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What We’re Losing When We Stop Paying Attention
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What We’re Losing When We Stop Paying Attention
“A recent lawsuit about the death of a very sick young man has sparked a lot of talk in the medical community (3). Reports say that one question is whether the doctor in charge ever actually examined the patient in person. The courts will figure out what really happened, so I won’t guess or assign blame. What worries me is not the lawsuit itself, but the bigger question it raises. Are we starting to think that because technology lets us care for patients from a distance, being there in person is no longer necessary?
Artificial intelligence will likely become the best tool ever made for spotting patterns. I truly believe that. But people can do something just as important—we notice when someone is suffering.
Those are not the same thing.
Technology can extend our reach. It must never replace our presence. When historians look back at this era of medicine, they will undoubtedly marvel at artificial intelligence, genomic medicine, robotics, and technologies we can scarcely imagine today. I hope they will also be able to say that physicians had the wisdom to preserve the one innovation that never needed improving: the simple act of one human being caring for another.”
These are passages from Dr. Varon’s latest Brownstone Article, it raises such important questions around the use of AI in medicine, the good, the bad and the ugly.
Read it here: https://brownstone.org/articles/the-vanishing-art-of-presence/
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