Tuesday, April 04, 2023

Calling Dr. Welby/Rev II



Back in 2012, a blurb posted in BRT titled Healthcare - Days of Future Past detailed the coming revolution in medical with AI and Lab on a chip tech (Not Theranos ) capable of upending an inefficient for profit business to the max. It's not here yet but it will be as the current state of HC in America is not sustainable in any way, shape or fashion

Some of the efficiencies gained as per the article will include:

  • Watson goes into smart phones and becomes friendly Dr. Welby, available 24/7 in the privacy of your own home. Implications for the future of doctors cannot be underestimated when...
  • Lab on a Chip gets real and can be bought at the local drug store complete with wireless connectivity to a smartphone or computer with connects to, you guessed it, Watson, the friendly digital doc who's analysis of one's drop of blood placed into the aforementioned Lab on A Chip is assessed with lab results sent back to you within minutes telling you why you are feeling the way you do without delay and without exorbitant costs, which means
  • The number of doctors needed to do baseline healthcare plummets
  • The cost of doing lab analysis of one's blood plummets
  • The cost of processing claims plummets while
  • The number of nurse practitioners rises to do the basics, i.e.flu shots, minor injuries etc., etc.
  • The question of drug and hospital costs will become the central issue along with insurance premiums as tech will have drastically lowered the expense of healthcare via the hardware/software environment described above.  
  • The same push of tech will impact administrative inefficiencies as well because technology will force the industry to become more transparent, competitive and web savvy regarding doctor, drug, hospital/MRI/Xray and insurance costs because people will demand it just as they demanded the same transparency when looking to buy anything else that's available on line whether it be books, computers or software.
  • In 2023, as stated before, lab on a chip is not here yet but it will be. It's just a matter of time.

And this ... a long term approach to medical AI begins.


Carling Dr. Welby/Rev II applies does it not?

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