You’ll be visiting your doctor less.
In the movie ‘The Physician’, a destitute orphan – Rob, travels from an English mining town to Persia to study medicine with a famed healer in the 11th century.
Rob’s mother had died from “side sickness,” a disease that no one could cure, and this had motivated him to work for a barber-surgeon in his town. The barber-surgeon would travel from one English town to another performing surgeries with Rob as his apprentice.
It was during this apprenticeship that Rob learned about the famed healer in Persia and made it his goal to study with him.
While in Persia, he learned a more advanced form of medicine, including knowledge of anatomy that was forbidden in Europe at the time. Rob wanted to learn it all. His quest for knowledge led him to conflicts with religious and political authorities who viewed dissecting corpses as a grave sin.
When a wealthy merchant’s son suffered from appendicitis, Rob's secret autopsy knowledge became crucial and he performed the first appendectomy using anesthesia to save the boy’s life. This life saving surgery got Rob a pardon from Persian authorities and at the end of the movie, he moved back to England and established the first modern hospital.
Although fictional, the movie paints a clear picture of the evolution of medical practice in human history. Medical experts used to move from place to place looking for the sick to advise & heal. The model then changed to having the experts in one building, a hospital, where the sick would go to get advice and healing.
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With technology today, the hospital model is getting a long overdue enhancement. It will still be a building with experts – but – without them leaving the hospital, their expertise will find you wherever you are.
Wearable technologies now allow for the tracking and measuring of physiological attributes that enable analysis, monitoring, and advising of people remotely.
Wellness mobile applications like Oseer can now leverage your wearable data (smartwatch, smartring, glucometer etc.) to monitor and advise you remotely at your convenience. You can monitor your vitals, be notified of unique trends, set goals, and get actionable recommendations on activities & habits to engage in at your fingertips.
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In getting real-time feedback, you will be able to build long-term habits that will enable you to thrive instead of just surviving. As more and more solutions come to market, that doctor’s wellness visit is going to become more and more obsolete. The hospital, and your doctor will move with you.
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