinsey's latest report on the value of intelligent knowledge bases to the economy. This is not a some time in the future benefit, it is now and lots of business are making a shitload of money, you just don't hear about it in techcrunch, since snapchat takes all the headlines.
Regarding cancer specifically this is a huge help to doctors who are actually using it but when drugs cost $300000 a year and the drug companies then give the doctors rebates. This results in doctors then billing insurance companies $300000 and making up the difference as extra cash, which drug do you think a doctor is going to prescribe to you? A lot of cancer drugs will only be effective on maybe 6% of cancer patients and the companies know this based on genetic screening but they still push it onto everyone regardless of your genetics. A company like 23andme, paired with transparent drug trial results and a knowledge base like watson will save the economy a shitload of money, but a lot of drug companies will lose out on revenue and doctors on their kickbacks. At least insurance premiums will drop but this is capitalism.....goodluck!
- mdda 13y agoDoes this [1] lead to the PDF report you mean? [1] http://digitalinnovationtoday.com/speed-summary-mckinseys-12-disruptive-technologies-changing-the-world/ http://digitalinnovationtoday.com/speed-summary-mckinseys-12...