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Thursday, May 28, 2015

Medscape 20

Topol: 20 Years Down; What's in Store for the Next 20?

 May 27, 2015
20 Years of Medical Practice

Dear Medscape Readers,
At this juncture of celebrating Medscape's 20th anniversary in online publishing for medical professionals, I thought it would be nice to look back at medicine's past as well as ahead to the future of medicine.
As I wrote about in The Patient Will See You Now, a graphic (Figure) published in The Economist in 1994, which was just around the time that Medscape was getting off the ground, has been stuck in my head since I first saw it. It portrays some pretty bold predictions about the future. As you can see, it accurately pegged the near-term use of robotic surgery and even anticipated some effective treatments, albeit certainly not a cure, for genetic disorders like cystic fibrosis.
Figure.
Source: Graphic designed for The Patient Will See You Now (Basic Books 2015), using information from "A Survey of the Future of Medicine" (The Economist; March 19, 1994). http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-15236568.html Accessed May 20, 2015.

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