Digitization has disrupted many industries. Take something simple like shopping for example. The way we shop today is completely different from the way our grandparents. Digitization is disrupting lots of other fields as well and medicine is going to be one of these. This is one of the reasons why doctors feel so threatened today.
They are scared that they may become obsolete because Dr Google has started encroaching on their territory. They are worried that in the future, patients may know more about their disease ( thanks to machine learning and artificial intelligence) than their doctor does. However, the truth is more nuanced, and the reality is that the medical profession is going to have to reinvent itself. We no longer have a monopoly on medical knowledge, and will have to think of additional ways of adding value to our patient's life. Doctors play multiple roles, and it's not…
