Technology could transform primary care by 2025, says Gartner

IT research firm, Gartner, presented research last week predicting that virtual personal health assistants, or VPHAs, could replace human interfaces in primary care – and that by 2025, 50% of the population would rely on them.

What’s more, said Gartner analysts when they presented the findings, at the Gartner Symposium/ ITxpo in Orlando Florida last week, they could actually be more effective, with patients finding them “more responsive and accurate than their human counterparts”.

Demand for doctors ‘outpacing supply’

“There is significant evidence that the majority of primary healthcare visits are of little value to the patient, and represent a massive drain on trained physician time,” said Laura Craft, research director at Gartner. “Physician demand is outpacing supply, begging the need for alternatives.”

“Technology has advanced to the point where computers have become superior to the human mind; they are more accurate and consistent, and they are better at processing all the determinants of health and well-being than even the best of doctors,” continued Craft. For the full article click here 

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