In today's hospital environment, technology is beginning to take over the role of the patient. Doctors are starting to give more importance to Abraham Varghese's iPatient and using the patient only to create an iPatient. One example Verghese gives to his audience is the difference in how doctors perform their rounds during rounds, when he was training and now. Back then, a group of doctors-in-training would surround a patient in bed because the focus was on the patient. Today, doctors in training are seen in a different environment. The discussion takes place “in a room away from the patient. The discussion is only about the images on the computer, the data. The patient has been completely replaced by the iPatient in today's hospital environment. Because of this, the patient is essentially left on the sidelines, wondering what is going on and can only hope that the doctors will make the best decision. By caring for the patient through iPatient and keeping them informed of their condition, patients are assured that their caregivers are doing what they can to improve the patients.