Author Description

With the help of Internet and other resources, patients have access to large amount of medical information once available only to the physicians. In fact, such patient-obtained medical information (POMI) is having an impact on ordinary patients like you.Ever wander what our healthcare system will look like in 2050 when every patient has access to as much medical information as he/she desires? Will healthcare becomes another commodity that can be purchased by informed consumers? Or will we still have the same physician-patient relationship as we know today?In his ground breaking book, Can Patient-Obtained Medical Information Hold The Key To The 21st Century Healthcare System, Dr. Bin Xie discusses his vision of the 21st healthcare system with empowered patients.Using stories of ordinary patients, physicians, medical information providers, and other healthcare professionals, Dr. Xie paints a very bright future for our evolving healthcare system. In his book, you will find how access to medical information changed the life of ordinary people, and how such changes can mean for the future of our healthcare system.Want to know the power of empowered patients? Read Dr. Xie's book!