There are a series of medical megatrends outlined in my book The Future
of Medicine – Megatrends in Healthcare that will profoundly affect
health care in the coming five to fifteen years and beyond. Some are due
to the explosion of basic understandings of cellular and molecular
biology. Others are related to advances in engineering and computer
science. Here is a very brief overview.
These are the megatrends
in medical care that are coming whether there is any change in health
policy or not. First, expect that medical care will become much more
custom-tailored to your personal needs. Genomics will allow you
physician to select the most appropriate medication for you not just the
one that on average works for most people. And he or she [more and more
she since 50% of medical school graduates are now women] will also be
able to select a drug that is less likely to cause a side effect as a
result of you body’s reaction to it – all from knowing your genomic
information. The surgeon will use your image such as a CT scan to
program the simulator and practice the correct approach for your
personal surgery. A vaccine may be made up specifically for you – a
designer vaccine – to treat your specific cancer.
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