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"Culture" and precedent are also barriers to the use of medical information by the public. The old culture was that doctors and nurses knew best.
Patients did not have the knowledge, skills, or application, to apply clinical care pathway.
Modern internet, AI, and radiotechnology has made that cultural view redundant, as does the WHO predicted 11 million shortage of healthworkers by 2030 (4 years time).
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HIFA profile: Richard Fitton is a retired family doctor - GP. Professional interests: Health literacy, patient partnership of trust and implementation of healthcare with professionals, family and public involvement in the prevention of modern lifestyle diseases, patients using access to professional records to overcome confidentiality barriers to care, patients as part of the policing of the use of their patient data Email address: richardpeterfitton7 AT gmail.com