Dr. Siegel is a clinical professor and medical director at New York City-based New York University Langone Health.
“Innovations in robotics and genetic engineering, immunotherapy and artificial intelligence are creating opportunities in medicine that seem like science fiction, but none of them will fly without the literal hand-holding that only a flesh-and-blood physician can provide,” Dr. Siegel wrote. “Patients won’t accept some of the more dystopic innovations on the horizon of personalized care — retina scans, nanomedicine, bioengineered immunities — unless their treatment is being driven by actual doctors who learned their jobs the old-fashioned way.”
Dr. Siegel noted the how patient visits have changed, with physicians having to focus on computer screens the entire time. However, he says that treatments and cures are discovered through the “art of medicine,” not fancy technology.
Dr. Seigel cites the book “Man’s 4th Best Hospital,” which fictionally describes what it’s like to be a physician in the 21st century. The author describes how technology is being used to hurt patients and cause hospitals to incur costs.
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