Long, Slow Burn

I’ve been saying this for years.  I’m really disappointed in our medical profession that more reliance isn’t placed on computer based diagnosis.  Computers could provide us better differential diagnosis, leading to better testing, quicker diagnosis, and lower medical costs on a patient by patient basis.  I have no clue on why us patients aren’t demanding a greater use of computers.

Here’s a great atomic example.  Computers are better able to determine whether brain scans indicate alzheimers, compared to normal brain scans.    BBC: PC beats doctor in scan tests