Our vision at The Medical Futurist is to build a community of empowered patients, future-oriented healthcare professionals, concerned health policymakers, sensible health tech developers and enthusiastic medical students, and make this leap forward together. We do research and studies about and for the advancement of digital transformation, from theory to direct impact, and help individuals, institutions as well as governments in the process.

Today, when people Google their symptoms, ask ChatGPT and use digital health technologies even before going to the doctor, it is more important than ever to be updated on the digital developments in healthcare and navigate through questions of digital health-related issues. That is why we created this short guide for medical professionals. It helps for ways of listening and answering patients’ questions related to digital health issues and offers a framework on how to respond to the latest challenges in patient-doctor communication in the 21st century.