WASHINGTON: It's just in fiction for now, but the "avatar doctor," a virtual physician which consults and diagnoses through a smartphone app, is coming, says the author of a new medical thriller.
Robin Cook, a physician and best-selling author known for his books Coma and Outbreak, says his new novel, Cell, foretells a future where a good deal of medicine can come through an app which can draw from huge medical databases.
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