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“Emanuel said he did not believe that patients are willing to give up much of their time to monitor their health and become more empowered. Emanuel said that in 20 years physicians will still retain the same role they always have”

I find it hard to believe Ezekiel Emanuel could claim that the physicians role is so static. Has he NOT seen the rise of empowered patients presenting to their Doctor carrying a clutch of information that they have found by googling their condition? This wasn’t happening even 10 years ago when medical libraries were paper based and inaccessible. Is he unaware of the Physician Rating sites that patients are visiting?

In 2009 Doctors are already remotely consulting with Patients using technologies like 3G Video Mobiles… such technology didn’t exist even 10 years ago so I don’t know how anyone could be confident about predicting the changes we’ll see in the next 20 years. The role of the Doctor has never remained static but the next 20 years will be a period of transformation – driven by acceptance that empowered patients will actually know more about their health than their Doctors.

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