Thirty six years from now medical clinicians may be a quaint memory, and people might turn to artificial intelligence to diagnose their health problems and prescribe remedies.
It might be possible to monitor a patient’s vital statistics remotely and detect poor health before it became a serious problem.
This vision of the future was laid out by Wellington area registrar Michael Chen-Xu, speaking at the Health Informatics New Zealand (HiNZ) discussion panel, one of the events held on the conference’s final day on Thursday.
Along with fellow panellists Mariam Parwaiz, Michael Quirke, Shreya Rao, and Ann-Marie Scroggins, Dr Chen-Xu discussed various possibilities that might await the New Zealand health sector in 2050.
All speakers agreed technology would play a major role in healthcare’s future.
IT essential for dialogue with the public
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