The arrival of digital medicine promises to shake the medical establishment to its roots, not least because it will hand so much more information over to patients themselves. But the biggest savings will not come through exotic pills or “patient empowerment”, but from the application of basic economics. Realign the incentives in health care so that innovation focuses on making patients better and health care cheaper…
I agree and our challenge remains reforming the payment system so that it can support the uptake of innovations that bring true value to the healthcare system.
