{"id":1213,"date":"2019-03-06T04:00:27","date_gmt":"2019-03-06T04:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.heartbasedmedicine.org\/?p=1213"},"modified":"2025-09-23T16:40:47","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T14:40:47","slug":"health-care-professionals-endangered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heartbasedmedicine.org\/en\/health-care-professionals-endangered\/","title":{"rendered":"Are Healthcare Professionals Becoming an Endangered Species?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1213\" class=\"elementor elementor-1213\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e3a57f6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4e3a57f6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19e77eb3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"19e77eb3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"pl-1213\" class=\"panel-layout\"><div id=\"pg-1213-0\" class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\"><div id=\"pgc-1213-0-0\" class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-empty\" data-weight=\"1\">This morning, my hospital announced that a new CT scanner can produce more pictures per second while radio-blasting children at an unprecedented low level, so that more kids can be scanned by the machine. Medical IT and biotech companies are working on \u2018lab-on-skin\u2019 solutions, allowing us to measure up to 10,000 parameters without a needle stick \u2013 just by analyzing sweat from a patient\u2019s skin.<\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-1213-1\" class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\"><div id=\"pgc-1213-1-0\" class=\"panel-grid-cell\" data-weight=\"1\"><div id=\"panel-1213-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;}\"><div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"><div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\"><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enzymes are now able to edit our DNA, spawning the rapid development of a new field of genetic surgery with the intention of redesigning or repairing broken or malfunctioning pieces of our genome. And this evening, I received the news that a Cambridge-based company is announcing a new robotic surgical system which will operate on real humans with its spider-like arms while hovering over the sleeping patient!<\/span><\/p><p><strong>Welcome to next generation medicine.<\/strong><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The scientist and academic that live within me are thrilled. My heart rate increases, my eyes open wider and I lean forward as I absorb more and more of these daily messages. <\/span><\/p><p><strong>But a greater part of me sinks deeper into my chair, a cloud of sadness gathering around my eyes.<\/strong><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I realize that this sinking sensation is being felt most keenly by Jan the pediatrician, the human being, the person who loves to take time and be with his patients eye to eye and heart to heart. <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New scientific breakthroughs and technological advances are on the rise. The future holds a vision of a home care robot helping grandma to look after herself while her automated home provides her with a sense of security and saves time for her children. A \u2018no-touch\u2019 policy within physiotherapy and nursing is intended to protect privacy and hospital hygiene. \u00a0Artificial communication systems that are being introduced into hospitals are all being developed to improve patient safety \u2013 and admittedly they sometimes do. <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yet with all this progress, we are on the verge of replacing the increasingly rare postmodern species of a well-trained clinical doctor who cares personally for their patients.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Is this really where we want to go with health care?<\/strong><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It seems to me that there is more and more health and less and less care. We are at the tipping point where the key ingredient of health \u2013 care \u2013 gets buried under the results of advances in technology and the quality control of technicalities. <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When I consider my years of education and training, considered to be my main asset as a doctor caring for children, I realise that the knowledge I\u2019ve accumulated is dismal in the face of this future landscape. Digital stethoscopes with audio recognition software will soon deliver globally standardized listening data while artificial intelligence accesses information systems and matches it with inspiring visuals, coming to balanced conclusions within milliseconds. <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I expect that my hands will also be replaced by more sensitive devices soon, a type of \u2018tactile ultrasound\u2019. Prescriptions will be standardized globally to comply with much-needed quality control efforts, while the choice of drug and dosage instructions will be calculated based on measurable and digitally recorded patient parameters. <\/span><\/p><p>In short, robots will soon be better at most of the things I went to medical school for and which I have tried to refine and build upon ever since.<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The same will be true for nurses and therapists. As automation of health care is likely to reduce the cost in countries where human labor is expensive and add capacity in middle income countries, it is likely to become a widespread reality. <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Is this really the long-term strategy for us humans on this precious planet?<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Everyone knows that the essential ingredient to healing is care. Most of us remember the sacred feeling of being taken into our mother\u2019s arms when we take a tumble or fall ill. \u00a0It\u2019s easy to spot the difference between a doctor or nurse showing up stressed or being present and caring. And many of us recognize the value of being welcomed into a relaxing environment of wellbeing compared to a cold, clinical hospital. <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yes, to continue improving health we need science. Healthcare may dramatically benefit from technological advances, but unless we invest in cultivating compassionate care with the same attention and diligence as we drive progress in the other health domains, we will gradually forget to include the essence of our nature as humans in the healing process. That would not be a caring choice or even a smart one. <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Personally, I come from a very loving family environment and have acquired a lot of knowledge during my practice. 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