Obama has said that technology will save health care. Information technology is quickly becoming a medical resource: Google recently launched an online medical records service that claims online searches is where consumers turn first for health information.
Computerization can eliminate as much as 30 percent of medical costs that are due to inefficiency, according to Dr. Dean Ornish, founder of the nonprofit Preventive Medicine Research Institute. And advanced diagnostics will encourage prevention and reduce costly reactive treatment. Thanks to technology, such diagnostics are now within the reach of consumers. As more people test themselves, doctors and insurers may face the additional burden of just-in-case surgery and a “previvor” mentality. So, will new technology cure health care, or kill it?
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