Dr Michael Gillam on the future of medicine
What will medicine and healthcare be like in the future? What role will technology play? How much say will patients have in their care?
On computers in medicine:
Michael Gillam: Just like cardiology or obstetrics or any of these other specialties, there’s now a speciality in medical informatics, as well – the application of computers to medicine.
As everyone knows, computer power is doubling every two years and this causes a problem. It’s not our fault, but our minds have trouble thinking exponentially. We evolved in a world that was linear.
