A Doctor’s Vision of the Future of Medicine

Technology is an advantage that the U.S. has over other countries. We continually grow technologically. The market (or individuals) responds to needs, or respond to profit potential.

When a third of the country elect to have government health insurance, there would be potential for anyone to open a MRI clinic, Asthma clinic, genetic diagnostic clinics, etc. if there is a demand. All they would have to do is hire an expert and get funding from SBA, banks, or investors. Then they would send the billing to the government (capitalism works).

I wonder why other countries are not so responsive to consumer demand; to solve problems.

Excellent article. This will be the next revolution in healthcare akin to how antibiotics and infection control brought modern medicine out out of the dark ages in the 1930s and how rapid production of effective medicines by pharmaceutical manufacturers has sustained it since. Unfortunately it may take longer than 10 years for this to be realized. I was thinking more like 30. Of course this pleasant and cost effective reality can happen sooner if the federal government invests resources appropriately for this kind of technology and applications of it can be developed sooner. considering the healtcare debate now going on, this type of change to the system has the potential to lower health care costs enormously once these panels and assays are minaturized.

It's all about preventive medicine. Our doctor's treat diseases not patients. If we lived healthier, we'd be healthiier, but most doctors aren't trained that way.

The advances in medicine have been amazing, but if no one can afford them...they don't really matter. My father who suffers from night blindness recently bought these new kind of contact lenses from this company called RanchCorp. They allow him to see at night. He could actually drive without his headlights on...but then other people wouldn't be able to see him, so he doesn't. They work like night vision goggles, but without the odd bright green color. They're pretty astounding. But they're very expensive. Insurance doesn't cover them. We can create technologies that allow people to see in the dark, but we can't keep people from dying from pneumonia...

No more "try it, and let me know if it works"?
Good to know there are leaps and bounds in medical technology, so, what's the bill gonna be?
Here, Doc, I brought you a ham and swiss sandwitch with cole slaw, can I get a prescription for my BP meds?
Pull my,,,er prick my finger!