> Most doctor advice boil down to drink some water and take a painkiller
Forgive my brusqueness here, but this could only be written by someone who has not yet been seriously ill.
Forgive my brusqueness here, but this could only be written by someone who has not yet been seriously ill.
My 12 year old daughter (correctly) diagnosed herself to a food allergy after multiple trips to the ER for stomach pains that resulted in “a few Tylenol/Advil with a glass of water”.
I would have mentioned that if it happened. It didn’t.
1. Prevent someone from dying
2. Treat severe injuries
3. Identify if what someone is experiencing is life-threatening or requires immediate treatment to prevent their condition worsening
4. Provide basic treatment and relief for a condition which is determined not to be an imminent threat
In particular, they are not for diagnosing chronic conditions. If an ER determines that someone's stomach pain is not an imminent, severe threat to their health, then they are sending them out of the ER with medication for short-term relief in order to make room for people who are having an emergency. The ER doc I know gets very annoyed at recurring patients who expect the ER to help them diagnose and treat their illness. If you go the ER, they send you home, and the thing happens again, make an appointment with a physician (and also go to the ER if you think it's serious).
Unfortunately, the medical system is very confusing and difficult to navigate. This is a big part of why so many people end up at ERs who should be making appointments with non-emergency doctors - finding a doctor and making appointments is often hard and stressful, while an ER will look at anyone who walks through the doors.
There are a lot of health related issues humans can experience that affect their lives negatively that are not life threatening.
I'm gonna give you a good example: I suffer from mild skin related issues for as long as I can remember. It's not a big deal, but I want my skin to be in better condition. I went through tens of doctors and they all did essentially some variation of tylenol equivalent for skin treatment. With AI, I've been able to identify the core problems that every licensed professional overlooked.
This is both a liability and a connectedness issue.