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- What if the phrase 'the doctor will see you now' became a thing of the past, and you were the one who held all the power over your own medical data?
- Have you ever wondered how your smartphone could transform into a high-tech medical lab, allowing you to scan for bacteria and diagnose yourself in seconds?
- Are you curious about how a massive shift in Big Data is moving the center of the healthcare universe away from the hospital and directly into your hands?
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Key Takeaways from The Patient Will See You Now
- Discover how smartphones are revolutionizing autonomous medicine by allowing patients to self-diagnose conditions ranging from skin lesions to infectious diseases.
- Understand why the traditional, doctor-dominated medical hierarchy is collapsing as accessible genetic testing empowers patients to make their own informed health decisions.
- Learn how telemedicine and remote monitoring technologies are drastically reducing the need for hospital stays, paving the way for 24/7 virtual appointments and bedless medical centers.
- Find out how innovative mobile apps are forcing transparency in a notoriously overpriced healthcare system by allowing you to easily compare medical costs and avoid wasted administrative fees.
- Explore the development of a 'Human GIS,' a groundbreaking digital map that will combine your physiological, genetic, and anatomical data to create a comprehensive, individualized health profile.
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The Patient Will See You Now
The Smartphone Revolution+
Power Shift to Patients+
Infrastructure Overhaul+
The Human GIS+
Big Data & Predictive Medicine+
Data Privacy Risks+
Quiz — Test Your Understanding
Question 1 of 7
How are smartphones primarily transforming healthcare in developing regions like sub-Saharan Africa?
Question 2 of 7
According to the text, what is the main catalyst shifting power from doctors to patients?
Question 3 of 7
Why does the text suggest that the need for traditional hospitals is decreasing?
Question 4 of 7
What is the concept of the 'human GIS' (Graphic Information System) described in the book?
Question 5 of 7
How did the computer algorithm Healthmap demonstrate the power of Big Data in medicine?
Question 6 of 7
What is a major risk associated with the accumulation of detailed medical and genetic data?
Question 7 of 7
How are apps like Castlight and PokitDok attempting to improve the healthcare industry?
The Patient Will See You Now — Full Chapter Overview
- 1Recommendation
- 2Smartphones broaden access to medical knowledge and will soon give patients far greater power to self-diagnose accurately, independently.
- 3Technology will transfer power from doctors to patients.
- 4Technology will transform our current medical infrastructure.
- 5We will soon be able to build a complex map of everyone’s medical information.
- 6A human GIS and access to big data will radically improve health care.
- 7Big data may even enable us to predict common diseases.
- 8Detailed medical data is risky if it falls into the wrong hands.
The Patient Will See You Now Summary & Overview
The medical world is on the brink of a revolution thanks to new and future technology like Big Data health maps and bacteria scanners that can attach to smartphones. Power is shifting from the doctor to the patient, and self-treatment and self-diagnoses are becoming unprecedentedly powerful. The Patient Will See You Now (2015) outlines these changes and what they mean for both you and the healthcare world.
Who Should Listen to The Patient Will See You Now?
- Medical students
- People who suffer from a chronic disease
- Anyone curious about the future of medicine
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