“What if, for instance, every Briton were also entitled to a free, unlimited, lifetime supply of transportation? That is, what if everyone were allowed to go down to the car dealership whenever they wanted and pick out any new model, free of charge, and drive it home?”
― Think Like a Freak
― Think Like a Freak
“Imagine a retinal chip giving you perfect eye sight or the ability to see in the dark; a cochlear implant giving you perfect hearing; a memory chip giving you almost limitless memory. Such brain implants will not be the first neuroprosthetics given that those have been around commercially for three decades. Examples include cochlear implants, and now retinal implants which were first approved by the FDA in 2013. Implants”
― The Guide to the Future of Medicine (2022 Edition): Technology AND The Human Touch
― The Guide to the Future of Medicine (2022 Edition): Technology AND The Human Touch
“Participatory Medicine is a model of cooperative health care that seeks to achieve active involvement by patients, professionals, caregivers, and others across the continuum of care on all issues related to an individual’s health. Participatory medicine is an ethical approach to care that also holds promise to improve outcomes, reduce medical errors, increase patient satisfaction and improve the cost of care.”
― The Guide to the Future of Medicine (2022 Edition): Technology AND The Human Touch
― The Guide to the Future of Medicine (2022 Edition): Technology AND The Human Touch
“On the 8th of October in 2016, Zurich, Switzerland will host the first championship sports event under the name Cybathlon for parathletes using high–tech prostheses, exoskeletons, and other robotic and assistive devices. This”
― The Guide to the Future of Medicine (2022 Edition): Technology AND The Human Touch
― The Guide to the Future of Medicine (2022 Edition): Technology AND The Human Touch
“Usually it takes 4 to 6 years to become a doctor, and another 5 to 10 years to become a specialist. Trying to remember what the world looked like 4 or 6 years ago I recall no widespread use of smartphones, tablets, Google Glass, social media, or artificial intelligence. That is how much the world can change in a few years’ time. The rate of change is even faster now. Current curriculum does not prepare students for these even though new applications and technologies are becoming a crucial part of the medical profession. It is time to change and actually re–think the basics of what we call medical education.”
― The Guide to the Future of Medicine (2022 Edition): Technology AND The Human Touch
― The Guide to the Future of Medicine (2022 Edition): Technology AND The Human Touch
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