Tomorrowsdoc
Embracing the Future of Medicine with Empathy
Author: Christopher Cirino, DO, MPH
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Tomorrow’s Doctor: How Technology Will Shape the Future of Healthcare
The Changing Landscape of Our Lives Over a few decades, innovations like smartphones and the internet have transformed how we live our lives. Technologies we rely on to make life more convenient have gained widespread use. For example, today, 93% of US Americans use the internet. The smartphone concept, although with several iterations since the […]
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Addressing Burnout Among Health Professionals
by Dr. Shama Nosheen and Dr. Christopher Cirino Doctors are often considered lifesavers. However, the greatest life that they can preserve may be their own. Optimal patient care relies on measures that protect physicians from burnout and workplace fatigue. Doctors run the risk of errors in medical decision-making and prescribing. Burnout among health professionals is […]
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Genomic Testing and the Future of Medicine
Introduction The genetic makeup determines an individual’s characteristics such as height, skin tone, and hair color, or phenotype. Scientists are beginning to assess the basis of various health conditions using genetic testing. Tools and techniques can scan for genetic predisposition of certain diseases, including cancer, neuromuscular, rheumatologic, and infectious conditions. Knowledge about a person’s genetic […]
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How Recent and Upcoming Technologies Will Personalize Health Care
by Christopher M. Cirino, DO MPH and Shama Nosheen, MD “An inevitable revolution in healthcare is coming. In this revolution, the consumers are the drivers and technology is the equalizer.” Dr. Basil Harris (Tricoder XPrize Winner) Introduction One of the implications of the smartphone era is everything is in the palm of your hands. Small […]
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Bias, Medical Errors, and How to Decide Better
In 2021 in Austria, an 82-year-old man went in for a left leg amputation and came out with the wrong leg removed. That same year, a Cleveland-based University Hospitals reported that surgeons transplanted a kidney to a patient when it was planned for another. The examples above are alarming. They may represent extreme situations, but […]