Medicine 4.0: Does The Patient Profit, Too?
The digitalization of medicine is going forward rapidly. I am a big fan myself. Thanks to my smartphone and well-aligned apps, my clinical workflow is in order and guarantees easy access to relevant information. But these tools don’t replace good, patient-focused medicine. They are no more than tools. Used in the wrong manner, they can be a not only a distraction but an obstacle to good medicine. Every tool I use is digital, paperless and easily accessible from any compute