The problem is that it takes physicians so long to accept a radical change. And the lag is unacceptable.
Of course, the medical profession doesn't like D.I.Y. anything.
The digital world has been in a separate orbit from our medical cocoon, and it's time the boundaries be taken down.
I love information. I can never get enough. I get bored easily.
It's infrequent that people are rail thin yet have high blood pressure.
A lot of the diagnosis and monitoring functions will be done through little devices - smartphones - by the patient with computer assistance. So it's a real big change in the model of how we render healthcare.