IDG Contributor Network: Healthcare outsider developing software to improve diagnosis

Worried about a coming shortage of physicians?  Don’t be, says Cameron Powell, CEO of Physician Cognition.  Low-cost providers, such as nurse practitioners, and consumers themselves, he says, will fill in nicely.Empowering them will be what Powell calls “MD-mimicking technology.” Powell’s company is building just such a technology.  The program, called Xebra Pro, is being groomed to advise healthcare providers and patients about the signs, symptoms, diagnos