Chapter 20 of 21 · Theme: The Future of Care

88 Miles Per Hour

A synthesis using "Back to the Future": AI returns the physician to the role of healer.

Borrowing the iconic speed of "Back to the Future", this synthesis chapter races through the book's central ideas to reach a conclusion: AI's role is not to replace the physician but to return them to their most essential role, that of healer in the fullest sense, who cares for the person and not merely processes data. Freed from the repetitive and administrative tasks that technology can absorb, the physician of the near future would have more time, not less, for what only a human can offer.

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