In 1903, more than one hundred years ago, the future for Thomas Edison as he predicted was "The doctor (who) will give no medicine, but … instruct his patient in the care of the human frame, in diet and in the cause and prevention of disease" Today, we can predict that the future world of medicine will be a world of electronic health records, robots, artificial intelligence and machine learning as well as highly developed communication means. However, moving to a future of medicine is probably like driving on a country road with its ruts, convolutions and unexpected turns rather than 5 driving on a highway. Recent problems with the Watson supercomputer demonstrate that. A new study from MIT computer scientists, suggests that human doctors provide a dimension that, as yet, artificial intelligence does not. They have found that a physician’s "gut feeling" plays a significant role in the intensive care unit. As researcher Mohammad Ghassemi said: "there is something about a doctor's experience and their years of training and practice, that allows them to know in a more comprehensive sense, beyond just the list of symptoms, whether you are doing well or you are not. We can predict that physicians will provide integrated care as members of multidisciplinary teams and will perform more complex tasks in an increasingly complex work environment, although the question remains: who will be the leaders of these teams? But there is another factor that must be addressed in order to effectively propel medicine into the next decades. Today, at the time I am speaking on this highly-respected podium, more than 10 million physicians all over the world take care of those in need of 6 medical help and nearly half of them have symptoms of burnout defined as emotional exhaustion, interpersonal disengagement, and a low sense of personal accomplishment. Besides a physician's well-being, burnout
In 1903, more than one hundred years ago, the future for Thomas Edison as he predicted was "The doctor … (who) will give no medicine, but instruct his patient in the care of the human frame, in diet and in the cause and prevention of disease" Today, we can predict that the future world of medicine will be a world of electronic health records, robots, artificial intelligence and machine learning as well as highly developed communication means. However, moving to a future of medicine is probably like driving on a country road with its ruts, convolutions and unexpected turns rather than 5 driving on a highway. Recent problems with the Watson supercomputer demonstrate that. A new study from MIT computer scientists, suggests that human doctors provide a dimension that, as yet, artificial intelligence does not. They have found that a physician’s "gut feeling" plays a significant role in the intensive care unit. As researcher Mohammad Ghassemi said: "there is something about a doctor's experience and their years of training and practice, that allows them to know in a more comprehensive sense, beyond just the list of symptoms, whether you are doing well or you are not. We can predict that physicians will provide integrated care as members of multidisciplinary teams and will perform more complex tasks in an increasingly complex work environment, although the question remains: who will be the leaders of these teams? But there is another factor that must be addressed in order to effectively propel medicine into the next decades. Today, at the time I am speaking on this highly-respected podium, more than 10 million physicians all over the world take care of those in need of 6 medical help and nearly half of them have symptoms of burnout defined as emotional exhaustion, interpersonal disengagement, and a low sense of personal accomplishment. Besides a physician's well-being, burnout
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