DIGITAL AND DISRUPTED: ALL CHANGES FOR HEALTHCARE

Thus far, our interactions with healthcare systems have been clearly defined and static. Patients’ principal interface to healthcare services has been a primary care physician. Medical knowledge regarding disease and treatment has been defined and disseminated solely by physicians. While more health-oriented people also tend to seek the advice of pharmacists and patient groups when making decisions concerning their health, interaction with pharmaceutical companies remains unheard of. Clinical history records continue to be off limits to anyone other than the patient and their physician, often end up being lost and are therefore of no use whatsoever for other healthcare professionals.