Originally Posted by Unregistered

And btw non-procedural doctors refer to a very huge group…

Imagine rheumatology patients self selecting their choice of DMARDs and self titrating their dose of steroids, choosing to do their monitoring labs at their whim and fancy

Imagine ID / TB patients self selecting their type of HIV / TB drugs from an online store.

Imagine cardio patients self selecting their type of SAPT / DAPT / anticoagulant

Even complex chronic FP patients who are taking 10-12 meds picking and choosing which to eat, adding random meds without understanding the interactions of the drug with other drugs or their 10 other conditions.

All hell will break loose. And by hell I mean the mortuary.
I am all for innovation, but there is something about the therapeutic relationship between a healer and a patient that cannot be replaced by a machine.
It can be through a machine such as remote video consultation, but surely it cannot be reduced to just an algorithm or an online shop like Lazada / Shopee.