Health care as it stands today needs to be re-imagined.  Redefining the Boundaries of Medicine by Paul Cerrato and Dr. John Halamka challenges the profession to renegotiate its priorities and address the fact that it’s become timid and reluctant to explore new care delivery models.  The guiding premise of this book is that rethinking and reimagining the way medicine is practiced in the 21st century will improve health outcomes, and that technology is central to this transformation.

Dr. Halamka is the President and Paul Cerrato is the Senior Research Analyst and Communications Specialist for Mayo Clinic Platform which is harnessing novel technologies to change how care is provided. This cutting-edge work, along with their combined 80 years of experience in healthcare, afford Dr. Halamka and Mr. Cerrato authoritative voices in technology and health care.

This book shows how one-size-fits-all health care is slowly giving way to a more precise, personalized approach that takes into account each person’s unique environmental and genetic risk factors. It discusses the use of several emerging technological tools that give each patient a unique “topographical map” to navigate their journey.

Artificial intelligence in health care must be accurate, equitable and ethical; providers need to embrace a better way to predict diseases, identify effective treatments and rethink much of the conventional wisdom that has been handed down over the decades. Redefining the Boundaries of Medicine provides the guide to doing just that.

What does the future of medicine look like? How can we harness the power of artificial intelligence and advances in the biosciences to improve health outcomes, reduce errors and personalize care? How can we balance the high-tech innovations with the high-touch human values that are essential for healing and wellbeing? These are some of the questions that Paul Cerrato and John Halamka explore in their visionary book, Redefining the Boundaries of Medicine. Drawing on their extensive experience and expertise, they offer a roadmap for transforming healthcare delivery into an “Evidence-Based Medicine 2.0,” through careful application of cutting-edge methods and technologies.

The authors describe how technical advances can help us expand the boundaries of medicine beyond the traditional scope of clinical practice and research, and to deliver more precise, personalized and effective care to patients. The book is full of inspiring and intriguing examples that illustrate how computing innovations can extend the capabilities of clinicians and researchers and empower patients.

Readers are provided case studies that illustrate the power and promise of machine learning, causal inference and new approaches to leveraging findings from clinical trials to enhance diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disease. Along the way, the authors address multiple practical challenges, including data quality and the reliability of diagnostic and predictive models with shifts in environment and context. They also cover ethical, regulatory and privacy challenges that computing technologies present, and how to overcome them with wise oversight, standards and safeguards.

The authors do not neglect the vital importance of healthcare equity, and the humanistic and spiritual aspects of medicine. The authors describe how computing advances can tackle social determinants of health, such as poverty, racism, and environmental factors, and improve health equity and access for those facing marginalization. They remind us that technology cannot substitute for empathy, compassion and gratitude. They emphasize that medicine is not only based on data and algorithms, but also on values and relationships. They advocate for a high-tech, high-touch approach to medicine that puts the patient at the heart, and respects their dignity, autonomy and preferences.

Redefining the Boundaries of Medicine is a timely and captivating book that challenges us to rethink and reimagine how we deliver health care in the 21st century. It is an informative and engaging read for all who care deeply about the future of health care.

Title: Redefining the Boundaries of Medicine: The High-Tech, High-Touch Path Into the Future

Author: Paul Cerrato, John Halamka

Publisher: Mayo Clinic Press

Year: 2023

Edition: Edition

Language: English

Pages: 200

Ebook: epub

File size: 5 MB

ISBN Number: 9798887700403

CBID: CBM360