[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":296},["ShallowReactive",2],{"slug-40-most-exciting-questions-in-digital-health":3},{"post":4,"relatedPosts":172,"relatedBooks":295},{"id":5,"date":6,"date_gmt":7,"guid":8,"modified":10,"modified_gmt":11,"slug":12,"status":13,"type":14,"link":15,"title":16,"content":18,"excerpt":21,"author":23,"featured_media":24,"comment_status":25,"ping_status":25,"sticky":26,"template":27,"format":28,"meta":29,"categories":30,"tags":32,"project_category":43,"contact_email_category":44,"yst_prominent_words":45,"class_list":51,"better_featured_image":69,"acf":107,"yoast_meta":116,"_links":119},17789,"2018-05-03T17:13:54","2018-05-03T15:13:54",{"rendered":9},"http:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F?p=17789","2022-05-25T17:44:05","2022-05-25T15:44:05","40-most-exciting-questions-in-digital-health","publish","post","https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F40-most-exciting-questions-in-digital-health",{"rendered":17},"The 40 Most Exciting Questions in Digital Health",{"rendered":19,"protected":20},"\n\u003Ctable style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: #eee; border-top: 4px solid #444;\" cellpadding=\"5px\">\n\u003Ctbody>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Ctd style=\"width: 100%;\">\n\u003Cp style=\"color: #555;font-size: 12px;line-height: 14px\">THIS ARTICLE HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED SINCE 2018. THE INFORMATION SHARED IN THE ARTICLE WAS ACCURATE AT THE TIME OF ITS PUBLICATION, BUT IT MAY BE OUT OF DATE NOW. \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fmagazine\">BROWSE OUR LATEST ARTICLES HERE\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003C\u002Ftr>\u003C\u002Ftbody>\u003C\u002Ftable>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>There is only one thing The Medical Futurist loves more than speaking about the future of healthcare: to respond to provocative questions. What comes after the wearable sensor revolution? Can an algorithm diagnose better than a doctor? What makes someone a cyborg? Will we be able to read or transmit thoughts? Medical professionals, industry experts, young entrepreneurs, students, and patients had raised more than a thousand questions over the last decade after the keynotes – one is better than the other. Now you can read the 40 most exciting ones collected in an e-book.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003C!--more-->\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Questions move the world forward\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>According to Plato and Aristotle, philosophy begins in wonder. You start to question the shape of the clouds or why ants work in hives, the next thing you know you are already contemplating about geography or social psychology. Examining the “natural” order of things helps us explain the world, see our environment in new, different ways and move forward. That’s why it is a great honor to get questions, and why The Medical Futurist loves to get questions even more than giving keynotes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>As you know, The Medical Futurist is a frequent flyer. From Pittsburgh to Lisbon, from Tokyo to Melbourne, giving hundreds of keynotes before hundreds of audiences. But the excitement is always highest at the end of the speeches when the questions pour down like rain. Medical professionals, industry experts, young entrepreneurs, students, and patients have raised more than a thousand issues over the last decade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>So, we decided that these questions were just too good just to only be answered on the stage and collected the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Famzn.to\u002F2w7Bczq\">40 most exciting ones with illustrations and infographics in an e-book\u003C\u002Fa> (\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fleanpub.com\u002F40questions\">PDF\u003C\u002Fa>). Here’s a glimpse of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Ca class=\"img\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fleanpub.com\u002F40questions\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"632\" height=\"870\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F05\u002F40-questions-about-the-future-of-healthcare.png\" alt=\"questions in digital health\" class=\"wp-image-17791\"\u002F\u003C\u002Fa srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F05\u002F40-questions-about-the-future-of-healthcare.png 632w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F05\u002F40-questions-about-the-future-of-healthcare-372x512.png 372w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F05\u002F40-questions-about-the-future-of-healthcare-182x250.png 182w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F05\u002F40-questions-about-the-future-of-healthcare-768x1057.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 632px) 100vw, 632px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>When will we find the cure for cancer?\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Medical students ask how they can prepare for the future. Patients ask about ethical issues and what they should do for their own health. Physicians ask whether robots and algorithms will replace them. Industry experts inquire about business opportunities. Engineers ask about practical solutions in design, and how devices might be better used at home. Many-many fascinating and timely topics, relevant issues.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>One time The Medical Futurist spoke at a conference in the Netherlands. After the talk, a patient raised her hand and explained how there were many incidents of cancer in her family. She wanted to know when we would finally find a cure. Her tone suggested that she was optimistic one would be found eventually.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>However, she was not happy with the answer. Every patient’s cancer is unique and genetically different. Each of us is genetically different from the others and thus reacts to diseases in an idiosyncratic way. Finding a “cure for cancer” implies that cancer is a single disease. But it is not.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F03\u002Fwhat-is-precision-medicine.png\" alt=\"What is Precision Medicine\" class=\"wp-image-15355\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F03\u002Fwhat-is-precision-medicine.png 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F03\u002Fwhat-is-precision-medicine-768x313.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F03\u002Fwhat-is-precision-medicine-512x209.png 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F03\u002Fwhat-is-precision-medicine-458x187.png 458w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Precision medicine, nanorobots, and social media to change the nature of cancer\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Modern medicine has strived to describe the background of cancer for decades. After cardiovascular diseases, it is the leading cause of death worldwide. Lung scans, tumor markers in the blood, and simple dermatological tests can all identify cancer at an early stage. Early cancer detection can be based either on molecular features or symptoms. Imagine if specific blood tests became so inexpensive that it would be worth checking these on a regular basis. Alternatively, perhaps \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fgetting-smaller-and-smarter-nanotechnology-in-healthcare\u002F\">nanorobots swimming in our bloodstream\u003C\u002Fa> could keep an eye on these indicators regularly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Another approach is \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fprecision-medicine-best-hope-fight-cancer\u002F\">precision medicine\u003C\u002Fa>: developing treatments that can either assist the immune system or target cancerous cells directly. The former is promising, but a greater effort has been put into the latter. Therapies have been designed that target cancerous tissue based on its genetic composition. Tissue from a lung cancer patient can be genetically analyzed today, and treatment options selected by its genetic background.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>However, cancer is not just about finding effective treatments. Dealing with cancer is sometimes a decades-long affair. Patients need ongoing emotional and social support, and here is where the long–tail effect of social media comes in. Patients who have a rare disease are unlikely to meet like-minded individuals where they live. However, finding them online is quite possible. Online community sites such as \u003Cem>Inspire\u003C\u002Fem> or \u003Cem>Smart Patients\u003C\u002Fem> have been around for years. In these communities, patients share medical issues with one another as well as personal stories. The real goal is to make cancer a short bump in life instead of a life event that might lead to death. We won’t cure cancer as one disease, but we have better technologies to make the life-event-to-bump transformation happen. Until then, keep an eye on the distressing symptoms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F03\u002Ffuture-of-cancer-care.jpg\" alt=\"Future of cancer care\" class=\"wp-image-13739\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F03\u002Ffuture-of-cancer-care.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F03\u002Ffuture-of-cancer-care-768x311.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F03\u002Ffuture-of-cancer-care-512x207.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F03\u002Ffuture-of-cancer-care-458x185.jpg 458w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Want to know more? \u003Cstrong>What do you think can artificial food put an end to famine? Will robots take our jobs in healthcare? Could we 3D print or grow organs in the future? Might people measure vital signs at home? Will nanorobots swim in our bloodstream? Shall I get my genome sequenced?\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Read the e-book on \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Famzn.to\u002F2w7Bczq\">Amazon\u003C\u002Fa> or \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fleanpub.com\u002F40questions\">on Leanpub\u003C\u002Fa> as a PDF and comment on it at The Medical Futurist’s social media channels. We cannot wait to hear from you!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ctable style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: #eee; border-top: 4px solid #444;\" cellpadding=\"10px\">\n\u003Ctbody>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Ctd style=\"width: 100%;\">\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>At The Medical Futurist, we are building a community for making a bold vision about the future of healthcare reality today.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002FFIbMejImnxs\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\">\u003C\u002Fiframe>\n\u003Cp>If you’d like to support this mission, we invite you to \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.patreon.com\u002Fthemedicalfuturist\">join The Medical Futurist Patreon Community\u003C\u002Fa>. A community of empowered patients, future-oriented healthcare professionals, concerned health policymakers, sensible health tech developers, and enthusiastic medical students. If there were ever a time to join us, it is now. Every contribution, however big or small, powers our research and sustains our future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.patreon.com\u002Fthemedicalfuturist\">\u003Cstrong style=\"background-color: #e71d3299; color: #000;\">Click here to support The Medical Futurist from as little as $3\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fa> – it only takes a minute. 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What will we eat? What will we as interplanetary people worry about? Where will we find peace and how will we connect with each other? So, I often scribble down my thoughts into short tales and ask the question whether that’s a scene I wish for in the future. Here are three of my latest sci-fi short stories. What do you think? Should the future look like these?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003C!--more-->\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Dr. Big Brother\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>I ordered steak. The menu item blinked in red twice in my digital lens but I didn’t care. I was very hungry and I love meat. Since it became possible to merge our genomic data with health records in the cloud synchronized with each and every digital device, choosing food has turned into a stressful activity. They wanted to tell me what and when to eat and it has made me crazy. They knew better what me and especially my body needed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>My grandfather told me that back in the day nobody knew what the hell you were eating. You just went to a restaurant, ordered and finished your meal. Simple as that. I know they died from a lot of diseases without any foreseeable signs but still. That freedom of choice is special.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>I don’t even understand why we bother to eat at all today. Just choose whatever is tailored to me and bring it in a powder or something. It’s not worth the effort when it’s so expensive to eat less healthy foods or choose what is out of my metabolic bounds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Sometimes I wish I were in the old ages with infections, sudden deaths, and short lifespans. But man, going out to eat whatever you want must have been a hell of an experience. I get back to my steak, which is obviously artificial but might taste like those dishes my grandfather used to tell me until he passed away in my 90s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"489\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F03\u002F001_dr_bb.png\" alt=\"Sci-fi Short Stories\" class=\"wp-image-17475\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F03\u002F001_dr_bb.png 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F03\u002F001_dr_bb-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F03\u002F001_dr_bb-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F03\u002F001_dr_bb-512x288.png 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F03\u002F001_dr_bb-444x250.png 444w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Virtual Earth\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>I’m sitting in my favorite spot. Fluffy, green grass below me on the top of the hill that looks down on Japanese monasteries. Trees are all around and the wind is softly blowing. Just the right temperature at just the best time of the day in the early morning hours. I’m not cold or hot yet the Sun is shining gorgeously. I love spending time here. That’s the only place where I feel calm and my mind is still energized. I come here whenever I can, which doesn’t happen often nowadays. This place has a special meaning to me as I never made it to Japan. Well, I never will…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>My mask just became transparent and electrodes were released from my skin. I guess my time is over. There is no calm sound of the gentle wind but the constant buzzing of ventilators. I don’t even hear them anymore unless I get back from my virtual sessions. It’s room temperature, there is artificial light and there is no grass just the metal floor below me. Exactly what you would expect from the interiors of a spaceship. Long corridors, narrow spaces, and small rooms. It makes me feel I don’t belong here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>When everyone and everything you know is years away from you, it’s hard to keep it together. These virtual sessions I use for meditation are the only things that keep me sane during the long flight. You have your chores but it takes more to satisfy a curious human being like me. I have been bonding with the robots on board and I can have sessions with my loved ones at home. I can wait 20 minutes for a response. We signed up for the greatest mission of humanity thus we mustn’t be weak. Yet, I hope we don’t lose what makes us human on the way. I hope we create green hills, clouds, and trees on the Red Planet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>If we cannot make it happen, if Mars remains a pile of stones without a soul, we will pretend it has one so we will belong there. Just like at home. History shows we are good at pretending.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"489\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F03\u002Ftree-of-life.jpg\" alt=\"Scifi Short Stories\" class=\"wp-image-17476\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F03\u002Ftree-of-life.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F03\u002Ftree-of-life-370x208.jpg 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F03\u002Ftree-of-life-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F03\u002Ftree-of-life-512x288.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F03\u002Ftree-of-life-444x250.jpg 444w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>The Diagnosis Game\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>As soon as I saw the charts on my digital lens, I knew that would be a complicated case. The symptoms were rare and it just didn’t add up. Before the patient arrived at our ward, we had already discussed every potential diagnosis that popped up in our minds. We knew we needed help.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>While the patient was admitted to the OR, I uploaded the case to the cloud, which was a quick process because of the new control with new hand gestures. My lens recorded everything blurring out the patient’s face for privacy, and the digital network of colleagues around the world jumped right on it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>By the time we determined the patient’s status, the first ideas came in and one of them seemed particularly matching. That Japanese physician had the same case a while ago. I projected his holographic image into the OR so we could discuss it live. 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