Why Doctors So Often Get It Wrong - New York Times
Why Doctors So Often Get It Wrong - New York Times
Doctors all too often treat symptoms and have little interest in diagnosing causes. As a former IT Project Manager I’m afraid that the software solution would only serve to make doctors similar to the store clerk that can’t give change during a power failure.
From a technical standpoint a computerized diagnostic system is nothing more than a database that associates symptoms with maladies, hardly worth the $800,000 per year per hospital or $795 for the doctor. In my opinion the colleges and universities that are responsible for training these professionals should be supplying them with that information as a part of their education.
Another part of the problem has become the specialization in the medical field. While a GP will evaluate the body as a whole they lack the knowledge of the specialists. Conversely the specialists, well educated in a particular system, view the body as a microcosm.
Doctors all too often treat symptoms and have little interest in diagnosing causes. As a former IT Project Manager I’m afraid that the software solution would only serve to make doctors similar to the store clerk that can’t give change during a power failure.
From a technical standpoint a computerized diagnostic system is nothing more than a database that associates symptoms with maladies, hardly worth the $800,000 per year per hospital or $795 for the doctor. In my opinion the colleges and universities that are responsible for training these professionals should be supplying them with that information as a part of their education.
Another part of the problem has become the specialization in the medical field. While a GP will evaluate the body as a whole they lack the knowledge of the specialists. Conversely the specialists, well educated in a particular system, view the body as a microcosm.
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