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Digital Health: Hope, Hype, and “Amara’s Law”
September 26, 2017 @ 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Spencer Dorn, Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Digital technologies promise to make healthcare more efficient and effective, leading to better outcomes. But considering “Amara’s Law,” namely that “we tend to overestimate the effect of a technology in the short run and underestimate the effect in the long run,” Dr. Dorn suggests we use caution and first understand the limitations inherent in applying digital tools to health and healthcare. These tools will certainly revolutionize healthcare, but the transformation may be slower and more difficult than we imagine.
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