So I asked Vinny, if this plays out even fractionally, even on a small scale, are we fundamentally redefining the role of the profession? Or are we keeping the same definitions, but we're now saying there are analog doctors and digital doctors, and should these digital doctors also be required to have medical licenses?

I mean, I think that's the conversation that's happening right now in healthcare, and I think that's the conversation that's also happening, you know, in all industries, right? The line between kind of like what is a lawyer, [chuckles] you know, of yesterday and what might a digital lawyer be, or what might a digital-- a, a coder, software engineer of yesterday and what is a software engineer of today.

So I think the technology has improved so dramatically that it's forcing that conversation.

I, I think it's important to recognize that the physician role could be broken down into multiple sub roles, right? Is it that they're the best executor of a series of guidelines, right? So every time a patient meets criteria XYZ, they should get this blood pressure medication, et cetera.

Is it that they have the most comprehensive up-to-date knowledge on a specific domain and they can synthesize kind of like a patient, uh, you know, history, make a diagnosis, or suggest a treatment like in oncology, where the evidence is constantly changing, and so you need a doctor who has mastery over, you know, what is the, the best current protocol.

I think there's the proceduralist part, right? Obviously, you know, doctors who are using their hands and, and, and devices in order to do things like surgery and other procedures.

And then there's the human part, which is focused on empathy, communication, human touch, the provision of what being a physician was, you know, hundreds or thousands of years ago, like when the armamentarium for actually curing illnesses was quite limited.

And again, it's worth mentioning that this is [laughs] happening at a breakneck pace, which is not necessarily a bad thing, but it's fast, and I'm not sure if anyone is really in control, and this technology isn't necessarily limited to clinical environments.

So I asked Vinny, if this plays out even fractionally, even on a small scale, are we fundamentally redefining the role of the profession? Or are we keeping the same definitions, but we're now saying there are analog doctors and digital doctors, and should these digital doctors also be required to have medical licenses?

I mean, I think that's the conversation that's happening right now in healthcare, and I think that's the conversation that's also happening, you know, in all industries, right? The line between kind of like what is a lawyer, [chuckles] you know, of yesterday and what might a digital lawyer be, or what might a digital, uh, a coder, software engineer of yesterday and what is a software engineer of today.

So I think the technology has improved so dramatically that it's forcing that conversation.

I, I think it's important to recognize that the physician role could be broken down into multipleSub roles, right? Is it that they're the best executor of a series of guidelines, right? So every time a patient meets criteria XYZ, they should get this blood pressure medication, et cetera.

Is it that they have the most comprehensive up-to-date knowledge on a specific domain and they can synthesize kind of like a patient, uh, you know, history, make a diagnosis, or suggest a treatment, like in oncology, where the evidence is constantly changing, and so you need a doctor who has mastery over, you know, what is the, the best current protocol.

I think there's the proceduralist part, right? Obviously, you know, doctors who are using their hands and, and, and devices in order to do things like surgery and other procedures.

And then there's the human part, which is focused on empathy, communication, human touch, the provision of what being a physician was, you know, hundreds or thousands of years ago, like when the armamentarium for actually curing illnesses was quite limited.

And this technology isn't necessarily limited to clinical environments.

So I asked Vinny, if this plays out even fractionally, even on a small scale, are we fundamentally redefining the role of the profession? Or are we keeping the same definitions, but we're now saying there are analog doctors and digital doctors, and should these digital doctors also be required to have medical licenses?

I mean, I think that's the conversation that's happening right now in healthcare, and I think that's the conversation that's also happening, you know, in all industries, right? The line between kind of like what is a lawyer, [chuckles] you know, of yesterday and what might a digital lawyer be, or what might a digital, uh, a coder, software engineer of yesterday and what is a software engineer of today.

So I think the technology has improved so dramatically that it's forcing that conversation.

I, I think it's important to recognize that the physician role could be broken down into multipleSub roles, right? Is it that they're the best executor of a series of guidelines, right? So every time a patient meets criteria XYZ, they should get this blood pressure medication, et cetera.

Is it that they have the most comprehensive up-to-date knowledge on a specific domain and they can synthesize kind of like a patient, uh, you know, history, make a diagnosis, or suggest a treatment, like in oncology, where the evidence is constantly changing, and so you need a doctor who has mastery over, you know, what is the, the best current protocol.

I think there's the proceduralist part, right? Obviously, you know, doctors who are using their hands and, and, and devices in order to do things like surgery and other procedures.

And then there's the human part, which is focused on empathy, communication, human touch, the provision of what being a physician was, you know, hundreds or thousands of years ago, like when the armamentarium for actually curing illnesses was quite limited.

And again, it's worth mentioning that this is [laughs] happening at a breakneck pace, which is not necessarily a bad thing, but it's fast, and I'm not sure if anyone is really in control, and this technology isn't necessarily limited to clinical environments.