ICT&health May 1, 2023
Tom Xhofleer

Doctors combine the knowledge gained from the patient during appointments with data from other points of care to make evidence-based decisions in line with the patient’s expectations. Without digitalization, this is impossible.

“If I’m a doctor, then I can take the best care of someone and work to improve care and health” – that was my driver for becoming a doctor years ago as a high school student. But medicine in the real world turned out to be such a contrast to the romantic image I had in my head.

Let me give you an example. Once, I witnessed how a patient was prescribed large pills by her doctor, who had cared for her for years even though she had...

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