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To: THE ANT who wrote (137757)	1/1/2018 4:59:26 PM
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Re: " Without data I think most have no right to an opinion." I Agree, but I would take it further: without data one cannot output an opinion. Opinions are the result of data that has passed through our processor. I appreciate that you've brought the subject to the raw essentials: data and processing. Medical opinions offered by physicians are the output of available/retrievable data that has passed through their processor. Hence the best physicians have deeper data banks and better processors than others. This is why the internet plays such an important part in medicine and why it and AI will play such an important part in the future of medicine. About 10 years ago I went to ER with severe chest pain thinking I was having a heart attack. Test showed it was not my heart but dr. was not sure - perhaps chest virus. Follow up with another dr. and again no prognosis given. On third visit I brought downloaded/printed information from the internet and told dr. I believed my condition was costochondritis. Dr. agreed 100% and treated me accordingly. AI is superior in that it can store infinitely more data and has infinitely greater processing ability. AlphaZero AI beats champion chess program after teaching itself in four hours re: "at the edges of medicine it is more difficult" [to carry a list of those to follow]. Yes, just as it would be to have access to the world's Grand Master's of Chess to counsel or instruct you in a given chess predicament. AI will take care care of that problem. My wife of ~40 years has only a high school education and some technical training in the dental field. She has high cholesterol and drs have been bugging her for years to take statins. She refuses. Why, she has sourced the information on the internet and advocates for herself. She has even come up with her own theory about Alzheimer's Disease. Since cholesterol is vital to the brain she believes the increase in Alzheimer's Disease is proportionate to the use of statins. Not saying she's right or wrong -- just that the data she inputted and processed lead her to this OPINION. I believe I have chosen some of the best physicians in their respective fields (in our location). My Orthopedic dr and I share the same urologist. He has complete trust in him (our mutual urologist) and admits he has no opinions to offer on what prostate treatment he would choose since he hasn't studied anything about the prostate since medical school. Both he (and his assistant) and my PCP have asked me to fully inform them on my experience with Proton Beam Therapy. While back on the subject of prostate cancer -- the Davinci Robotic Surgery relies on a trained physician -- today. I believe that the next generation will not rely on a trained physician manually guiding it. Perhaps some oversight - but the robot will do most the work, with infinitely greater precision that human could ever achieve. Many common surgeries will be performed by robots in the not-to-distant future. They will be faster, cleaner, & more precise than any human variation. Its this superiority of AI over Human that leads so many believe that it will one day become a threat... and they may be correct. Tele-medicne will eventually take off. Kaiser is currently one of the leaders in this field. Now instead of scheduling a dr visit you can email your dr with your symptoms... if its a previously treated issue then treatments are prescribed eliminating any need for the visit. I had skin infection. I emailed dr with attached images (also allows for attaching documents -- like from the internet). My PCP was unsure as to what it might be so she forwarded information to dermatologist who responded with suggest treatment. I never had to see a dr. -- further more -- Kaiser does NOT charge for consultation, prognosis, and prescriptions when all is taken care of via email. Currently the system needs a Universal Comprehensive Health History Form. This would be a form you fill out once that provides comprehensive data on your health. I hate the fact that every time I go to a new dr I have to fill out a health history form. They all ask basically the same the questions. Its unnecessary redundance. Ideally this info will be embedded in chip on our Universal Health Care Card ;) #PBT #AI #Healthcare #medicine #telemedicine