High-tech holistic medicine is the future of whole-person care

"When we think about holistic medicine, many assume that it requires human-to-human touch points and, therefore, doesn’t lend itself well to technology and innovations such as artificial intelligence. In fact, holistic medicine and whole-person care advocates often view technology as manufactured or impersonal and therefore dismiss its utility for health care. This is because there is a perception that health care tech values the human experience only for the purpose of developing better widgets or to refine machine learning algorithms. As a result, it can be difficult to envision high-tech holistic medicine that is supported by a whole-person care model. Nevertheless, I see a future where both technology and holistic medicine can complement each other for the advancement of whole-person care."

Trisha Swift is a health care executive.

She shares her story and discusses her KevinMD article, "The future of whole-person care: high-tech holistic medicine." (https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2020/08/the-future-of-whole-person-care-high-tech-holistic-medicine.html)