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

<p>"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."</p> <p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/trishaswiftdnp/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Trisha Swift</a> is a health care executive.</p> <p>She shares her story and discusses her KevinMD article, "<a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2020/08/the-future-of-whole-person-care-high-tech-holistic-medicine.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The future of whole-person care: high-tech holistic medicine</a>." (<a href= "https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2020/08/the-future-of-whole-person-care-high-tech-holistic-medicine.html">https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2020/08/the-future-of-whole-person-care-high-tech-holistic-medicine.html</a>)</p>