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A special report on health care and technology
Medicine goes digital
The convergence of biology and engineering is turning health care into an information industry. That will be disruptive, says Vijay Vaitheeswaran (interviewed here), but also hugely beneficial to patients
Apr 16th 2009 | From The Economist print edition

INNOVATION and medicine go together. The ancient Egyptians are thought to have performed surgery back in 2750BC, and the Romans developed medical tools such as forceps and surgical needles. In modern times medicine has been transformed by waves of discovery that have brought marvels like antibiotics, vaccines and heart stents.

Given its history of innovation, the health-care sector has been surprisingly reluctant to embrace information technology (IT). Whereas every other big industry has computerised with gusto since the 1980s, doctors in most parts of the world still work mainly with pen and paper.

But now, in fits and starts, medicine is at long last catching up. As this special report will explain, it is likely to be transformed by the introduction of electronic health records that can be turned into searchable medical databases, providing a “smart grid” for medicine that will not only improve clinical practice but also help to revive drugs research. Developing countries are already using mobile phones to put a doctor into patients’ pockets. Devices and diagnostics are also going digital, advancing such long-heralded ideas as telemedicine, personal medical devices for the home and smart pills.

The first technological revolution in modern biology started when James Watson and Francis Crick described the structure of DNA half a century ago. That established the fields of molecular and cell biology, the basis of the biotechnology industry. The sequencing of the human genome nearly a decade ago set off a second revolution which has started to illuminate the origins of diseases.

The great convergence
Now the industry is convinced that a third revolution is under way: the convergence of biology and engineering. A recent report from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) says that physical sciences have already been transformed by their adoption of information technology, advanced materials, imaging, nanotechnology and sophisticated modelling and simulation. Phillip Sharp, a Nobel prize-winner at that university, believes that those tools are about to be brought to bear on biology too.

Robert Langer, a biochemist at MIT who holds over 500 patents in biotechnology and medical technologies and has started or advised more than 100 new companies, thinks innovation in medical technologies is about to take off. Menno Prins of Philips, a Dutch multinational with a big medical-technology division, explains that, “like chemistry before it, biology is moving from a world of alchemy and ignorance to becoming a predictable, repeatable science.” Ajay Royyuru of IBM, an IT giant, argues that “it’s the transformation of biology into an information science from a discovery science.”

This special report will ask how much of this grand vision is likely to become reality. Some of the industry’s optimism appears to be well-founded. As the rich world gets older and sicker and the poor world gets wealthier and fatter, the market for medical innovations of all kinds is bound to grow. Clever technology can help solve two big problems in health care: overspending in the rich world and under-provisioning in the poor world.

But the chances are that this will take time, and turn out to be more of a reformation than a revolution. The hidebound health-care systems of the rich world may resist new technologies even as poor countries leapfrog ahead. There is already a backlash against genomics, which has been oversold to consumers as a deterministic science. And given soaring health-care costs, insurers and health systems may not want to adopt new technologies unless inventors can show conclusively that they will produce better outcomes and offer value for money.

If these obstacles can be overcome, then the biggest winner will be the patient. In the past medicine has taken a paternalistic stance, with the all-knowing physician dispensing wisdom from on high, but that is becoming increasingly untenable. Digitisation promises to connect doctors not only to everything they need to know about their patients but also to other doctors who have treated similar disorders.

The coming convergence of biology and engineering will be led by information technologies, which in medicine means the digitisation of medical records and the establishment of an intelligent network for sharing those records. That essential reform will enable many other big technological changes to be introduced.

Just as important, it can make that information available to the patients too, empowering them to play a bigger part in managing their own health affairs. This is controversial, and with good reason. Many doctors, and some patients, reckon they lack the knowledge to make informed decisions. But patients actually know a great deal about many diseases, especially chronic ones like diabetes and heart problems with which they often live for many years. The best way to deal with those is for individuals to take more responsibility for their own health and prevent problems before they require costly hospital visits. That means putting electronic health records directly into patients’ hands.

原文链接：
http://www.economist.com/specialreports/displaystory.cfm?story_id=E1_TPQPSJJD

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Sentence

1) In modern times medicine has been transformed by waves of discovery that have brought marvels like antibiotics, vaccines and heart stents.
2) Clever technology can help solve two big problems in health care: overspending in the rich world and under-provisioning in the poor world.
3) And given soaring health-care costs, insurers and health systems may not want to adopt new technologies unless inventors can show conclusively that they will produce better outcomes and offer value for money.
4) In the past medicine has taken a paternalistic stance, with the all-knowing physician dispensing wisdom from on high, but that is becoming increasingly untenable.

Comment

Health care is a topic closely related to our daily lives. This article gives us some interesting information on new technologies and transformation in these areas.

The convergence of biology and engineering might become the third revolution of the biotechnology industry, after the description of DNA structure and the sequencing of the human genome. Numerous new clinical advancements, such as antibiotics, vaccines and heart stents, provide powerful persuasive for this prediction. Many experts also give an optimistic outlook.

This revolution would bring transformations and new technologies in health care area. But only if the inventors could show conclusively that these new technologies would bring benefits, they would be widely used. However, this will be most beneficial to patients, for they can involve in their curing process directly through digitization. After all a treatment program will soon bear fruit, only when the patient actively cooperate.

emteddybearUID: 2699606

forcep：钳子
vaccine：疫苗
gusto：爱好
nanotechnology：纳米技术
patent：专利

alchemy：炼金术
under-provisioning ：欠供应
reformation ：改善
paternalistic：家长观念的


stance：立场
hidebound ：心胸狭窄的
physician：内科专家

reckon ：估计，认为
chronic：慢性的






1.Given its history of innovation, the health-care sector has been surprisingly reluctant to embrace information technology (IT).
2.But now, in fits and starts, medicine is at long last catching up.
3.


例子素材：
1.The first technological revolution in modern biology started when James Watson and Francis Crick described the structure of DNA half a century ago.






MY COMMENTS:

Short comments! This report tells us something about the convergence of biology and engineering. Based on many extient【existent】 subjects, there are more and more interdiscipline developed, such as biochemistry, biomedicine, and so on. It's a common trend that these subjects will be very popular in the future, because of its splendid merits. However, as the report said, the new innovation can't be accepted completely, especially in the developed country. I think it's a strange phenomenon, and I still can't understand it. By rights, it is easier to introduce a new thing to rich country, because the most advanced echnology always comes out first in sight in that country. Why do they reluctant to swallow? It is worth thinking deeply about.

海王泪UID: 2673613

Unfamiliar Words
Gusto, long-heralded, paternalistic, untenable
The hidebound health-care systems of the rich world may resist new technologies even as poor countries leapfrog ahead.
Useful Expressions
Words and Phrases
The convergence of biology and engineering is turning health care into an information industry.
The Convergence of discipline A and discipline B=the merging of= Discipline A embrace Discipline B.
[m-w]The merging of distinct technologies, industries, or devices into a unified whole
The health-care sector has been surprisingly reluctant to embrace information technology (IT)
Be reluctant to=be unwilling to=refuse to
But also hugely beneficial to patients
A be beneficial to B=A benefits B
But now, in fits and starts, medicine is at long last catching up.
In fits and starts=frequently stops and starts=disruptive
[idiom]if something happens in fits and starts, it often stops and then starts again
At long last=finally
The sequencing of the human genome nearly a decade ago set off a second revolution which has started to illuminate the origins of diseases.
Set off=take off
Illuminate=enlighten=throw light upon
Illuminate=illustrate=clarify=explain=show
The market for medical innovations of all kinds is bound to grow.
Is bond to=must
Clever technology can help solve two big problems in health care: overspending in the rich world and under-provisioning in the poor world.
Overspending<->under-provisioning(需求过剩vs.供给不足)
There is already a backlash against genomics, which has been oversold to consumers as a deterministic science.
A backlash against=a strong and adverse reaction against(esp.a social, political, technological development) by a large number of people
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Functional Sentences
【Argument-Euphemism before Pointing Out Fallacies】
Some of the industry’s optimism appears to be well-founded.
Appears to be=seems
Well-founded<->Untenable

【Argument-Further Evidence Help Proof】
And given soaring health-care costs, insurers and health systems may not want to adopt new technologies unless inventors can show conclusively that they will produce better outcomes and offer value for money.
(Conclusion is not right) unless the author can show conclusively that (further evidence/information)
Conclusive=convincing=persuasive<->inconclusive
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Materials
【Examples for Advanced Science】
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) says that physical sciences have already been transformed by their adoption of information technology, advanced materials, imaging, nanotechnology and sophisticated modelling and simulation.
Information technology, advanced materials, imaging,
nanotechnology and sophisticated modeling and simulation.

【Analogy for a Discipline which was Unpredictable, Unrepeatable】
Like chemistry before it, biology is moving from a world of alchemy and ignorance to becoming a predictable, repeatable science.
Like chemistry before it, economics is moving from a world of alchemy and ignorance to become a predictable, repeatable science by its adoption of physical science.
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My Comment
Well, I think I inappropriately pose an invaluable article today. Hope you guys do not mind. Just treat it as background information about industries’ digitization.

It is a little bit strange that medicine has long been reluctant to embrace the IT. Why doctors in most parts of the world still work mainly with pen and paper while accountants, attorneys, merchants and etc. has computerized with gusto? The answer is the “hidebound” health-care system, which is tagged with mistrust of new tech, new science (e.g. genomics) and high-level health-care costs.

From this article, we can also learn some merits of digitization in medicine. To doctors, they can share medical records so I believe this industry would enjoy a period of knowledge explosion (though privacy perhaps becomes a problem). To patients, digitization can help solve the problem of information asymmetry. In other words, patients could enlarge access to know what they suffer from, what medicines they do or will swallow, how to prevent serious problems, and how much, exactly, their health-bill deserve to pay.

jinziqiUID: 2387034

gusto  an individual or special taste ; enthusiastic and vigorous enjoyment or appreciation
human genome   人类基因组
at long last   adv.  as the end result of a succession or process
herald  预兆
untenable  防守不了的；站不住脚的

Given its history of innovation, the health-care sector has been surprisingly reluctant to embrace information technology (IT).

But now, in fits and starts, medicine is at long last catching up.

Well, I think the convergence of biology and engineering is a pretty good idea. As the passages said, medicine is likely to be transformed by the introduction of electronic health records that can be turned into searchable medical databases. However, we can see that lots of obstacles are just in front of us. If inventors cannot show that they will produce better outcomes and offer value for money, health systems may not want to adopt new technologies. After we deal with all the problems, patients will get the most benefit.

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Medicine goes digital
The convergence of biology and engineering is turning health care into an information industry. That will be disruptive, says Vijay Vaitheeswaran (interviewed here), but also hugely beneficial to patients
Apr 16th 2009 | From The Economist print edition

INNOVATION and medicine go together. The ancient Egyptians are thought to have performed surgery back in 2750BC, and the Romans developed medical tools such as forceps and surgical needles. In modern times medicine has been transformed by waves of discovery that have brought marvels like antibiotics, vaccines and heart stents.

Given its history of innovation, the health-care sector has been surprisingly reluctant to embrace（动词使用） information technology (IT). Whereas every other big industry has computerised with gusto since the 1980s, doctors in most parts of the world still work mainly with pen and paper.

But now, in fits and starts, medicine is at long last catching up. As this special report will explain, it is likely to be transformed by the introduction of electronic health records that can be turned into searchable medical databases, providing a “smart grid” for medicine that will not only improve clinical practice but also help to revive drugs research. Developing countries are already using mobile phones to put a doctor into patients’ pockets. Devices and diagnostics are also going digital, advancing such long-heralded ideas as telemedicine, personal medical devices for the home and smart pills.

The first technological revolution in modern biology started when James Watson and Francis Crick described the structure of DNA half a century ago. That established the fields of molecular and cell biology, the basis of the biotechnology industry. The sequencing of the human genome nearly a decade ago set off a second revolution which has started to illuminate the origins of diseases.

The great convergence
Now the industry is convinced（transition 的好例子） that a third revolution is under way: the convergence of biology and engineering. A recent report from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) says that physical sciences have already been transformed by their adoption of information technology, advanced materials, imaging, nanotechnology and sophisticated modelling and simulation. Phillip Sharp, a Nobel prize-winner at that university, believes that those tools are about to be brought to bear on biology too.

Robert Langer, a biochemist at MIT who holds over 500 patents in biotechnology and medical technologies and has started or advised more than 100 new companies, thinks innovation in medical technologies is about to take off. Menno Prins of Philips, a Dutch multinational with a big medical-technology division, explains that, “like chemistry before it, biology is moving from a world of alchemy and ignorance to becoming a predictable, repeatable science.” Ajay Royyuru of IBM, an IT giant, argues that “it’s the transformation of biology into an information science from a discovery science.”

This special report will ask how much of this grand vision is likely to become reality. Some of the industry’s optimism appears to be well-founded. As the rich world gets older and sicker and the poor world gets wealthier and fatter, the market for medical innovations of all kinds is bound to grow. Clever technology can help solve two big problems in health care: overspending in the rich world and under-provisioning in the poor world.

But the chances are that this will take time, and turn out to be more of a reformation than a revolution. The hidebound health-care systems of the rich world may resist new technologies even as poor countries leapfrog ahead. There is already a backlash against genomics, which has been oversold to consumers as a deterministic science. And given soaring health-care costs, insurers and health systems may not want to adopt new technologies unless inventors can show conclusively that they will produce better outcomes and offer value for money.

If these obstacles can be overcome, then the biggest winner will be the patient.（transition@@） In the past medicine has taken a paternalistic stance, with the all-knowing physician dispensing wisdom from on high, but that is becoming increasingly untenable. Digitisation promises to connect doctors not only to everything they need to know about their patients but also to other doctors who have treated similar disorders.

The coming convergence of biology and engineering will be led by information technologies, which in medicine means the digitisation of medical records and the establishment of an intelligent network for sharing those records. That essential reform will enable many other big technological changes to be introduced.

Just as important, it can make that information available to the patients too, empowering them to play a bigger part in managing their own health affairs. This is controversial, and with good reason. Many doctors, and some patients, reckon they lack the knowledge to make informed decisions. But patients actually know a great deal about many diseases, especially chronic ones like diabetes and heart problems with which they often live for many years. The best way to deal with those is for individuals to take more responsibility for their own health and prevent problems before they require costly hospital visits.（句式结构！！） That means putting electronic health records directly into patients’ hands.

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convergence The act, condition, quality, or fact of converging. 汇聚：汇聚的行为、情形、性质或事实
disruptive Relating to, causing, or produced by disruption. 破裂的，分裂的：与分裂有关的，由分裂引起或造成的
marvels Strong surprise; astonishment.  惊异；惊讶
gusto Vigorous enjoyment; zest.兴致勃勃；热情
revive To bring back to life or consciousness; resuscitate. 使复活，使恢复：使复苏或苏醒；使复活
molecular Of or relating to simple or basic structure or form. 基本结构的：属于简单的或基本的结构或形式的或与之有关的
genomics  The study of all of the nucleotide sequences, including structural genes, regulatory sequences, and noncoding DNA segments, in the chromosomes of an organism. 基因组：对所有核苷酸序列的研究，包括生物染色体中的结构基因、调节序列和未编码的脱氧核糖核酸节段
soaring Ascending to a level markedly higher than the usual，剧增的：上升到明显高于正常水平的
untenable NOT SURE 有无法居住的意思，但是在这里貌似又不怎么合适
diabetes  糖尿病
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What the article fascinate me at my first glance is that it provides a concise developing process of medicine science chronologically. From the former paragraphs, I am fully informed about the main revolutions in the field of medicine. I think this is what I can learn from. Usually, I find my essays begin with some complicated statements which are more likely make readers get boring.

Talking about the content, the most eyes-catching information is that we are putting doctor in our pockets. As the technology develops, more and more medical database will be able to store in our daily electronic devices. However, the only thing prevents these days from coming is the soaring cost. Hopefully, one day, as the author said in the end, our scientists will improve the technology’s cost efficient to convince our government that digital medical era is coming.

domudomuUID: 2670967

INNOVATION (改革创新）and medicine go together. The ancient Egyptians are thought to have performed surgery back in 2750BC, and the Romans developed medical tools such as forceps是（手术钳） and surgical needles. In modern times medicine has been transformed by waves of discovery that have brought marvels like antibiotics, vaccines and heart stents（心移植）.
（现在医疗技术改革创新，代替手术器械的是一些微创技术）

Given its history of innovation, the health-care sector has been surprisingly reluctant to embrace information technology (IT). Whereas every other big industry has computerised with gusto（热情，津津有味） since the 1980s, doctors in most parts of the world still work mainly with pen and paper.
（在其他行当电脑信息化后，医生还停留在纸和笔的水平）

But now, in fits and starts, medicine is at long last catching up. As this special report will explain, it is likely to be transformed by the introduction of electronic health records that can be turned into searchable medical databases, providing a “smart grid” for medicine that will not only improve clinical practice but also help to revive drugs research. Developing countries are already using mobile phones to put a doctor into patients’ pockets. Devices and diagnostics are also going digital, advancing such long-heralded ideas as telemedicine（远距离医疗）, personal medical devices for the home and smart pills.
(医疗条件也越发的信息化）

The first technological revolution in modern biology started when James Watson and Francis Crick described the structure of DNA half a century ago. That established the fields of molecular and cell biology, the basis of the biotechnology industry. The sequencing of the human genome nearly a decade ago set off a second revolution which has started to illuminate the origins of diseases.
（DNA双螺旋分子结构和人类基因组工程师两次主要的革命）

The great convergence（集中集合）
Now the industry is convinced that a third revolution is under way: the convergence of biology and engineering. A recent report from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) says that physical sciences have already been transformed by their adoption of information technology, advanced materials, imaging, nanotechnology（纳米技术，毫微技术） and sophisticated modelling and simulation. Phillip Sharp, a Nobel prize-winner at that university, believes that those tools are about to be brought to bear on（对。。。产生影响） biology too.
（第三次革命要来了，在生物上采用更新的科技技术）

Robert Langer, a biochemist at MIT who holds over 500 patents in biotechnology and medical technologies and has started or advised more than 100 new companies, thinks innovation in medical technologies is about to take off. Menno Prins of Philips, a Dutch multinational with a big medical-technology division, explains that, “like chemistry before it, biology is moving from a world of alchemy（炼金术） and ignorance to becoming a predictable, repeatable science.” Ajay Royyuru of IBM, an IT giant, argues that “it’s the transformation of biology into an information science from a discovery science.”
（是由生物转换到信息科技的时代了，不再是由各种科技来影响生物的时候，而是生物变成了一种高科技）

This special report will ask how much of this grand vision is likely to become reality. Some of the industry’s optimism（卫生保健） appears to be well-founded. As the rich world gets older and sicker and the poor world gets wealthier and fatter, the market for medical innovations of all kinds is bound to（一定要） grow. Clever technology can help solve two big problems in health care: overspending in the rich world and under-provisioning in the poor world.
（贫富差距很大，各地承受能力有限，这样的设想是否会实现）

But the chances are that this will take time, and turn out to be more of a reformation than a revolution. The hidebound（守旧的，对新的想法格格不入） health-care systems of the rich world may resist new technologies even as poor countries leapfrog（竞相提高，交替前进） ahead. There is already a backlash（对抗） against genomics, which has been oversold to consumers as a deterministic science. And given soaring（高的） health-care costs, insurers and health systems may not want to adopt new technologies unless inventors can show conclusively（令人信服的，确凿的） that they will produce better outcomes and offer value for money.
（如果这只是一个改善，而不是彻底的改革，除非效果明显，不然愿意花高价钱的人会很少）

If these obstacles（业障） can be overcome, then the biggest winner will be the patient. In the past medicine has taken a paternalistic（家长是作风） stance, with the all-knowing physician dispensing wisdom from on high, but that is becoming increasingly untenable（站不住脚的）. Digitisation promises to connect doctors not only to everything they need to know about their patients but also to other doctors who have treated similar disorders.
（如果实施，那么最大的受益人便是病人，数字化的医疗可以让医生更了解病人，并和同行医生交流）

The coming convergence of biology and engineering will be led by information technologies, which in medicine means the digitisation of medical records and the establishment of an intelligent network for sharing those records. That essential reform will enable many other big technological changes to be introduced.
（生物工程化将由信息技术引领，更多高科技将被引进）

Just as important, it can make that information available to the patients too, empowering them to play a bigger part in managing their own health affairs. This is controversial, and with good reason. Many doctors, and some patients, reckon（估计，猜想） they lack the knowledge to make informed decisions. But patients actually know a great deal about many diseases, especially chronic（长期的慢性的） ones like diabetes and heart problems with which they often live for many years. The best way to deal with those is for individuals to take more responsibility for their own health and prevent problems before they require costly hospital visits. That means putting electronic health records directly into patients’ hands.
(这样也方便病人更了解自己的情况，在得一些病的时候可以根据自己的状况自己来控制）


comment
Health has always been the very hot topic in each era and related to everyone from young to old. Since biology is my major, and I understand the hard work behind those reforms， I know that every scientist work day to night in order to find some method to heal the terrible disease. However, we are now happy to find that human beings have made a big step towards biology field.

But when it comes to the cost, a lot of inefficients and problems will occur. Most patients exist in the poor areas and the cost seem unaffordable to them.

The new technology and engineering have revealed the major trends of medicine care in the future. With more problem solved, and works done, those new ideas and ways to treat patient will surely be adopted. We all want to see that bright day.

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The first technological revolution in modern biology started when James Watson and Francis Crick described the structure of DNA half a century ago. That established the fields of molecular and cell biology, the basis of the biotechnology industry. The sequencing of the human genome nearly a decade ago set off a second revolution which has started to illuminate the origins of diseases. Now the industry is convinced that a third revolution is under way: the convergence of biology and engineering.


The coming convergence of biology and engineering will be led by information technologies, which in medicine means the digitisation of medical records and the establishment of an intelligent network for sharing those records. That essential reform will enable many other big technological changes科学技术进步 to be introduced.


Comment:

The convergence of biology and engineering in medicine means the digitisation of medical records and the establishment of an intelligent network for sharing those records,which supplies such a state convenient communicating between doctors and patients. This new technology brings lots of benefits,not only help doctor grasp patients’ situation more accurately and detailedly,the available information to patients also make them be wary of their own health affairs and empowering them to play a bigger part in managing it. The coming convergence of biology and engineering will be led by information technologies,as long as they will produce better outcomes and offer value for money for insurers and health systems.


In my opinion, the convergence of biology and engineering in medicine could promote big progress with the patients’ database gathering together,convenient to delve ahead,especially the states supplied to communicate accelerating the process doctors solving difficult illness cases.However,we cannot avoid the negative influence that brings to,for instance,the security of patients’ personal information,the big costs in spreading of this technology,the technology of information management.Overall, the convergence of biology and engineering will have a great future,and more positive aspects than disadvantages.

123runfordreamUID: 2697608

Comment:
Digitisation has being and will be the rule of modern world whether you admit it or not. Here comes the medicines. Seeing the develoment of medical world, we can predict that it will be a world of digitisation without doubt. Well, the progress of techonology is the sign of medical advance. For the medical itself, the meaning is a revolution of this area of science. For the reality, working on the world, the advantages has been seen as the author says, sovling (solving) overspending in rich world and under-provisioning in the poor world. But for the patiens, for invloved in the profits, some of them may not like to see it happen.
Howere, the author remind us, the most important thing in the medical is not how much it advanced but how the disease is prevented before it happens.

qisaimanUID: 2703629

why the doctor keep refusing to employ the info technology into their works . the article describes one possible reason: the convergence of info and biology may undermine the authority of the doctors. and hence, i guess , the doctor may receive a lower income, which of course is not what they wants. the new trend in health-care will probably break down the unbalance of information held between the patient and doctor, thus promising the patient more transparency and meanwhile more responsibility.

splendidsunUID: 2723757

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Comment
The combination of medical science and engineering has brought large benefit to whole human society. Taking MRI as a typical example, MRI could present a clear digital picture for doctors who could make proper diagnose depending on the MRI result. And the spreading of modern medical technology gives access to patients consult many experienced doctors so as to get accurate diagnoses, which could help patients save less money on the physical examinations.
Admittedly, modern technology is beneficial for most of the patients. There emerge some problems at the same time. Overuse of the modern technology weakens the relation between doctors and patients, which could raise the contradiction between these two sides. Additionally, at the initial phase, the new technology would cost more than the old examination which may be burden to some patients.
Consequently, the effect of medical modern technology is still controversial. Big machines could not take place of emotional care that doctors give to the patients in the old time.

错字：
Diagnoises—diagnoses

marvel 奇迹
be reluctant to 不情愿做某事
with gusto满怀热情的
in fits and starts间歇性的
long-heralded 从前预言的
bring to bear on 将应用于……
untenable站不住脚的

dingyi0311UID: 2627919

My comment
This article introduces to us a fantastic new technology conception; introduce digital into medicine industry. the author propose to establish a “smart grid” that contain information about the treatment or prescription of all the diseases. This system can be a reformation in medical history and can be comparable to those great inventions and works like the discovery of antibiotic and sequencing of human genome. Once this conceives come to be realized, the biggest beneficiarier is the very common people. First, people can monitor their health status every time and visit doctors before the disease will become a big problem. Second, doctors will change form a paternalistic stance to a more equal stance. The information system will connect doctor with every thing about the patient, but also all the doctors who treat similar disorder. But there are still long way to go before it was truly realized. The doctors may not want to share their knowledge and experience in afraid of losing their superior stance. And every people who participate in this system will be required to have considerable medical knowledge. Even it is true that people with chronic diseases such as diabetes have considerable necessary knowledge, most of people would not want to spare a lot of time on studying this kwonledge, especially it require a lot of time. But I am still optimistic on this conception and looking forward to seeing it become true.

番茄斗斗UID: 2720914

waves of discovery
Given its history of innovation, the health-care sector has been surprisingly reluctant to embrace information technology (IT).Whereas every other big industry has computerisedwith gusto(兴致勃勃) since the 1980s, doctors in most parts of the world stillwork mainly with pen and paper.
But now, in fits and starts（间歇的）, medicine is at long last（最终） catching up.
advancing such long-heralded ideas as telemedicine, personal medical devices for the home and smart pills.
The hidebound(守旧的) health-care systems of the rich world may resist new technologies even as poor countries leapfrog（越级提升） ahead.
In the past medicine has taken a paternalistic（家长作风的）stance, with the all-knowing physician dispensing wisdom from on high,but that is becoming increasingly untenable（站不住脚的）.
This is controversial, and with good reason。


COMMENT:
Health-care is a daily topic and is for sure took into issue. Instead of analysizing the falsehood of the health-care system, the author reminds us the fact that IT finally embraces health-care, even though in fits and starts. He portays us a picture of the coming changes IT may brought into health-care system with the following reasons:
the first revolution in modern biology created the field of molecular and cell biology;
the second illuminated the origion of diseases;
the third is about to come, and raise the ideas of covergences of biology and engineering.
I'm more concerned with ideas that knowing right of patient will be acquired through the establishment of the sharing records. Though lacking the knowledge of disease, patient enjoy the merit of being familiar with his own situation, which is long ignored by the medical area.  Patients are supposed to be guided, instead of being forced to take the medicine.

prettywraithUID: 197049

Comments (2010-01-27):
This passage introduces one trend of health care in future. Under the help of information industry, medicine is experiencing one digital revolution. Though I have never seen how the new information technology serves people's health in real life, I can imagine this revolution is convenient and useful for patients. Certainly, as the author has said, this progress will cost a lot of money. Who afford this expense is a huge question in the face of research institutions. Perhaps, this is not a big deal for rich counties. But most of counties in the world cannot bear the burden of the effective health care, and even their citizens cannot have the least medical services. Admittedly, if these obstacles would be overcome, our health care system will provide patients cheaper and more efficient medical treatment. This case will be like the personal computer's application. At beginning, few people or few institutions can afford for the expensive machine. With the development of technology, today, we can owe one computer with low costs, and enjoy many benefits brought by computers. Thus, that medicine goes digital may be not far away from our life.

Wrong Spelling：
convenient  convient
technology   techonlogy
benefit      benifit

plukaUID: 2721764

NOTE
Whereas every other big industry has computerised with gusto（由衷的高兴） since the 1980s, doctors in most parts of the world still work mainly with pen and paper.


Developing countries are already using mobile phones to put a doctor into patients’ pockets（很有意思的表达）.

 “like chemistry before it, biology is moving from a world of alchemy and ignorance to becoming a predictable, repeatable science.”

This special report will ask how much of this grand vision is likely to become reality.
Clever technology can help solve two big problems in health care: overspending in the rich world and under-provisioning in the poor world. 


The hidebound（守旧死板的） health-care systems of the rich world may resist new technologies even as poor countries leapfrog（竞相提高） ahead（固步自封啊）.

In the past medicine has taken a paternalistic stance（家长的姿态）, with the all-knowing physician dispensing wisdom from on high, but that is becoming increasingly untenable（站不住脚的）.

But patients actually know a great deal about many diseases, especially chronic ones like diabetes and heart problems with which they often live for many years.（这就是原因啊）

COMMENT

One thing that impresses me most about the advantage of incoming medical system assisted by telecommunication technology is that it expends the equity between patients and doctors, undeifies the position of medical practitioners, and enables ordinary people to gain larger share on making the decision of their own health problems. This reveals another part of changes that technology can bring about: the change on people's attitude and right. As patients get more convenient access to doctors, they can get more information which, though perhaps trivial, consists the wall between ordinary people and speciallized practitioners. Now that the wall is to be erode, so the largely unnecessary and excessive awe to doctors. People's right to take part in the decision of their own medical cure will also be expanded, as reckoned. I find one sentence especially convincing when explaining people's adequate knowledge on this duty: "... with which they often live for many years." well actually I get some inspiration for writing contensions on issue: the common sense. yes~