[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":2246},["ShallowReactive",2],{"category-covid-19":3},{"category":4,"posts":42,"featured":2151,"ebooks":2152},{"id":5,"count":6,"description":7,"link":8,"name":9,"slug":10,"taxonomy":11,"parent":12,"meta":13,"acf":14,"z_taxonomy_image_url":18,"yoast_meta":19,"taxonomy_image":18,"_links":21},6479,71,"","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fcategory\u002Fcovid-19\u002F","Covid-19","covid-19","category",0,[],{"listing_order":7,"child_category_ids":15,"featured":15,"youtube_video_id":7,"sub_header":7,"excerpt":7,"ebooks":16},false,[17],27927,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F02\u002Ftmf_article_248-01.png",{"yoast_wpseo_title":20,"yoast_wpseo_metadesc":7},"Covid-19 - The Medical Futurist",{"self":22,"collection":28,"about":31,"wp:post_type":34,"curies":37},[23],{"href":24,"targetHints":25},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcategories\u002F6479",{"allow":26},[27],"GET",[29],{"href":30},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcategories",[32],{"href":33},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Ftaxonomies\u002Fcategory",[35],{"href":36},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts?categories=6479",[38],{"name":39,"href":40,"templated":41},"wp","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.w.org\u002F{rel}",true,[43,219,416,574,715,856,981,1109,1245,1359,1467,1582,1695,1802,1916,2045],{"id":44,"date":45,"date_gmt":46,"guid":47,"modified":49,"modified_gmt":50,"slug":51,"status":52,"type":53,"link":54,"title":55,"content":57,"excerpt":59,"author":61,"featured_media":62,"comment_status":63,"ping_status":63,"sticky":41,"template":7,"format":64,"meta":65,"categories":66,"tags":69,"project_category":80,"contact_email_category":84,"yst_prominent_words":85,"class_list":95,"better_featured_image":118,"acf":153,"yoast_meta":167,"_links":170},30797,"2025-09-04T10:41:13","2025-09-04T08:41:13",{"rendered":48},"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F?post_id=30797&_wpnonce=48f2edb333&status=auto-draft&type=post","2025-09-04T10:41:14","2025-09-04T08:41:14","we-used-3-devices-for-meditation-heres-what-we-found","publish","post","https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fwe-used-3-devices-for-meditation-heres-what-we-found",{"rendered":56},"We Used 3 Devices For Meditation – Here’s What We Found",{"rendered":58,"protected":15},"\n\u003Cp>It’s \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ftime.com\u002F5886228\u002Fdepression-covid-19-pandemic\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">no secret\u003C\u002Fa> that the anxiety, fear, and isolation brought about by large-scale crises such as wars and natural disasters have a population-wide psychological toll. In Britain, \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theguardian.com\u002Fsociety\u002F2020\u002Faug\u002F18\u002Fdepression-in-british-adults-doubles-during-coronavirus-crisis\" target=\"_blank\">the Office for National Statistics reports\u003C\u002Fa> that the number of adults with depression has doubled during the pandemic. In the U.S., the prevalence of depression symptoms increased over 3-fold during the pandemic than before it. This data comes from a \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fjamanetwork.com\u002Fjournals\u002Fjamanetworkopen\u002Ffullarticle\u002F2770146\" target=\"_blank\">recent study published in JAMA Network Open\u003C\u002Fa>. The researchers term the contributing factors as “COVID-19 stressors.” These include job loss, a close one’s demise due to the virus and having financial problems.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Even if these reports pertain to only two countries, people worldwide are experiencing similar challenges from those so-called COVID-19 stressors and the subsequent effects on their mental health; as you can probably attest yourself. It seems that on top of the pandemic, we are facing an epidemic on our collective psychological well-being.  “\u003Cem>The pandemic has turned lives upside down, and for some people, it will have put greater strain on their mental health,\u003C\u002Fem>” Claire Murdoch, national mental health director for the NHS, \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theguardian.com\u002Fsociety\u002F2020\u002Faug\u002F18\u002Fdepression-in-british-adults-doubles-during-coronavirus-crisis\" target=\"_blank\">rightly said\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Thankfully, simple, at-home tweaks can work wonders to improve mental health. Exercise \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ftime.com\u002F5511322\u002Fexercise-depression-mental-health\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">has been proven\u003C\u002Fa> to reduce depression risk, while meditation \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.everydayhealth.com\u002Fmeditation\u002Fhow-meditation-can-improve-your-mental-health\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">has been linked\u003C\u002Fa> to improved mental health. Thanks to digital health technologies, the abstract concept of meditation has become more accessible through \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fdigital-health-apps-to-use-during-the-covid-19-quarantine\u002F\">apps\u003C\u002Fa> and quantifiable with smart headbands. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>For this article, we conducted a little experiment focusing on 3 meditation devices: the \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fchoosemuse.com\u002Fmuse-s\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">Muse S\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fo.macrotellect.com\u002Fdefault.html\" target=\"_blank\">BrainLink Pro\u003C\u002Fa> and \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fsynchronising-your-mind-the-neorhythm-review\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">NeoRhythm\u003C\u002Fa>. Let’s see them!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Muse S Meditation Device: the brain’s muse\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>We \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fbrain-sensing-tech-support-to-mindfulness-the-muse-review\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">reviewed the original Muse\u003C\u002Fa> before and the Muse S is the company’s latest addition to its growing line of meditation headbands. Unlike its predecessors, the Muse S packs a radically different look. Rather than having a sci-fi aesthetic, this smart headband could almost be mistaken for a sports sweatband due to its soft fabric finish. This material really makes for a comfortable use of the device. The comfort is also enhanced by the fact that the whole headband is very light and adjustable so that you can find the perfect fit for your head. On a hardware aspect, it is evident that much thought went into designing the device.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Thankfully, the same can be said of the software. It offers a lot in terms of meditation from guided courses through heart meditation to timed sessions. The introductory, free meditation sessions help you get acquainted with the Muse S’s multiple sensors to determine your brainwaves, stillness, heart rate and breathing pattern. Those sessions pair with rhythmic soundtracks that evolve in tandem to the user’s actions: calm mind? You’ll hear birds chirping. Staying still? The wind chimes will quiet down. It has a learning curve but these sessions do help in better understanding how to relax with your breath and posture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F10\u002Fmuse-s-meditation-headband-768x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30799\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F10\u002Fmuse-s-meditation-headband-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F10\u002Fmuse-s-meditation-headband.jpg 1259w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\u003Cp>However, the guided meditation comes in a subscription format at an extra cost. The device itself also doesn’t come cheap at $350. But these do help give users a deeper understanding of the practice with guidance from expert coaches; some of whom are neuroscientists explaining the scientific benefits of meditation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>After each session, you get a summary of your results showing your brain’s electroencephalogram; these correlate to the active or relaxed status of your mind. These summaries are also gamified in a sense that results come with stats and awards you unlock during your session, such as by staying still or being calmer for an extended period. We found these to be a great way to keep track of our progress and to know where to improve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n\u003Ch4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>\u003Cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Verdict:\u003C\u002Fspan> \u003C\u002Fstrong>The Muse S is an all-rounder of a meditation headband; it offers a great way to pick up meditation or improve on it in a fun, engaging and quantified way.\u003C\u002Fh4>\n\u003C\u002Fblockquote>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>BrainLink Pro: linking the brain to apps and devices\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>When it comes to the looks, the BrainLink Pro bears more resemblance to the previous Muse design models as it also screams sci-fi by the looks alone. It differs in that it has an ear clip containing an electrode for measuring brain activity; rather than having all electrodes within the headband. Additionally, it features an “EmoLight” strip that changes colour based on your brainwave’s pattern that somewhat gives it a more sci-fi feeling in use. It’s also light and easy to wear. Upon removing, you might notice imprints of the front electrodes as these press on the forehead; but it’s just a very temporary cosmetic issue really.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>While it’s also a fully-functional meditation device, getting the most out of the BrainLink Pro requires going through additional hoops. This is because the manufacturer has several apps rather than a centralised one. There’s the \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fplay.google.com\u002Fstore\u002Fapps\u002Fdetails?id=com.macrotellect.brainlinks\" target=\"_blank\">BrainLink app\u003C\u002Fa> that helps you train your focus and relaxation by levitating on-screen objects. We found this great to train one’s mind about shifting from focusing\u002Frelaxing. But it feels rather simplistic in the long run.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"806\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F10\u002FBrainLink-Pro-meditation-headband-768x806.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30801\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F10\u002FBrainLink-Pro-meditation-headband-768x806.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F10\u002FBrainLink-Pro-meditation-headband.jpg 1029w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\u003Cp>Then there’s \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fplay.google.com\u002Fstore\u002Fapps\u002Fdetails?id=com.macrotellect.meditation.japanese\" target=\"_blank\">a separate guided meditation app\u003C\u002Fa> to get more helpful meditation practice; and finally there’s a \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fplay.google.com\u002Fstore\u002Fapps\u002Fdetails?id=com.macrotellect.basecheckch\" target=\"_blank\">Basic Detection app\u003C\u002Fa> if you want to step up your game. The latter gives additional statistics and raw data on alpha, beta, theta waves; and also details the time spent on relaxing\u002Ffocusing. Apple iOS users have even more apps that use the device’s brain-sensing abilities to play games, which are really well-hidden ways to meditate. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>If you have some more money to spare, you could even pair the headband to the company’s “\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fo.macrotellect.com\u002F2020\u002FHardware.html#Mind-control_series\" target=\"_blank\">Mind Control Series\u003C\u002Fa>”. These include robots and a book lamp that you can control through your brainwaves alone by focusing or relaxing; it is quite frankly a cool concept. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>BrainLink’s ability to go beyond audio guides to offer novel ways to try meditation is interesting and quite unique on the market. Compared to the Muse S, the BrainLink Pro is cheaper. It’s around $295, and there’s also a Lite model at around $170. While it offers a different user experience, you can get more out of it if you dig around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n\u003Ch5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>\u003Cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Verdict\u003C\u002Fspan>: \u003C\u002Fstrong>This device doesn’t offer the best initial user experience; but if you dig a bit deeper, it will offer some compelling features that can help you meditate with more than just audio cues.\u003C\u002Fh5>\n\u003C\u002Fblockquote>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>NeoRhythm \u003Cstrong>Meditation Device\u003C\u002Fstrong>: s\u003C\u002Fstrong>ynchronising your brain\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Here’s a device unlike the two brain-\u003Cem>sensing\u003C\u002Fem> meditation headbands above as the NeoRhythm is a brain-\u003Cem>stimutating \u003C\u002Fem>meditation device. It achieves this through pulsed electromagnetic field (PEMF) technology to emit frequencies to which the brain synchronises. Such magnetic field therapy has also been employed to relieve symptoms of \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.webmd.com\u002Fpain-management\u002Fmagnetic-field-therapy-overview#1-5\" target=\"_blank\">back pain\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.sciencedirect.com\u002Fscience\u002Farticle\u002Fabs\u002Fpii\u002FS0278584616301117?via%3Dihub\" target=\"_blank\">depression\u003C\u002Fa> and even \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fntrs.nasa.gov\u002Fcitations\u002F20030075722\" target=\"_blank\">tested by NASA\u003C\u002Fa>. By emitting safe, rhythmic pulses that mimic a desired state of mind, it induces the brain to enter this “mode”. NeoRhythm’s effectiveness, rather than the technology in general, \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.researchgate.net\u002Fpublication\u002F335857457_Influencing_Relaxation_by_a_Low_Intensity_Transcranial_Pulsed_Magnetic_Stimulation_Applying_the_Entrainment_Model\" target=\"_blank\">was even proven\u003C\u002Fa> by 2 double-blind, placebo-controlled \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.researchgate.net\u002Fpublication\u002F336582485_Enhancing_Vigilance_by_Low_Intensity_Transcranial_Pulsed_Magnetic_Stimulation_Applying_the_Entrainment_Model\" target=\"_blank\">studies\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Using it is very easy and effortless. After pairing it with the companion app, choose a desired “mode” and slip it on your head. To assist in meditation, the headband stimulates the brain with dominant theta waves. These waves \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.sciencedaily.com\u002Freleases\u002F2010\u002F03\u002F100319210631.htm\" target=\"_blank\">are abundant\u003C\u002Fa> during deep meditation and can be generated by the NeoRhythm to encourage the brain to get in sync; and hence help you get in the right state of mind to meditate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F08\u002Fneorhythm_1-768x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29555\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F08\u002Fneorhythm_1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F08\u002Fneorhythm_1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F08\u002Fneorhythm_1.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\u003Cp>Like we mentioned \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fsynchronising-your-mind-the-neorhythm-review\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">in our review\u003C\u002Fa>, it’s quite tricky to conclusively say the NeoRhythm helps with neurostimulation whether to meditate better or increase focus. That’s mainly because the device lacks sensors that could provide biofeedback on your progress. As such, a user’s feedback will be rather subjective. You could in theory pair a device like the BrainLink to visualise progress. But that’s as practical as having two devices wrapped around your head, which is not at all practical. Plus, you’ll need to invest in a second device; and the NeoRhythm doesn’t come cheap either at $309 at the time of writing. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Additionally, neurostimulation is a relatively understudied field. But the double-blind studies do help make the case for the NeoRhythm, and the company has recently \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.prnewswire.com\u002Fnews-releases\u002Fneorhythm-the-worlds-first-gesture-controlled-headband-proven-effective-for-neurostimulation-is-now-the-focus-of-the-most-comprehensive-scientific-research-in-history-301149063.html?tc=eml_cleartime\" target=\"_blank\">embarked on another research\u003C\u002Fa> to examine, among others, the device’s long-term impact. It’s quite encouraging to see the company seeking further scientific validation of the effectiveness of the technology and its device itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n\u003Ch5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>\u003Cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Verdict\u003C\u002Fspan>: \u003C\u002Fstrong>NeoRhythm offers more than just helping you with meditation. It can also improve sleep, focus and more with its neurostimulating PEMF technology, which is still relatively juvenile but has promising potential.\u003C\u002Fh5>\n\u003C\u002Fblockquote>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Should you strap one of these around your head?\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>You might have noticed that these devices don’t come cheap. There are several smartphone apps for meditation that come with much cheaper subscription offers or are simply free. However, while these might offer professional guidance, they lack a crucial element: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.mayoclinic.org\u002Ftests-procedures\u002Fbiofeedback\u002Fabout\u002Fpac-20384664\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">biofeedback\u003C\u002Fa>. Having sensors provide biological information about the user’s performance is key to determine if they are on the right track or not.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Without these sensors, you cannot objectively know what works for you and where to improve. Maybe lying down or listening to natural soundscapes help better. With EEG readings you will have a quantifiable method of knowing this, rather than relying on your gut feeling. Either the BrainLink Pro or the Muse S will help in achieving this. The NeoRhythm lacks such sensors as well but can help you enter the desired state of mind to meditate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F02\u002FMeditáció-768x432.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26453\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F02\u002FMeditáció-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F02\u002FMeditáció-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F02\u002FMeditáció-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F02\u002FMeditáció-512x288.png 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F02\u002FMeditáció-2048x1152.png 2048w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F02\u002FMeditáció.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Ultimately, you will also need to learn how to meditate and relax whenever you need it\u003C\u002Fstrong>;\u003Cstrong> without having a meditation device to help you.\u003C\u002Fstrong> Learning the ropes to do so when you have an important meeting, an exam or an interview without a device, conversely, starts with a dedicated device. If you are still sceptical, you can try a free app like \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.smilingmind.com.au\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">Smiling Mind\u003C\u002Fa> to begin mediation. You might then better appreciate the need for a meditation device to improve upon your practice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.linkedin.com\u002Fembed\u002Ffeed\u002Fupdate\u002Furn:li:share:6727541123809628160\" height=\"869\" width=\"504\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" title=\"Embedded post\">\u003C\u002Fiframe>\n",{"rendered":60,"protected":15},"\u003Cp>We conducted a little experiment focusing on 3 meditation devices: the Muse S, BrainLink Pro and NeoRhythm. Let’s see them!\u003C\u002Fp>\n",16,30869,"closed","standard",{"_acf_changed":15,"footnotes":7},[5,67,68],491,496,[70,71,72,73,74,75,76,77,78,79],3085,1091,1092,202,1427,6307,6309,662,759,760,[81,82,83],947,948,951,[],[86,87,88,89,90,91,92,93,94],2563,3841,5545,5567,5599,1559,1587,2539,2541,[96,53,97,98,99,100,101,102,103,104,105,106,107,108,109,110,111,112,113,114,115,116,117],"post-30797","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-covid-19","category-empowered-patients","category-health-sensors-trackers","tag-covid19","tag-headband","tag-muse","tag-device","tag-test","tag-brainlink","tag-neorhythm","tag-meditation","tag-apps","tag-applications","project_category-company","project_category-developers","project_category-patients",{"id":62,"alt_text":119,"caption":120,"description":121,"media_type":122,"media_details":123,"post":151,"source_url":152},"Meditation devices","meditation devices","We tested 3 meditation devices and here's what 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Muse meditation headband\u003C\u002Fstrong> uses EEG sensors to guide meditation and provides real-time feedback to improve focus and relaxation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"title":164},"\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>The Core Meditation Trainer\u003C\u002Fstrong> combines biofeedback with guided meditation and breathing exercises, using vibrations and a companion app.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"title":166},"\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>The Flowtime meditation headband\u003C\u002Fstrong> tracks brainwaves and heart rate variability, offering personalized meditation experiences through its app.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"yoast_wpseo_title":168,"yoast_wpseo_metadesc":169,"yoast_wpseo_canonical":54},"We Used 3 Meditation Headband Devices – Here’s What We Found","Meditation Headbands: Thanks to digital health technologies, meditation became more accessible through apps and meditations headbands – we tested 3 of 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Technologies That Will Shape The Future Of Cancer Care",{"rendered":232,"protected":15},"\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cancer is \u003C\u002Fspan>a \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.who.int\u002Fnews-room\u002Ffact-sheets\u002Fdetail\u002Fcancer\" target=\"_blank\">leading cause of death worldwide\u003C\u002Fa>, accounting for nearly 10 million deaths annually, or nearly one in six deaths\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It poses a physical, emotional and financial burden on individuals, families, societies and governments.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cancer research is one of the \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fthe-digital-health-future-of-oncology\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">most significant areas of research\u003C\u002Fa> in healthcare worldwide. The inventions that led to the rapid COVID-19 vaccine developments originally were aimed at curing cancer – \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fmrna-vaccines-from-tackling-pandemic-to-treating-cancer\" target=\"_blank\">the mRNA technology\u003C\u002Fa>, for example. Today, it has become a forward-looking concept for cancer immunotherapy, and researchers \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmolecular-cancer.biomedcentral.com\u002Farticles\u002F10.1186\u002Fs12943-021-01335-5\" target=\"_blank\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">expect the field to grow\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> convincingly in the future. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The three essential levels in cancer care are \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003Cli>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">prevention and diagnosis, \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\n\n\n\u003Cli>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">treatment,\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\n\n\n\u003Cli>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and monitoring of the disease\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>can help beat cancer for good. The technologies we list below are separated according to these phases.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cb>Prevention and diagnosis \u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cancer diagnosis must be early and accurate. Many cancer types cannot yet be detected early enough, while others are caught in time but treated too severely. This notion requires excellent healthcare facilities, new diagnosis technologies, and the proactivity of patients. We’ll see the following fields to earn additional momentum in the coming years.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. Liquid biopsy\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cancer.gov\u002Fpublications\u002Fdictionaries\u002Fcancer-terms\u002Fdef\u002Fliquid-biopsy\" target=\"_blank\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Liquid biopsy\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the analysis of tumours using biomarkers circulating in fluids such as the blood. It can be used for the early detection of cancer. During cancer treatments, re-biopsies are needed to adjust the treatment plan. It means taking a new sample from the ever-changing tumour to define the next step of the therapy. With the current invasive biopsy techniques, this is a considerable challenge for patients and medical professionals alike. Fluid biopsy extracts cancer cells from a simple blood sample. The use of \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nature.com\u002Fsearch?q=liquid%20biopsy&date_range=last_year&order=relevance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">biomarkers in the blood is transforming\u003C\u002Fa> cancer diagnosis \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nature.com\u002Farticles\u002Fd41586-020-00844-5\" target=\"_blank\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">already\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and I firmly believe the method should be the primary process for all biopsies where possible.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. Real-time cancer diagnostics\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are multiple exciting technologies for the diagnosis of tumours during surgery. A large-scale \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fpubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\u002F31342360\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">study in 2019 found\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that over 20% of women who had breast cancer had to undergo a second operation because malignant cells had been left undetected the first time. A new tool that \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.massdevice.com\u002Fthis-imaging-device-could-be-a-breakthrough-for-breast-cancer-treatment\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">got the FDA breakthrough\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> device designation in October 2020 aims to solve this issue. OncoRes Medical’s imaging device provides essential intraoperative information available to surgeons during a lumpectomy. The handheld device uses AI to assist with identifying tumour and healthy tissue, thereby \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fddebaa16-b003-4ac2-b05d-06b4e7c28ad4.filesusr.com\u002Fugd\u002F611b88_f20c26e047c3496e8096ef84f0933557.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">substantially improving\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> outcomes in breast-conserving surgery and reducing repeat operations for women with breast cancer.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. Understanding genetic and lifestyle causes of diseases\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By getting some explicit knowledge about what genetic and environmental factors lead to the different types of cancers, including the given patient’s genetic makeup; it would be possible to catch cancer in its infancy. This requires process innovation in healthcare and more precise and specific cancer biomarkers supported by \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fsearch\u002F?term=DNA%20test\" target=\"_blank\">better screening technologies\u003C\u002Fa>. For example, when I took the \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fatlas-biomed-genetic-test-review\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Atlas Biomed genetic test\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, I learnt a lot about my own body and how it works, and by knowing the risk factors, I was able to design a preventive plan with my primary care physicians and my genetic counsellor. On the downside, Atlas doesn’t examine the gene variants for complex cancer risks. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F02\u002Ftmf_article_243-01-768x432.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32629\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F02\u002Ftmf_article_243-01-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F02\u002Ftmf_article_243-01-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F02\u002Ftmf_article_243-01-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F02\u002Ftmf_article_243-01.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, another company, \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fi-got-my-whole-genome-sequenced-heres-what-i-learned\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dante Labs \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">does so. \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fwatch?v=HOEMj3J_BrU&t=1s\" target=\"_blank\">Their \u003C\u002Fa>DNA package contains a hereditary cancer report with risks, e.g. for colorectal or prostate cancer, but I must warn you to take these results with caution: risks and actual diseases are two different things.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cb>Treatment\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cancer treatment varies from surgery and various therapies to destroy any malignant cells in the body, targeted therapies and stem cell transplants. Biomarkers can help determine what kind of therapy would work best. Precision oncology helps find the available targeted therapies. The price of new drugs is going up steeply, and personalised drugs cost even more – but they bear the promise of being more effective than generic medications. As medical and technological innovations expand cancer treatment, the possibility for super-focused drugs is \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\u002Fpmc\u002Farticles\u002FPMC6352312\u002F\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">getting nearer\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in oncology treatments.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4. Next-generation targeted therapies\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are drugs that can block cancer growth or spread by interfering with specific molecules involved in the development, progression, and spread of cancer. Such \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cancer.gov\u002Fabout-cancer\u002Ftreatment\u002Ftypes\u002Ftargeted-therapies\u002Ftargeted-therapies-fact-sheet\" target=\"_blank\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">targeted therapies\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are designed only to stop cancerous cells, using information about a person’s genes and proteins. Such precision drugs can \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\u002Fpmc\u002Farticles\u002FPMC6352312\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">contribute to the prevention\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, diagnosis and treatment of the disease, resulting in unbounded patient benefits. Next-generation targeted therapies have already gained momentum in the past couple of years. I expect the field to take off rapidly as the costs of the technology will inevitably go down as the technology will be more available, therefore more affordable.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">5. Molecular cancer diagnostics\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Matching the right targeted therapy to the right patient based on the individual molecular genetic alterations in each cancer patient’s tumour is a promising and attractive precision oncology approach. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.oncompassmedicine.com\u002F\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oncompass Medicine\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> uses AI-based algorithms to match genetic mutations found in patients’ tumour samples with effective targeted cancer therapies. This way, patients can receive precisely targeted treatments specific to the kind of cancerous tissue they have. Their RealTime Oncology Treatment Calculator can significantly improve the selection of the right targeted therapy for each cancer patient based on the individual molecular genetic profile of their cancer.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">6. AI-based therapy design\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even if we can extract tumour cells from blood and sequence their DNA as fast as possible, deciding on the treatment is still a struggle. No oncologist can see through the millions of studies and thousands of clinical trials by keeping all of the patient’s parameters and mutations in mind. However, artificial intelligence algorithms can. In the U.K., Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge uses \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.healthcareitnews.com\u002Fnews\u002Femea\u002Fuk-hospital-first-use-ai-cancer-treatment-tool\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Project InnerEye\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, an AI deep-learning tool supporting the treatment of cancer patients. The AI analyses hospital data to identify tumours on patient scans. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2023\u002F06\u002Ftmf_article_365-768x432.png\" alt=\"AI medical coding doctor, hospital, clinic, man, laptop, computer\" class=\"wp-image-51069\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2023\u002F06\u002Ftmf_article_365-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2023\u002F06\u002Ftmf_article_365-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2023\u002F06\u002Ftmf_article_365-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2023\u002F06\u002Ftmf_article_365-2048x1152.png 2048w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2023\u002F06\u002Ftmf_article_365.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And it’s amazingly reliable, cutting CT processing times and treatment planning by up to 90%. Dutch researchers developed an evolutionary algorithm with intelligent search behaviour to generate better solutions at an ever-increasing speed. The AI created \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cwi.nl\u002Fnews\u002Fblogs\u002Fai-calculates-best-treatment-plan\" target=\"_blank\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“\u003Cem>better plans and more insight\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003Cem> than the doctors thought possible\u003C\u002Fem>.”\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">7. In silico trials\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In principle, clinical trials take years and cost more than 2 billion dollars for every approved treatment. The number of failed drug candidates is enormous, so spending years and millions on a clinical trial is no guarantee to lead to an approved treatment. However, \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fthe-future-of-clinical-trials-artificial-patients-synthetic-data-and-real-time-analysis\" target=\"_blank\">the world of clinical trials is changing\u003C\u002Fa>. Trials should unquestionably use more data and AI models. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fpharmaphorum.com\u002Fdigital\u002Fnow-what-the-future-of-clinical-trials-after-the-pandemic\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is inevitable\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to build the right skill sets to implement new technologies. Novel approaches like in silico trials with advanced biological networks, organs-on-a-chip or even network medicine will then help choose the right drug candidates within seconds.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">8. DNA cages\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most cancer treatments today destroy not only cancerous cells but also healthy ones. The ultimate goal is to deliver drugs only to cells that need to be treated. Using DNA cages holding medications might be the answer. Cancer cells can trigger the \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.frontiersin.org\u002Farticles\u002F10.3389\u002Ffphar.2019.01585\u002Ffull\" target=\"_blank\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DNA cage\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to open, and thus the drug could only impact those cells, but not the healthy ones. The next level of this targeted therapy is \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.imperial.ac.uk\u002Fnews\u002F218893\u002Fcancer-drugs-could-delivered-molecular-cages\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">investigated\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at The Imperial College London, where researchers used light as a trigger to open the cage and release the drug inside.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">9. Precision surgery\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Surgeons using surgical robots such as DaVinci are capable of performing operations with previously unachievable precision. By making the robot an extension of the surgeon’s mind and skills, operating tumours in early stages or tumours close to sensitive organs might become more feasible than ever. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fthe-technological-future-of-surgery\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Surgical robots today\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> have 3D cameras that can \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nytimes.com\u002F2021\u002F04\u002F30\u002Ftechnology\u002Frobot-surgery-surgeon.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">record operations\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and stream at the same time. The robot’s added value is to \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wsj.com\u002Farticles\u002Fautonomous-robots-are-coming-to-the-operating-room-11599786000?mod=article_inline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">assist the surgeon\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in suturing, dissecting and retracting tissue, leading to more precision in surgery than ever.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F11\u002Ftmf_article_342-01_digital-health-hospital-768x432.png\" alt=\"hospital, digital health, device, doctor TMF, cancer care\" class=\"wp-image-48231\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F11\u002Ftmf_article_342-01_digital-health-hospital-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F11\u002Ftmf_article_342-01_digital-health-hospital-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F11\u002Ftmf_article_342-01_digital-health-hospital-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F11\u002Ftmf_article_342-01_digital-health-hospital.png 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cb>Monitoring and providing care\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A cancer diagnosis is a traumatic event for everyone. Although patients meet their caregivers in person many times, they are often left to cope with chronic pain or powerful side effects for the rest of the treatment and recovery process. New technologies could improve their experience – as well as the experience of their loved ones around them.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">10. Embedded, implanted and digestible sensors\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In many cases, measuring health parameters at home would be a huge addition to cancer care. Measuring body temperature, for example, is key in monitoring the effects of chemotherapy. What if a sensor on the patient’s skin could constantly measure body temperature and notify the patient when the fever goes up? Digestible pillcams could be used to perform non-invasive routine checkups on the digestive system at home. Implanted sensors or digital tattoos could monitor every important vital sign, triggering an alarm to both the patient and the caregiver, so interventions can be planned as quickly as possible.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While there’s a large set of wearables \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\u002Fpmc\u002Farticles\u002FPMC7688381\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">oncology patients could use\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for at-home monitoring of vital signs or physical activities, these devices aren’t used much for this purpose. Both studies on the issue and medical education are missing. However, embedded or implanted sensors (like in a \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.contactlensjournal.com\u002Farticle\u002FS1367-0484(21)00021-7\u002Ffulltext\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">contact lens\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, where the tear film is suited to detect cancer biomarkers) have a huge potential in the future.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">11. Measuring lab markers at home\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The pandemic has pushed healthcare to use\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fthe-rise-of-at-home-lab-tests\" target=\"_blank\"> at-home lab tests\u003C\u002Fa> more \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fdiy-blood-draw-could-patients-collect-blood-at-home\" target=\"_blank\">widely\u003C\u002Fa>. During chemotherapy, blood markers, especially white blood cell count, must be checked routinely to make sure the patient’s immune system is still intact. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F12\u002F5.-controversial-Tasso-768x432.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-48431\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F12\u002F5.-controversial-Tasso-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F12\u002F5.-controversial-Tasso-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F12\u002F5.-controversial-Tasso.png 1066w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cancer patients with easily compromised immune systems face more challenges in this regard when visiting busy hospitals. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fthepathologist.com\u002Fsubspecialties\u002Fhome-based-tests-for-cancer-patients\" target=\"_blank\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Point-of-care testing\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (POCT) can provide a viable option. At-home testing and diagnostic options will \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedcitynews.com\u002F2020\u002F07\u002Fthe-role-of-home-based-blood-diagnostics-in-future-cancer-care\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">keep patients safe\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and their immune systems intact.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">12. Patient networks\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Networking sites such as \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.smartpatients.com\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SmartPatients\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (originally a cancer patient empowering site) were designed to help patients find and support each other. These channels offer a lively community where patients, families and caregivers learn from each other about treatments, clinical trials or the latest science. The feeling of community and seeing others cope with the same hardships can boost not just the mental but also the physical well-being of cancer patients.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">13. Pain management\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cancer and its treatments can induce extreme, chronic pain. In the past, cancer patients were relegated to continuous, increasing doses of painkillers and opioids. Companies are now developing devices that help ease symptoms and side effects. A good example is \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fclinicaltrials.gov\u002Fct2\u002Fshow\u002FNCT02809846\" target=\"_blank\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Quell\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a wearable technology with intensive nerve stimulation clinically proven to help manage chronic pain. It’s FDA-approved and clinically proven to relieve chronic pain. Another technology, \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.sciencedirect.com\u002Fscience\u002Farticle\u002Fabs\u002Fpii\u002FS1524904220301168\" target=\"_blank\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">virtual reality\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, can also serve cancer patients in pain reduction by distracting the patients. Although the \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\u002Fpmc\u002Farticles\u002FPMC7226660\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">effectiveness of adjunctive therapy\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is not entirely measurable, respondents found the therapy to be beneficial.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>\u003Cb>These technologies show a glimpse into the future – and in some cases, that future is here already. We need to keep on pushing the limits to get to a stage where the diagnosis of cancer is not a life-altering event that often brings an untimely end to a patient’s life, but at least a manageable, chronic condition\u003C\u002Fb>.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\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>. 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Thank you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003C\u002Ftr>\n\u003C\u002Ftbody>\n\u003C\u002Ftable>\n\u003Cp> \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"rendered":234,"protected":15},"\u003Cp>We listed devices and technologies with the promise of curing cancer or transforming it into a manageable chronic disease. \u003C\u002Fp>\n",6,34685,{"_acf_changed":15,"footnotes":7},[5,239,240,241,242,67,243,244,68,245,246,247,248,249,250,251],6261,504,500,798,521,488,499,516,507,489,497,494,514,[253,254,255,256,257,258,259,260,261,262,263,264,265,266,267,268,269,270,271,272,273,274,275,276],7165,545,7167,567,7169,606,7171,976,6041,658,7173,1137,7175,1463,821,7177,163,6999,7179,259,7157,260,7161,7163,[81,82,278,279,83,280,281],949,950,952,953,[],[284,285,286,287,288,289,290,291],2255,2947,2967,5499,1621,1631,1841,1883,[293,53,97,98,99,100,101,102,294,295,296,297,103,298,299,104,300,301,302,303,304,305,306,307,308,309,310,311,312,313,314,315,316,317,318,319,320,321,322,323,324,325,326,327,328,329,330,115,116,331,332,117,333,334],"post-12808","category-forecast","category-artificial-intelligence","category-biotechnology","category-digital-health-research","category-future-medicine","category-genomics","category-healthcare-design","category-medical-education","category-nanotechnology","category-personalized-medicine","category-portable-diagnostics","category-telemedicine","category-virtual-reality","tag-barack-obama","tag-sensors","tag-fluid-biopsy","tag-in-silico-trials","tag-targeted-therapies","tag-prevention","tag-molecular-diagnostics","tag-biomarkers","tag-covid-19","tag-oncology","tag-oncompass","tag-dante-labs","tag-dna-cages","tag-atlas-biomed","tag-a-i","tag-precision-surgery","tag-cancer-2","tag-mrna","tag-quell","tag-genetic-testing","tag-poct","tag-genetics","tag-joe-biden","tag-cancer-moonshot","project_category-educators","project_category-medical-professionals","project_category-policy-makers","project_category-researchers",{"id":236,"alt_text":7,"caption":7,"description":336,"media_type":122,"media_details":337,"post":354,"source_url":355},"The future of cancer care",{"width":124,"height":125,"file":338,"sizes":339,"image_meta":353},"2021\u002F06\u002Ftmf_article_273-01.png",{"medium":340,"large":343,"thumbnail":346,"medium_large":349,"1536x1536":350},{"file":341,"width":130,"height":131,"mime-type":132,"source_url":342},"tmf_article_273-01-370x208.png","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F06\u002Ftmf_article_273-01-370x208.png",{"file":344,"width":136,"height":137,"mime-type":132,"source_url":345},"tmf_article_273-01-768x432.png","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F06\u002Ftmf_article_273-01-768x432.png",{"file":347,"width":141,"height":141,"mime-type":132,"source_url":348},"tmf_article_273-01-150x150.png","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F06\u002Ftmf_article_273-01-150x150.png",{"file":344,"width":136,"height":137,"mime-type":132,"source_url":345},{"file":351,"width":146,"height":147,"mime-type":132,"source_url":352},"tmf_article_273-01-1536x864.png","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F06\u002Ftmf_article_273-01-1536x864.png",{"aperture":150,"credit":7,"camera":7,"caption":7,"created_timestamp":150,"copyright":7,"focal_length":150,"iso":150,"shutter_speed":150,"title":7,"orientation":150},34659,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F06\u002Ftmf_article_273-01.png",{"subtitle":7,"cta_type":154,"cta_color":7,"related_posts_footer":357,"related_posts":15,"related_books":361,"key_takeaways":365},[358,359,360],24858,51747,51875,[362,363,364],47427,34151,24764,[366,368],{"title":367},"\u003Cp>Early and precise cancer detection is being revolutionized through innovations like liquid biopsy and AI-powered tools.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"title":369},"\u003Cp>These technologies are pushing towards making cancer a chronic, rather than life-ending, condition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"yoast_wpseo_title":371,"yoast_wpseo_metadesc":372,"yoast_wpseo_canonical":228},"13 Technologies That Will Shape The Future of Cancer Care","The devices and technologies with the promise of curing cancer or transforming it into a manageable chronic disease. Here are 13 promising technologies.",{"self":374,"collection":379,"about":381,"author":383,"replies":386,"version-history":389,"predecessor-version":393,"wp:featuredmedia":397,"wp:attachment":400,"wp:term":403,"curies":414},[375],{"href":376,"targetHints":377},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F12808",{"allow":378},[27],[380],{"href":178},[382],{"href":181},[384],{"embeddable":41,"href":385},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fusers\u002F6",[387],{"embeddable":41,"href":388},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcomments?post=12808",[390],{"count":391,"href":392},40,"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F12808\u002Frevisions",[394],{"id":395,"href":396},58693,"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F12808\u002Frevisions\u002F58693",[398],{"embeddable":41,"href":399},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fmedia\u002F34685",[401],{"href":402},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fmedia?parent=12808",[404,406,408,410,412],{"taxonomy":11,"embeddable":41,"href":405},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcategories?post=12808",{"taxonomy":206,"embeddable":41,"href":407},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Ftags?post=12808",{"taxonomy":209,"embeddable":41,"href":409},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fproject_category?post=12808",{"taxonomy":212,"embeddable":41,"href":411},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcontact_email_category?post=12808",{"taxonomy":215,"embeddable":41,"href":413},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fyst_prominent_words?post=12808",[415],{"name":39,"href":40,"templated":41},{"id":417,"date":418,"date_gmt":419,"guid":420,"modified":422,"modified_gmt":423,"slug":424,"status":52,"type":53,"link":425,"title":426,"content":428,"excerpt":430,"author":61,"featured_media":432,"comment_status":63,"ping_status":63,"sticky":41,"template":7,"format":64,"meta":433,"categories":434,"tags":436,"project_category":454,"contact_email_category":455,"yst_prominent_words":456,"class_list":467,"better_featured_image":487,"acf":517,"yoast_meta":530,"_links":533},37393,"2025-01-28T08:55:59","2025-01-28T07:55:59",{"rendered":421},"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F?post_id=37393&_wpnonce=0a585fbf3d&status=auto-draft&type=post","2025-01-28T08:56:00","2025-01-28T07:56:00","top-medical-innovations-2022","https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Ftop-medical-innovations-2022",{"rendered":427},"The Top 5 Medical Innovations To Look Out For In 2025",{"rendered":429,"protected":15},"\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>In general, digital health tends to bring the point of care to wherever the patient is. As more investment and research focus are diverted towards those relevant fields, this will help generate more innovations from those areas.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>So to get ready for this new year full of digital health potentials, let’s take a peek at 5 fields to expect medical innovation and developments out of.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>1. Vocal biomarkers: identifying conditions from a conversation\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“\u003Cem>Computer, run a health check-up from my vocal input.” \u003C\u002Fem>This line might seem to have been lifted from a Star Trek script, but we are close to having such conversations with our computers. With A.I.-based techniques, symptom checker software can detect so-called “\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fvocal-biomarkers-new-opportunities-prevention\" target=\"_blank\">vocal biomarkers\u003C\u002Fa>”. By analysing a person’s voice recording, the algorithm can discern differences between vocal patterns characteristic of certain diseases.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>This is the technology that startup \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.sonaphi.com\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">Sonaphi\u003C\u002Fa> is employing in its app that aims to detect potential COVID-19 infections based on vocal features.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F02\u002F094_A.I._in_mental_health-1-768x432.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26457\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F02\u002F094_A.I._in_mental_health-1-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F02\u002F094_A.I._in_mental_health-1-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F02\u002F094_A.I._in_mental_health-1-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F02\u002F094_A.I._in_mental_health-1-512x288.png 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F02\u002F094_A.I._in_mental_health-1-2048x1152.png 2048w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F02\u002F094_A.I._in_mental_health-1.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\u003Cp>Earlier during the pandemic, researchers and engineers from San Francisco \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.statnews.com\u002F2020\u002F03\u002F31\u002Fhospitals-artificial-intelligence-coronavirus\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">explored such potential\u003C\u002Fa> through the Cough for the Cure initiative. Other organisations like Cambridge University, Carnegie Mellon University and U. K. health start-up Novoic \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bbc.co.uk\u002Fnews\u002Ftechnology-54780460\" target=\"_blank\">have also been reported\u003C\u002Fa> to be working on similar projects.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>We could thus see more such voice-tech apps to be released this year that might potentially help identify conditions beyond COVID-19. They could offer fast, accurate and cost-effective checkups remotely while alleviating the burden on hospitals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>2. AI in diagnostics: the physician’s assistant\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>For instance, with \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fdigital-skin-care-top-8-dermatology-apps\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">dermatology apps\u003C\u002Fa> like \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmiiskin.com\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">MiiSkin\u003C\u002Fa> and \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cnet.com\u002Fhealth\u002Fpersonal-care\u002Fgoogle-will-now-help-you-identify-that-suspicious-mole-or-rash\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">Google’s Derm Assist\u003C\u002Fa>, patients can keep track of their skin lesions; receive regular reminders to monitor any suspicious lesions; and get recommendations as to when to have a specialist investigate further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Clinicians as well will have A.I.-based tools to support diagnoses. \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.pathai.com\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">PathAI\u003C\u002Fa> is developing a system that uses digital pathology slides with A. I. technology to aid pathologists in making quicker and more accurate diagnoses. With deep learning techniques, \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.enlitic.com\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">Enlitic\u003C\u002Fa>’s software \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.dotmed.com\u002Fnews\u002Fstory\u002F48925\" target=\"_blank\">can flag radiology images\u003C\u002Fa> with subtle suspicious signs earlier to speed up the workflow of practitioners and help save crucial time for patients.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F05\u002FAI-doctor-image-768x432.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28295\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F05\u002FAI-doctor-image-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F05\u002FAI-doctor-image-370x208.jpg 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F05\u002FAI-doctor-image-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F05\u002FAI-doctor-image.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\u003Cp>Now we even have companies like DeepMind using their \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.mobihealthnews.com\u002Fnews\u002Fdeepmind-ais-protein-folding-prediction-achieves-unprecedented-accuracy-opening-doors-new\" target=\"_blank\">AI to predict protein structure\u003C\u002Fa>, a task that clinicians cannot accomplish themselves. This approach can help develop new cures for conditions with faulty proteins. Their AI \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.mobihealthnews.com\u002Fnews\u002Femea\u002Fdeepminds-ai-can-predict-aki-two-days-it-happens-according-new-research\" target=\"_blank\">previously helped predict\u003C\u002Fa> the risk of developing acute kidney disease 2 days before it manifests based on patients’ medical records and lab results.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>With such potential across clinical practice, we should not be surprised to see new A. I. tools coming to the aid of doctors and patients alike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>3. Chatbots: the new first contact point for primary care\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>During the pandemic, smart algorithms \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fthe-sober-state-of-artificial-intelligence-in-the-fight-against-covid-19\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">have also proven their worth\u003C\u002Fa> in assisting healthcare professionals to distinguish those who could have been infected with COVID-19 from those with less threatening conditions. Institutions like \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nhs.uk\u002Fapps-library\u002Fcorona-helpuk\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">the NHS\u003C\u002Fa> and \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.who.int\u002Fnews-room\u002Ffeature-stories\u002Fdetail\u002Fwho-launches-a-chatbot-powered-facebook-messenger-to-combat-covid-19-misinformation\" target=\"_blank\">the WHO\u003C\u002Fa> deployed such tools to ease the pressure on overburdened healthcare systems.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>But these little medical helpers have been under development for years and \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Ftop-12-health-chatbots\u002F\">a n\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Ftop-12-health-chatbots\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">um\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Ftop-12-health-chatbots\u002F\">ber of those\u003C\u002Fa> are available on the market. These range from general symptom assessment \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fada.com\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">Ada\u003C\u002Fa> to mental health monitoring app \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youper.ai\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">Youper\u003C\u002Fa>. Fuelled by the pandemic, their adoption can be expected to rise and we will be able to see more chatbots being developed for more specific medical conditions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F02\u002F012_health_chatbot-1-768x432.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26459\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F02\u002F012_health_chatbot-1-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F02\u002F012_health_chatbot-1-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F02\u002F012_health_chatbot-1-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F02\u002F012_health_chatbot-1-512x288.png 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F02\u002F012_health_chatbot-1-2048x1152.png 2048w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F02\u002F012_health_chatbot-1.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\u003Cp>In the future, patients might even turn to such chatbots as their first contact point for primary care. Patients will then be connected to a doctor in case the automated assistant cannot respond to the raised issues confidently. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>4. \u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Cstrong>At-home testing kits: lab tests at your doorstep\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>One of the futuristic healthcare innovations that are the easiest to put into practice now is likely at-home testing. With a personal testing kit, one can measure a range of health parameters that used to be only available in laboratories. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>From \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fatlas-biomed-microbiome-test-review\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">microbiome analyses\u003C\u002Fa> to \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fi-got-my-whole-genome-sequenced-heres-what-i-learned\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">whole-genome\u003C\u002Fa> sequencing, such at-home lab tests provide crucial, personalised health information in a private and convenient manner; while lifting off additional pressure on healthcare institutions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F06\u002F177_tmf-01-768x432.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28665\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F06\u002F177_tmf-01-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F06\u002F177_tmf-01-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F06\u002F177_tmf-01-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F06\u002F177_tmf-01.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\u003Cp>The \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fthe-evolution-of-covid-19-rapid-tests-paves-the-way-for-at-home-lab-tests\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">rise of at-home lab tests has also been precipitated\u003C\u002Fa> by the need to identify COVID-19 infections quickly and effectively. In the near future, these tests could become as easy and accessible as pregnancy tests; cheap, simple enough to use at home, accurate and not requiring any technical knowledge. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>5. Digital health insurance: revamping the industry\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>With the significant load of personalised health data that wearables and personal health sensors provide, such digital health technologies hold \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fthe-future-of-health-insurance-preparing-for-dr-big-brother\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the potential to change health insurance\u003C\u002Fa> as we know it. For better or worse, health insurance companies are able to know more about the people they are investing in with quantifiable health parameters; and can revamp \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fthe-future-of-health-insurance-preparing-for-dr-big-brother\u002F\">a flailing industry\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Some are already seizing the potentials of digital health in this sphere. Insurance firm \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.hioscar.com\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">Oscar Health\u003C\u002Fa> famously incentivised a healthy lifestyle by \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Ftechnologies-change-health-insurance-innovative-ventures\u002F\">rewarding U. S. custome\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Ftechnologies-change-health-insurance-innovative-ventures\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">rs with Amazon gift cards\u003C\u002Fa> for achieving their daily goals as measured by Fitbit wearables. In Germany, at least \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.frontiers.health\u002Finterview-with-fredrik-debong\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">six health insurance companies\u003C\u002Fa> reimburse mySugr’s digital diabetes solution, which includes an app connected to blood glucose monitors for easier management of their condition; and this covers 15 million lives. We can expect to see similar approaches emerge in 2025.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>However, this presents a slippery slope as it can lead to a leakage of one’s privacy and lifestyle choices. With such insights, insurance companies can modify plans and benefits accordingly; and can charge premiums for those who are more at risk of some conditions or are not taking proper care of their health.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F04\u002Ftmf_article_260-01-768x432.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33931\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F04\u002Ftmf_article_260-01-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F04\u002Ftmf_article_260-01-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F04\u002Ftmf_article_260-01-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F04\u002Ftmf_article_260-01.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>This concludes our list of 5 areas in digital health that are worth keeping an eye on in 2025 and beyond. We will keep on reporting about developments along with those trends, so stay tuned for more!\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cem>Written by Dr. Bertalan Meskó & Dr. Pranavsingh Dhunnoo\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\">\u003C\u002Fdiv>\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>. 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Thank you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003C\u002Ftr>\n\u003C\u002Ftbody>\n\u003C\u002Ftable>\n\u003Cp> \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"rendered":431,"protected":15},"\u003Cp>So to get ready for this new year full of digital health potentials, let’s take a peek at 5 fields to expect medical innovation and developments out of.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",54827,{"_acf_changed":15,"footnotes":7},[5,240,242,243,435,245,250],802,[437,438,439,440,441,442,443,261,444,445,446,447,448,449,267,450,451,452,453],7271,4709,7275,1511,7481,655,7483,756,7485,6055,7487,6255,6363,266,317,6977,7223,[81,279,83,280],[],[457,458,459,460,461,291,462,463,464,465,466],4747,1571,4763,1617,1709,2987,2989,2991,4691,4695,[468,53,97,98,99,100,101,102,295,297,298,469,300,305,470,471,472,473,474,475,476,315,477,478,479,480,481,482,321,483,484,485,486,115,332,117,333],"post-37393","category-health-insurance","tag-pathai","tag-at-home-tests","tag-youper","tag-vocal-biomarkers","tag-innovations","tag-genome-sequencing","tag-ada-health","tag-insurance","tag-enlitic","tag-deepmind","tag-sonaphi","tag-nhs","tag-6363","tag-google-2","tag-microbiome","tag-oscar-health","tag-miiskin",{"id":432,"alt_text":488,"caption":7,"description":7,"media_type":122,"media_details":489,"post":515,"source_url":516},"career doctor TMF",{"width":490,"height":491,"file":492,"filesize":493,"sizes":494,"image_meta":513},1280,720,"2024\u002F02\u002Ftmf_article_401ai.png",1633636,{"medium":495,"large":501,"thumbnail":507,"medium_large":512},{"file":496,"width":497,"height":498,"mime-type":132,"filesize":499,"source_url":500},"tmf_article_401ai-370x208.png",370,208,98886,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2024\u002F02\u002Ftmf_article_401ai-370x208.png",{"file":502,"width":503,"height":504,"mime-type":132,"filesize":505,"source_url":506},"tmf_article_401ai-768x432.png",768,432,454186,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2024\u002F02\u002Ftmf_article_401ai-768x432.png",{"file":508,"width":509,"height":509,"mime-type":132,"filesize":510,"source_url":511},"tmf_article_401ai-150x150.png",150,28717,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2024\u002F02\u002Ftmf_article_401ai-150x150.png",{"file":502,"width":503,"height":504,"mime-type":132,"filesize":505,"source_url":506},{"aperture":150,"credit":7,"camera":7,"caption":7,"created_timestamp":150,"copyright":7,"focal_length":150,"iso":150,"shutter_speed":150,"title":7,"orientation":150,"keywords":514},[],54819,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2024\u002F02\u002Ftmf_article_401ai.png",{"cta_type":154,"cta_color":7,"subtitle":7,"related_books":518,"related_posts_footer":521,"related_posts":15,"key_takeaways":525},[519,520],37033,31417,[522,523,524],31317,36453,13949,[526,528],{"title":527},"\u003Cp>5 digital health and AI trends to look for this year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"title":529},"\u003Cp>We always highlight trends and directions that might help every stakeholder of healthcare better see what to expect from the coming year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"yoast_wpseo_title":531,"yoast_wpseo_metadesc":532,"yoast_wpseo_canonical":425},"The Top 5 Medical Innovations To Look Out For In 2025 - The Medical Futurist","In order to get ready for the new year full of digital health potentials, we looked at 5 fields where we expect medical innovation and developments.",{"self":534,"collection":539,"about":541,"author":543,"replies":545,"version-history":548,"predecessor-version":551,"wp:featuredmedia":555,"wp:attachment":558,"wp:term":561,"curies":572},[535],{"href":536,"targetHints":537},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F37393",{"allow":538},[27],[540],{"href":178},[542],{"href":181},[544],{"embeddable":41,"href":184},[546],{"embeddable":41,"href":547},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcomments?post=37393",[549],{"count":61,"href":550},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F37393\u002Frevisions",[552],{"id":553,"href":554},58429,"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F37393\u002Frevisions\u002F58429",[556],{"embeddable":41,"href":557},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fmedia\u002F54827",[559],{"href":560},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fmedia?parent=37393",[562,564,566,568,570],{"taxonomy":11,"embeddable":41,"href":563},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcategories?post=37393",{"taxonomy":206,"embeddable":41,"href":565},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Ftags?post=37393",{"taxonomy":209,"embeddable":41,"href":567},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fproject_category?post=37393",{"taxonomy":212,"embeddable":41,"href":569},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcontact_email_category?post=37393",{"taxonomy":215,"embeddable":41,"href":571},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fyst_prominent_words?post=37393",[573],{"name":39,"href":40,"templated":41},{"id":575,"date":576,"date_gmt":577,"guid":578,"modified":580,"modified_gmt":581,"slug":582,"status":52,"type":53,"link":583,"title":584,"content":586,"excerpt":588,"author":235,"featured_media":590,"comment_status":63,"ping_status":63,"sticky":41,"template":7,"format":64,"meta":591,"categories":592,"tags":595,"project_category":610,"contact_email_category":611,"yst_prominent_words":612,"class_list":620,"better_featured_image":638,"acf":660,"yoast_meta":671,"_links":674},16762,"2024-09-16T11:21:11","2024-09-16T09:21:11",{"rendered":579},"http:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F?p=16762","2024-09-16T11:21:12","2024-09-16T09:21:12","future-emergency-medicine-innovations-making-patients-point-care","https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Ffuture-emergency-medicine-innovations-making-patients-point-care",{"rendered":585},"The Future of Emergency Medicine: 6 Technologies That Make Patients The Point-of-Care",{"rendered":587,"protected":15},"\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Car crashes, home injuries, fires, natural disasters:\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> every minute\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> – if not every second – \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">spent without treatment in such cases of medical emergencies \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and high-risk patients\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> could reduce the chance of survival \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">or proper recovery. In fact, when deprived of oxygen, permanent brain damage begins after \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedlineplus.gov\u002Fency\u002Farticle\u002F000013.htm\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">only 4 minutes\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, while death can occur as soon as 4-6 minutes later.\u003C\u002Fspan> \u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this race against time, digital health technologies that turn patients into the point-of-care could prove to be game-changers for first responders and emergency units. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From driverless cars through medical drones to artificial intelligence (A.I.), advanced technologies are enhancing the field of emergency medicine. It’s helpful to have a better look at how those technologies are influencing emergency care and what lies ahead. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We talked with Dr. Gabor Csató, CEO of the National Ambulance Service in Hungary (abbreviated as OMSZ in Hungarian), about innovation in the field, given that their own system’s operation is unique. The OMSZ is a centralised, standalone national healthcare institution that has been active for 133 years. It is also the biggest ambulance service in the country and has had a strong inclination towards innovation. “\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Innovation is embedded in the DNA of the organisation\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fi>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,” the CEO of OMSZ told us.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">W\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">e have also \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">collected in this article those\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> trends and \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">innovations that are putting the future of emergency medicine on the fast lane. Before seeing how this lane looks like, let’s take a quick glance in the rearview mirror to better appreciate the evolution of the field.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch1 style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u003Cstrong>Patients to the hospital or hospital to the patient?\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh1>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite being depicted as a revered, traditional speciality in popular media, emergency medicine is relatively new, being mostly the product of the accelerated, globalized world we live in. Estimates date the development of modern emergency medical services in the United States to \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.healthaffairs.org\u002Fdoi\u002Ffull\u002F10.1377\u002Fhlthaff.2013.0683\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the early 1960s\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This happened in \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">response to the increased number of traffic accidents \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">resulting from\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the boom of cars on the newly built American highways. Later on, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, and Singapore followed shortly thereafter, developing their respective emergency medical systems in the 1970s and 1980s.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cfigure id=\"attachment_30331\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30331\" style=\"width: 626px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30331 size-full\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F11\u002Femergency-medicine-ambulance.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"626\" height=\"442\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30331\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: www.freepik.com\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The latter is used in most European countries, and it means that medical doctors\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">supported by paramedics, treat more patients on the scene of an accident or in their homes before bringing them to the hospital\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">thus emergency care happens on the scene or en route to the hospital. In the case of the Anglo-American model, fewer patients are treated on the spot and \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are instead transported \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to the emergency room as fast as possible for treatment. Currently, countries in the developed world use some practices from both models, but the latest digital technologies will rather push emergency medicine in the direction of the “hospital to the patient” approach.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An immense level of innovation is experienced in smart healthcare solutions nowadays\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fi>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,” Dr. Csató told The Medical Futurist. So let’s take a closer look at the latest innovations making it possible to treat medical and trauma emergencies faster and more efficiently than ever before!\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch1>\u003Cb>1. Artificial intelligence for logistics and capacity allocation\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fh1>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As AI impacts healthcare from \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F5-things-that-will-dominate-the-2020s-for-pharma-companies\u002F\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">drug discovery\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> through \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Ftop-artificial-intelligence-companies-in-healthcare\u002F\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">helping in diagnoses\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to finding \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fthe-curious-case-of-a-i-discovering-unusual-associations-in-medicine\u002F\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">unusual associations\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the technology is also finding a new home in the emergency department. Indeed, the OMSZ is using AI for logistics and capacity allocation in its day-to-day operation. Given how their operations generate an immense amount of data from the 3000 daily cases and how their cars cover over 40 million kilometres per year, smart algorithms are the logical solution to mine this data for predictions.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp style=\"text-align: center;\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-27609 size-full\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F04\u002FAI-and-COVID-small.png\" alt=\"artificial intelligence and COVID\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F04\u002FAI-and-COVID-small.png 1920w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F04\u002FAI-and-COVID-small-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F04\u002FAI-and-COVID-small-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F04\u002FAI-and-COVID-small-1536x864.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“AI does not know that there will be an accident tomorrow afternoon on a major two-lane road between two cities but can predict the statistical probability of that,”\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fi>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">  Dr. Csató explained, regarding the implementation of A.I. in their practice. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“We are also dealing with planning daily capacity allocation within the country. Our vehicles can be easily deployed to neighbouring areas, where we experience capacity peaks.”\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fi>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The software company Hexagon also \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fhxgnspotlight.com\u002Fsolutions-for-smart-cities-ai-for-emergency-services\u002F\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">introduced their AI solution\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for emergency services. Their HxGN OnCall Dispatch | Smart Advisor system mines and analyses operational data in real-time to detect patterns and identify major events as they happen. As anomalies are identified sooner, the insights allow emergency teams to react and coordinate faster\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch1 style=\"text-align: left;\">\u003Cstrong>2. \u003Cb>Apps \u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cb>streamlining \u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cb>emergency care\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh1>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to some analyses, \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.statnews.com\u002F2016\u002F02\u002F01\u002Fcommunication-failures-malpractice-study\u002F\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">up to 80%\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of clinical errors are due to miscommunication between medical staff. In emergency care, such errors should be minimised as much as possible and new software programmes can help.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Based in Montana in the U.S., \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.pulsara.com\u002F\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pulsara\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the developer of a HIPAA-compliant platform for EMS, ambulance and emergency management. Its connected mobile app \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">allows paramedics to alert an emergency department before arrival with the patient and prepare beforehand. It does so not only by calculating the estimated time of arrival based on GPS but \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">also by allowing\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> users \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to share important details like the ECG or images from the field\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some studies even report an average decreased treatment time \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.pulsara.com\u002Fabout\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of nearly 30%\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> when using Pulsara. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pulsara Intro - Barry's Having a Heart Attack [STOP STEMI]\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fplayer.vimeo.com\u002Fvideo\u002F103361400?dnt=1&app_id=122963\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\">\u003C\u002Fiframe>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To further save precious time, volunteers on the spot can also perform CPR until an ambulance arrives.  Dr. Csató told us about the\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> “\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fszivcity.hu\u002F\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Szív City\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">” app they introduced in Hungary that taps into this potentially life-saving approach. The app alerts volunteer users of any street resuscitation event within 500 meters of their location. With over 30.000 volunteers using Szív City, the OMSZ doubled the number of successful street CPRs in just one year.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Coming from the American Heart Association is the free iOS app, \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fcpr.heart.org\u002FAHAECC\u002FCPRAndECC\u002FTraining\u002FHealthcareProfessional\u002FFullCodePro\u002FUCM_476262_Full-Code-Pro.jsp\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Full Code Pro\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is a  real-time CPR event tracking tool, allowing users to document critical interventions. With a single tap, first responders can log administered medication, start a countdown and even have access to a metronome to optimize chest compression rhythm. The documentation collected can later be reviewed \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">so that the team can learn from the collected data as well. Thus, you can fully focus on the patient without sacrificing proper documentation. A win-win!\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Emergency care not only happens on the ground but also up in the air. In-flight medical emergencies are very real and digital health technologies \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Ffuture-of-flight-medicine\u002F\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are well-suited for those situations\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The free \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.airrxmedical.com\u002F\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">airRx\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> app contains \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the 23 most common medical emergency situations \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that guide physicians in-flight to assist travellers experiencing medical concerns. For the cabin crew, the recent \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.internationalsos.com\u002Fnewsroom\u002Fnews-releases\u002Fmedaire-aviation-app-makes-managing-in-flight--medical-events-easier-for-airlines--a--crew-jan-22-2020\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MedAire Aviation App\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> connects crew members to physicians for guided patient assessment. It has recently been integrated into Icelandair commercial flights.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch1 style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u003Cstrong>3. Video game for practice\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh1>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a recent article, \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F4-examples-of-merging-gaming-digital-health\u002F\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">we explored\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> how gaming features are merging in digital health; and gaming’s influence is expanding into emergency medicine. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Chicago-based start-up \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.levelex.com\u002F\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Level Ex\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> develops mobile video games to train medical professionals. Their \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fplay.google.com\u002Fstore\u002Fapps\u002Fdetails?id=com.levelex.airwayex\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Airway Ex app\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for example offers realistic scenarios for doctors and paramedics to better prepare for challenging airway management.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Level Ex: Video Games for Doctors\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002FdZ4d2RgMAqY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen>\u003C\u002Fiframe>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp style=\"text-align: left;\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The app scores the worker’s speed, \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">damage caused\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, bleeding and also monitors the virtual patient’s vital signs while the procedure takes place. Moreover, it can be used anywhere – on the subway, at home or on the Bahamas during holidays (but we don’t recommend that).\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch1 style=\"text-align: left;\">\u003Cstrong>4. \u003Cb>Portable point-of-care diagnostic devices\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh1>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The appearance of pocket-sized, user-friendly and portable diagnostic devices makes it easier and faster to treat a patient on the spot. No matter whether it is ultrasound, ECG or laboratory testing, behemoth machines are things of the past.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Nowadays, physicians can literally carry \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fthe-7-must-haves-for-the-doctor-of-the-21st-century\u002F\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a department’s worth of diagnostic tools\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in their briefcase.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While some years ago ultrasound diagnosis was the privilege of radiologists, emergency medical specialists\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> now \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">have\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> opportunity to use bedside point-of-care ultrasound devices (PoCUS) to answer some yes-or-no questions \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">such as intra-abdominal \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bleeding. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Handheld ultrasound devices such as the \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fwireless-and-scanning-the-clarius-portable-ultrasound-review\u002F\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clarius\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fthreshold-of-a-new-era-in-diagnostics-philips-lumify-portable-ultrasound-review\u002F\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Philips Lumify\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> allow doctors and first responders to easily assess a critically ill patient, no matter where they are.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Clarius Portable Ultrasound Review - The Medical Futurist\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002FZHKXyG_CBxE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen>\u003C\u002Fiframe>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp style=\"text-align: left;\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yet, we all know it’s not only about the size. Not so long ago, it was a huge innovation \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for a smartphone\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to make a one-lead ECG. However, even if it showed the rhythm, it wasn’t able to replace standard 12-lead ECG. In many cases, if the doctor does not see all the 12 leads, a possible heart attack might be easily mistaken. Now, \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.smartheartpro.com\u002F\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Smart Heart Pro\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> allows users to make a 12-lead ECG with a smartphone or tablet wirelessly. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is as accurate as a similar standard bedside exam, \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">only available practically anywhere\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the long-hours waiting for laboratory blood test results will also be over \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">soon. Handheld,\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> lightweight point-of-care testing (PoCT) devices, such as the \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.pointofcare.abbott\u002Fus\u002Fen\u002Fofferings\u002Fistat\u002Fistat-handheld\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">i-STAT testing equipment\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from Abbott\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">will make this possible\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Abbott’s fast and accurate blood analyzer allows doctors to evaluate the patient’s blood sample on the spot and wirelessly transmit the results or the data to colleagues. Invaluable time gain during emergency situations!\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch1 style=\"text-align: left;\">\u003Cb>5. Medical drones for delivering care from the air\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fh1>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Drones have great potential in \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fmedical-drones\u002F\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">transporting \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">drugs, vaccines or medical aid\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa> \u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at a faster rate\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Rwanda, the medical drone company Zipline \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fdigital-health-in-rwanda\u002F\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">delivers medical supplies\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to hospitals via drones as part of the local healthcare system. This method enables healthcare facilities that Zipline serves to \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fspectrum.ieee.org\u002Frobotics\u002Fdrones\u002Fin-the-air-with-ziplines-medical-delivery-drones\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">receive emergency blood packs within minutes\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, instead of hours. For the COVID-19 pandemic, Zipline \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theverge.com\u002F2020\u002F5\u002F27\u002F21270351\u002Fzipline-drones-novant-health-medical-center-hospital-supplies-ppe\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">expanded their service in the U.S.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to deliver medical supplies and PPE, entirely contactless.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-21675 size-full\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F08\u002FFuture-of-a-Medical-Camp-by-The-Medical-Futurist.jpg\" alt=\"Future of healthcare\" width=\"870\" height=\"670\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F08\u002FFuture-of-a-Medical-Camp-by-The-Medical-Futurist.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F08\u002FFuture-of-a-Medical-Camp-by-The-Medical-Futurist-768x591.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F08\u002FFuture-of-a-Medical-Camp-by-The-Medical-Futurist-512x394.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another potential for drones in the emergency care setting is to deliver automatic external \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">defibrillators (AEDs) directly to people who have just suffered a heart attack. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This concept was already explored by researchers in \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.tudelft.nl\u002Fen\u002Fide\u002Fresearch\u002Fresearch-labs\u002Fapplied-labs\u002Fambulance-drone\u002F\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the Netherlands\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ffuturism.com\u002Flive-saving-medical-devices-could-soon-be-delivered-by-drone-to-heart-attack-victims\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Canada\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AED-carrying drones \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">were also \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fedition.cnn.com\u002F2017\u002F10\u002F09\u002Fhealth\u002Fambulance-drone-teching-care-of-your-health\u002Findex.html\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">t\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ested in Stockholm with promising results\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">they \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">arrived at the patient within a quarter of the time that the ambulance took to arrive. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moreover, such \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">drones are not simple transporting machines, they can provide instructions to the bystanders on providing CPR, using the AED and they also allow the dispatch team to give feedback via its own video connection. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Swedish drone developer Everdrone \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.everdrone.com\u002Fnews\u002F2019\u002F10\u002F17\u002Feverdrone-announces-collaboration-with-karolinska-institutet-and-sos-alarm-ab\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">announced its partnership\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with Karolinska Institutet to investigate emergency deliveries of medicine and equipment to critical care patients, wherever they are.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, such AED drones have rather limited use and haven’t been widely adopted. But we hope that won’t be the case for too long.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch1 style=\"text-align: left;\">\u003Cb>6. Easing transportation and the era of driverless ambulances\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fh1>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lack of proper transportation is a significant barrier to access to healthcare worldwide. Every year, as many as \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wsj.com\u002Farticles\u002Fdoctor-visits-could-provide-relief-to-uber-and-lyft-11562756401\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3.6 million people\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> miss their doctor’s appointment due to poor transportation services. But with ride-hailing services such as Uber and Lyft, transportation issues in healthcare \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fride-hailing-platforms-solve-problems-transportation-healthcare\u002F\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">can become a thing of the past\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Indeed, Uber launched \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.uberhealth.com\u002F\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Uber Health\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, its HIPAA-compliant service for non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT), which later simply vanished.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Lyft \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.lyftbusiness.com\u002Findustries\u002Fhealthcare\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">also expanded in healthcare\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for NEMT rides to curb missed appointments. Other ride-hailing startups like \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.circulation.com\u002F\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Circulation (now called Modivcare)\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fkaizenhealth.org\u002F\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kaizen Health\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fveyo.com\u002F\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Veyo\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> also branched out to help patients reach hospitals in a secure and reliable manner. Circulation even claims to reduce no-shows by 68%.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17697 size-full\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F04\u002Ffuture-of-ambulance-and-uber.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"870\" height=\"489\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F04\u002Ffuture-of-ambulance-and-uber.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F04\u002Ffuture-of-ambulance-and-uber-370x208.jpg 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F04\u002Ffuture-of-ambulance-and-uber-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F04\u002Ffuture-of-ambulance-and-uber-512x288.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F04\u002Ffuture-of-ambulance-and-uber-444x250.jpg 444w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Still, on the topic of transportation, t\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">he \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fthe-driverless-car-for-healthcare\u002F\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">development of driverless cars\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa> \u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">holds \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the potential \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to turn \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cars into points-of-care. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The technology can take some strain off emergency services so that patients receive better care. Already, \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fpublications.parliament.uk\u002Fpa\u002Fld201617\u002Fldselect\u002Fldsctech\u002F115\u002F11505.htm\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">some governments\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> considering driverless ambulances\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. These ambulances \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ftheconversation.com\u002Fin-the-future-your-ambulance-could-be-driverless-78974\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">would work as “medical taxis”\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. They would pick up low-risk patients and transport them to the nearest hospital or clinic for treatment. With the introduction of these ambulances, the need for paramedics to respond to every call – regardless of severity – would be greatly reduced. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, it might be less comfortable for people to get into a driverless car to go to the hospital at first. Could you imagine sending your wife in labour to the emergency unit in a driverless ambulance? We’ll probably have to get used to the idea!\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch1 style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u003Cstrong>A possible emergency scene from the future\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh1>\n\u003Cp style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Digital technologies not only help patients receive care more quickly and in a more efficient manner, but they can also support emergency care units to handle situations more safely and more confidently. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With the widespread adoption of these tools, critical care patients can receive assistance in a timely manner that wasn’t possible before. And with the emergence of advanced technologies, emergency services will become more efficient and patient-focused in the near future. To help visualise this, \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the U.S. Department of Homeland Security published an imagined scenario of \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the tech-powered future of first response: \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Future of First Response - Vision for Emergency Medical Services\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002Fv5hjsGoXk5w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen>\u003C\u002Fiframe>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Their clothing, made of smart, light materials, would protect them from gunshots or punctures. They might easily turn on the high-visibility mode of their clothing if they go to dark places or work at night. Sensors and wearables would monitor their own health and fitness while providing their location. Using self-driving ambulances, first responders would have the time to prepare for situations and receive patient data already on the way to the scene. This could help bring exactly the right equipment to the patient in need. It would be easier to access patient data and monitor vital signs through various sensors, wearables – or digital tattoos. Moreover, with the help of exoskeletons, first responders could lift patients with less effort.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The future of emergency services looks more streamlined, data-based, efficient and faster than ever before, while both taking the needs of the patient and the limitations of caregivers into consideration. So, hopefully, within a couple of years, no one will have to wait for an unnecessarily long time until getting proper care. Yet, knowing what to do in an emergency situation or how to do CPR will come in handy anytime, so check out this video and keep stayin’ alive!\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If this article got you interested in the \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">technological future of emergency medicine, \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">we have more to share about other \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">medical specialities. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, be sure to check out \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fleanpub.com\u002Ffuture-of-medical-specialties\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">our e-book\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa> \u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">dedicated to the subject!\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23819\" 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natural disasters: every minute – if not every second – spent without treatment in such cases of medical emergencies and […]\u003C\u002Fp>\n",30365,{"_acf_changed":15,"footnotes":7},[5,240,243,245,593,249,594,250],800,512,[596,597,598,599,600,601,602,603,604,605,606,607,608,609],271,617,272,775,275,776,289,777,425,778,779,780,207,246,[279,280,281],[],[460,289,613,614,615,616,617,618,619],1723,1803,2613,2811,2843,3825,3829,[621,53,97,98,99,100,101,102,295,298,300,622,304,623,305,624,625,626,627,628,629,630,631,632,633,634,635,636,637,332,333,334],"post-16762","category-healthcare-policy","category-robotics","tag-health","tag-emergency","tag-health-20","tag-emergency-medicine","tag-healthcare","tag-ems","tag-innovation","tag-er","tag-technology-2","tag-first-response","tag-first-aid","tag-cpr","tag-digital-health","tag-future",{"id":590,"alt_text":7,"caption":639,"description":640,"media_type":122,"media_details":641,"post":658,"source_url":659},"Medical drone on its way to the 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this article, we analyze what technological directions could have a large impact of emergency medicine and its services.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"title":670},"\u003Cp>From AI and drones to augmented reality and shared transportation systems, this specialty is in the middle of a transformation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"yoast_wpseo_title":672,"yoast_wpseo_metadesc":673,"yoast_wpseo_canonical":583},"The Future of Emergency Medicine: 6 Technologies That Make Patients The Point-of-Care - The Medical Futurist","In our latest article, we collected what trends and technologies will have an impact on the future of emergency 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Do They Hack Hospitals? – Cyberthreats In The Digital Health Era",{"rendered":728,"protected":15},"\n\u003Cp>While we were battling the COVID-19 virus in 2020, other infections were also happening, albeit in other, digital systems. We are, of course, talking about cyberattacks. These involve digital viruses infecting IT systems and disrupting potentially life-saving processes until after paying a ransom. No honour among thieves, goes the saying; not even during a pandemic. Indeed, as global technology company Acronis noted, there was \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.healthcareitnews.com\u002Fnews\u002Feurope\u002Fcyber-attacks-healthcare-facilities-growing-threat-during-coronavirus-pandemic\" target=\"_blank\">a rise in ransomware cases\u003C\u002Fa> at the start of the COVID-19 outbreak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>From 2016 to 2021, the annual number of ransomware attacks on healthcare organizations more than doubled from 43 to 91, exposing the personal health information of nearly 42 million patients – a \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\u002Fpmc\u002Farticles\u002FPMC9856685\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">cohort study of 374 ransomware attacks revealed\u003C\u002Fa>. Almost half of ransomware attacks disrupted the delivery of healthcare, the most common problems including electronic system downtime, cancellations of scheduled care, and ambulance diversion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fighting back by decrypting ransomware \u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>If we visit the \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.hipaajournal.com\u002Fcategory\u002Fhealthcare-cybersecurity\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">HIPAA cybersecurity page\u003C\u002Fa> we are inundated with news reports about such cases. And while these seem to increasingly target large healthcare organizations, they can be \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.hipaajournal.com\u002Fransomware-attack-key-factor-in-decision-to-close-rural-illinois-hospital\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">devastating\u003C\u002Fa> for small clinics.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>However, there is an \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.healthcareitnews.com\u002Fnews\u002Fhow-one-ohio-hospital-decrypted-lockbit-ransomware\" target=\"_blank\">exciting new development\u003C\u002Fa> in fighting these attacks. An unnamed 240-bed Ohio hospital fell victim to cybercriminals who managed to breach its network and encrypt critical systems, including the Electronic Health Record (EHR) system, patient scheduling services, and domain controllers governing in-suite systems and medical devices. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2023\u002F02\u002Ftmf_article_351-01-768x432.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-48997\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2023\u002F02\u002Ftmf_article_351-01-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2023\u002F02\u002Ftmf_article_351-01-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2023\u002F02\u002Ftmf_article_351-01-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2023\u002F02\u002Ftmf_article_351-01.png 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002F5079343.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net\u002Fhubfs\u002F5079343\u002FDownloadables\u002FNubeva%20Ransomware%20Reversal%20Healthcare%20Case%20Study.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Cyberattacks like this\u003C\u002Fa> cause disturbances and emergency situations in hospitals on a regional level, where suddenly everyone faces increased wait times and overwhelmed emergency departments (ED). \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>According to \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nubeva.com\u002Fresources\u002Flockbit-ransomware-in-healthcare\" target=\"_blank\">this case study\u003C\u002Fa> from Nubeva, using their LockBit decrypting tool “the hospital successfully reversed the encryption and restored critical systems quickly. This led to minimized downtime and a swift return to normal operations. (…)  the intervention reduced data loss and eliminated the need for a costly ransom payment, resulting in significant financial savings for the hospital.” According to Nubeva, the hospital was able to reduce recovery time to 4 days from an average of 21 days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Discussion about cyberthreats is and will increasingly be crucial in the medical field so as to better address and prevent them. This issue is particularly concerning as the world is \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fasynchronous-telemedicine-is-coming-and-here-is-why-its-the-future-of-remote-care\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">increasingly turning to digital solutions\u003C\u002Fa> to address capacity shortages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>However, these discussions should not revolve only around strengthening the IT infrastructure with anti-malware. This won’t cut it as, in addition to the technological component, there’s very much a social component in hacking into healthcare facilities. Let’s decrypt how this is the case, and consider additional measures that all of us can take to further secure our healthcare institutions and their precious data.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>The larger trend in ransomware in healthcare\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Ransomware “infections” happen not through pathogens but rather by hackers. The latter infect IT systems with malwares or digital viruses to encrypt crucial files. These paralyse whole infrastructures as that information is inaccessible until after paying the required demands, usually through cryptocurrency.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Such cyberattacks on hospitals were commonplace well before the pandemic. One of the high-profile ones happened back in 2017 with the \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fthe-nhs-ransomware-attack-data-privacy-in-digital-health-part-one\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">WannaCry attacks\u003C\u002Fa> on 61 NHS institutions. It led to the cancellation of operations and clinical appointments, loss of internet connection in hospitals and diverted patients from emergency departments even one week after the incident. But the trend persisted in the following years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Some of these cyberthreats could have long-term consequences. One example is that of the \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.healthcareitnews.com\u002Fnews\u002Fransomware-attack-leaves-5-years-patient-records-inaccessible-co-hospital\" target=\"_blank\">ransomware attack\u003C\u002Fa> on Rangely District Hospital, a nonprofit critical access hospital. It left 5 years of patient records inaccessible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>And it’s not just cases that have been on the rise but the demands as well. According to \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.hipaajournal.com\u002Fhealthcare-cybersecurity\u002F\">these HIPAA\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.hipaajournal.com\u002Fhealthcare-cybersecurity\u002F\" target=\"_blank\"> statistics\u003C\u002Fa>, in 2021, the average ransomware payment in the healthcare industry was $197,000, an increase of 33% from 2020. Similarly, antivirus firm Emsisoft \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wired.com\u002Fstory\u002Fransomware-hospitals-ryuk-trickbot\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">found that\u003C\u002Fa> average ransomware demands increased from about $5,000 in 2018 to about $200,000; with demands for multimillion-dollar ransoms becoming more and more common.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>As these concerning trends amplify, management of healthcare institutions should better equip themselves to avert cybercrime. And for that, we have to understand that it does not only rely on the technological aspect but also on the social one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Social hacking as the access key\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Now, when thinking about a cyber attack, the image that might come to mind might be about tech-savvy hackers as depicted in \u003Cem>Mr. Robot \u003C\u002Fem>or \u003Cem>The Matrix\u003C\u002Fem>. However, this notion popularised in pop culture is not the whole part of the equation. In fact, there is very much a “social hacking” component in cyberattacks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>HIPAA published \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.hipaajournal.com\u002Fhealthcare-cybersecurity\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">some shocking\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.hipaajournal.com\u002Fhealthcare-cybersecurity\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> \u003C\u002Fa>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.hipaajournal.com\u002Fhealthcare-cybersecurity\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">statistics\u003C\u002Fa>: \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003Cli>More than 90% of all cyberattacks against healthcare industries take the form of phishing scams\u003C\u002Fli>\n\n\n\n\u003Cli>In a study simulating phishing campaigns against healthcare organizations, nearly 1 in 7 of the fake phishing emails sent were clicked on by healthcare employees\u003C\u002Fli>\n\n\n\n\u003Cli>Only 16% of healthcare employees believe that they understand the risks posed by social engineering cybersecurity threats\u003C\u002Fli>\n\n\n\n\u003Cli>45% of healthcare cybersecurity professionals stated that a phishing attack was responsible for the most severe data breach experienced by their organization. And: \u003C\u002Fli>\n\n\n\n\u003Cli>71% of incidents involved general email phishing, 67% involved spear-phishing, 27% voice phishing (vishing), 27% whaling, 23% business email compromise, 21% SMS phishing, 20% phishing website, 16% social media phishing, 3% pharming and 2% deepfakes\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Rather than exploiting technical vulnerabilities, social hacking or social engineering involves exploiting those vulnerabilities in human psychology to circumvent security technology. Famous hacker \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.csoonline.com\u002Farticle\u002F2113271\u002Fkevin-mitnick-and-anti-social-engineering.html\" target=\"_blank\">Kevin Mitnick terms\u003C\u002Fa> humans as “\u003Cem>the weakest link in any security system\u003C\u002Fem>.” Mitnick popularised the term ‘social engineering’ in the ’90s, and his scams exemplify how breaching into tech systems is possible with this method. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>One example is when he \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.csoonline.com\u002Farticle\u002F2124681\u002Fwhat-is-social-engineering.html\" target=\"_blank\">accessed the OS development servers\u003C\u002Fa> of Digital Equipment Corporation in 1979. He did so by posing as one of the lead developers over a phone call. Claiming that he couldn’t log in, he was immediately given new credentials to do just that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F09\u002F037_dictatorships-768x432.png\" alt=\"autocracies and digital health\" class=\"wp-image-21892\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F09\u002F037_dictatorships-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F09\u002F037_dictatorships-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F09\u002F037_dictatorships-512x288.png 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F09\u002F037_dictatorships.png 870w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\u003Cp>Not much has changed since then as a similar method was used to control a U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) email address in 2016. A hacker, postulating as a new employee, gently persuaded a help desk colleague to provide an access token for the DoJ intranet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>As such, when considering methods to curb cyberthreats, it’s also paramount to educate personnel about ways they can be duped. In the next section, we’ll take a look at the measures that can be taken in this regard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Adequate protection lies in humans, not just in technology\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Sure, securing computerised systems in healthcare organisations will require investing in proper technological tools. We previously \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fthe-nhs-ransomware-attack-part-ii\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">talked to Istvan Lam\u003C\u002Fa>, Founder and CEO of  Hungarian data privacy company Tresorit, who emphasised this. “\u003Cem>Two things are key in prevention\u003C\u002Fem>,” Lam explained. “\u003Cem>First, healthcare institutions and organisations should use anti-virus software with anti-ransomware protection to protect themselves. Second, it is crucial for everyone to update operating systems and software applications.\u003C\u002Fem>” \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Hundreds of billions \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.idc.com\u002Fgetdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS50498423#:~:text=NEEDHAM%2C%20Mass.%2C%20March%2016,International%20Data%20Corporation%20(IDC).\" target=\"_blank\">are already spent annually\u003C\u002Fa> on cybersecurity globally on such tools. But spending a fraction of these on educating employees about social hacking should also be imperative. Indeed, even CEOs aren’t impervious to such cyberthreats as security company Rapid7 showed. In \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog.rapid7.com\u002F2019\u002F01\u002F07\u002Fwhat-you-can-learn-from-our-successful-simulated-phishing-attack-of-45-ceos\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">a simulated phishing attack\u003C\u002Fa> by the company, 45 CEOs, or 75% of the total group in attendance, fell for at least one phishing campaign. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Thankfully, there are some ways to counter social hacking and here are a few examples:\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>1. Increase exposure to cyberthreats\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>One way to increase awareness of cybersecurity is to increase exposure to those threats via frequent simulations. During its cybersecurity events, Rapid7 noticed that people exposed to suspicious activity had a strong instinct to report subsequent ones they came across.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>2. Familiarise staff with each other\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Other experts recommend including everyone from top management to new recruits in training and awareness sessions about cyberthreats. That’s because it’s often newcomers to an organisation that get tricked into thinking they are conversing with an executive about an urgent issue that requires bypassing normal protocols.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2023\u002F01\u002Ftmf_article_346-01-768x432.png\" alt=\"emotion AI, ambient intelligence tmf algorithm\" class=\"wp-image-48645\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2023\u002F01\u002Ftmf_article_346-01-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2023\u002F01\u002Ftmf_article_346-01-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2023\u002F01\u002Ftmf_article_346-01.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>3. Raise red flags about suspicious activity\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Another easy method to counter cyberattackers hacking into the social component is to train employees to \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.csoonline.com\u002Farticle\u002F2124681\u002Fwhat-is-social-engineering.html\" target=\"_blank\">identify and report red flags\u003C\u002Fa>. Some methods used by attackers such as an email from a CEO’s personal email address should immediately be flagged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Cautious cybersecurity measures\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Cybersecurity firms will of course tell you the worst horror stories in the industry to sell their products. One of the most tragic ones was a reported case of a \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theverge.com\u002F2020\u002F9\u002F17\u002F21443851\u002Fdeath-ransomware-attack-hospital-germany-cybersecurity\" target=\"_blank\">ransomware attack in September 2020\u003C\u002Fa> on the Duesseldorf University Hospital in Germany. Due to the attack, a woman was redirected to another healthcare facility around 20 miles away. But the ensuing delay in life-saving treatment led to her demise. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>This was widely reported as the first reported death caused directly by a cyberattack. The story could serve as an incentive to invest heavily in pricey cybersecurity tools.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>However, a few months later, \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.technologyreview.com\u002F2020\u002F11\u002F12\u002F1012015\u002Fransomware-did-not-kill-a-german-hospital-patient\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">an investigation found\u003C\u002Fa> that she had died due to her poor health, which had been “\u003Cem>entirely independent from the cyberattack.\u003C\u002Fem>” As such, we have to take these threats and attacks with a pinch of salt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Nevertheless, German law enforcement and many cybersecurity experts believe that it’s only a matter of time before a cyberattack causes such an actual demise of a patient. “\u003Cem>There is a moral line that every person, just as a human being, recognises exists—when you do something knowing that you are potentially impacting somebody’s life you’ve crossed the line,\u003C\u002Fem>” Mandiant’s \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wired.com\u002Fstory\u002Fransomware-hospitals-ryuk-trickbot\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">Charles Carmakal said\u003C\u002Fa>. “\u003Cem>So there’s a very clear crossing of the line by this threat actor. This group is incredibly brazen, heartless, relentless\u003C\u002Fem>.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>As such, cyberthreats in healthcare cannot be overlooked. And to protect our medical facilities and patients, both the social and technological components of this issue must be adequately reinforced. The average patient should demand more security over their data, and the medical staff and management should take these demands seriously and familiarise themselves with cybercrime methods in order to better counter them.\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\u003Cp>Dr. Bertalan Mesko, PhD, the Director of The Medical Futurist Institute, launched The Medical Futurist to help individuals, companies, and governments understand how digital health technologies bring healthcare into the 21st century.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u003Cem>“Digital health technologies empower patients to become proactive in their life; empower medical professionals to do their job being supported by advanced technologies, and companies and policymakers to make better decisions about their future.” – Dr. Bertalan Meskó\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To support this transformation, Dr. Meskó and The Medical Futurist team is working relentlessly analyzing the latest trends in digital health and bringing insights to the 800,000+ readers and followers of our publications, along these principles:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: #e71d3299;\">\u003Cstrong>The Medical Futurist is a place to learn, not a place for advertising\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fspan>. 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Thank you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003C\u002Ftr>\n\u003C\u002Ftbody>\n\u003C\u002Ftable>\n\u003Cp> \u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"rendered":730,"protected":15},"\u003Cp>While we were battling the COVID-19 virus in 2020, other infections were also happening, albeit in other, digital systems. 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Your Smartwatch Send You To The Hospital?",{"rendered":869,"protected":15},"\n\u003Cp>If you are among the millions of smartwatch owners with a cardiac abnormality detection feature, you might very well have tried this feature on yourself. But what would you do if it told you that you have atrial fibrillation (AFib), an irregular heart rhythm disorder that increases stroke risk? If you don’t have a history of cardiovascular ailments, you might, at first, think it’s an issue with the firmware, an incorrect reading or even a faulty device. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>But what if the result persists after several tests; and even after other people who used the same watch showed normal results? You would likely consult your physician to determine if there’s a need to worry. If the results are negative, then all the better. But if your physician’s tests corroborate with the smartwatch’s results, then you could undergo potentially life-saving treatment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F11\u002F124_tmf_illu-768x432.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25353\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F11\u002F124_tmf_illu-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F11\u002F124_tmf_illu-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F11\u002F124_tmf_illu-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F11\u002F124_tmf_illu-2048x1152.png 2048w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F11\u002F124_tmf_illu.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\u003Cp>This is exactly what happened to Zsolt Varga, an IT professional from Budapest, who we interviewed earlier. The Apple Watch he received as a Christmas present correctly notified him of a previously undiscovered AFib. This allowed him to take preventive measures and have his physician monitor his condition well before any complications arose. And Mr Varga is not the only one turning to the ER following notification of their smartwatch. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Feconomictimes.indiatimes.com\u002Fnews\u002Fnew-updates\u002Fapple-watch-saves-owners-life-from-fatal-internal-bleeding-after-nap-heres-what-happened\u002Farticleshow\u002F98091250.cms\" target=\"_blank\">Recently \u003C\u002Fa>an Apple watch also saved its owner’s life who had internal bleeding which was discovered after repeated notifications from the device. The more people wear such devices, the more often we read similar stories. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>ECG capabilities are embedded in a \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.linkedin.com\u002Fposts\u002Fbertalanmesko_garmin-adds-fda-cleared-ekgs-to-its-venu-activity-7023957684550791169-DfnB\u002F?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop\" target=\"_blank\">growing number of smartwatches\u003C\u002Fa>, and will soon become a standard feature. And sensors are becoming better and better, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.advnture.com\u002Fnews\u002Fa-full-wearable-lab-could-be-on-your-wrist-as-early-as-next-year\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">there are developments\u003C\u002Fa> promising even \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.linkedin.com\u002Fsearch\u002Fresults\u002Fcontent\u002F?keywords=apple%20watch%20mesk%C3%B3&update=urn%3Ali%3Afs_updateV2%3A%28urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7034884802142990337%2CBLENDED_SEARCH_FEED%2CEMPTY%2CDEFAULT%2Cfalse%29&lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_search_srp_all%3B5lCtnf5hTJKI3ACnAnslFQ%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">more advanced features\u003C\u002Fa> (like core body temperature, blood pressure, hydration, and blood alcohol and glucose measurements) in the future. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Smartwatch AFib detection has its limitations. Notably: people who use such devices are typically not members of high-risk groups. While watch owners are statistically young (under 45) and most likely financially not deprived, AFib is much more prevalent in the 65+ population and due to a number of factors, is more common in people with lower incomes. (These factors include high blood pressure, obesity, and diabetes – all risk factors for AFib and more prevalent among people with lower incomes. Additionally, access to healthcare and quality of healthcare can also impact AFib diagnosis and management.)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Thus we can conclude that as of now, many people who could benefit most from the devices aren’t wearing them – and might not be able to afford them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Nevertheless, as we explain in this article, technology is not at fault here. It’s rather the lack of the cultural transformation that is required as part of digital health adoption that’s missing from the equation\u003C\u002Fstrong>. So let’s break down the misconceptions and reality behind having your smartwatch send you to the hospital.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>What the research says\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>There had been quite some evolution in the past decade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>This \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Facademic.oup.com\u002Fjamia\u002Farticle\u002F27\u002F9\u002F1359\u002F5911974\" target=\"_blank\">paper from Mayo Clinic\u003C\u002Fa> from a few years back found that among the 264 Apple Watch users’ analysed clinical data, only 11.4% received clinically actionable diagnoses. “\u003Cem>For patients who experienced an abnormal pulse alert and presented for medical evaluation, 7 patients needed to be evaluated to establish 1 diagnosis of clinically actionable cardiovascular disease,\u003C\u002Fem>” the researchers explained. “\u003Cem>Among the 15 asymptomatic patients who presented following an abnormal pulse alert, only 1 was diagnosed with a clinically actionable cardiovascular diagnosis\u003C\u002Fem>.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Their findings further suggest that “\u003Cem>many users used the device in a manner inconsistent with FDA guidance.\u003C\u002Fem>” That FDA guidance about the abnormal pulse detection \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.accessdata.fda.gov\u002Fcdrh_docs\u002Fpdf18\u002FDEN180042.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">stated that\u003C\u002Fa> “\u003Cem>the feature has not been tested for and is not intended for use in people under 22 years of age. It is also not intended for use in individuals previously diagnosed with AFib\u003C\u002Fem>.” In their study, the researchers found that 8.7% of patients were under 22 years of age, while 22% had preexisting atrial fibrillation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"403\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F10\u002Fapple-watch-ECG-reading-768x403.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30685\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F10\u002Fapple-watch-ECG-reading-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F10\u002Fapple-watch-ECG-reading.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: https:\u002F\u002Fwww.apple.com\u002F\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\u003Cp>They concluded by writing that “\u003Cem>the FDA and Apple must carefully consider the unintended consequences of widespread direct-to-consumer screening for asymptomatic atrial fibrillation, including overutilization of healthcare resources owing to false positive screening results and use of screening tools by users in whom they have not been adequately studied.\u003C\u002Fem>”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>However, as the technology evolved, new features emerged. \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.fiercebiotech.com\u002Fmedtech\u002Fapple-watchs-afib-history-feature-ripens-fda-clearance\" target=\"_blank\">FDA approved Apple Watch AFib history feature in 2022\u003C\u002Fa>, allowing adults with the condition to track how frequently they show signs of irregular heartbeat. They also have data on how certain factors like sleep, alcohol consumption and activity may be impacting their AFib, and can download a detailed PDF combining all of that information they can share with their doctors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>And there is another interesting line of development. “A \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.fiercebiotech.com\u002Fmedtech\u002Fapple-watch-s-built-ecg-could-detect-non-afib-arrhythmias-follow-up-analysis-finds\" target=\"_blank\">2021 retrospective analysis\u003C\u002Fa> of the \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmed.stanford.edu\u002Fnews\u002Fall-news\u002F2019\u002F03\u002Fapple-heart-study-demonstrates-ability-of-wearable-technology.html\" target=\"_blank\">Apple Heart Study\u003C\u002Fa> – which served as the basis for FDA clearance of the Apple Watch’s ECG – found that the device may be able to identify arrhythmias other than AFib. The study looked specifically at wearers who had received an irregular pulse notification but hadn’t been subsequently diagnosed with AFib. The researchers found that about 40% of that group went on to be diagnosed with a different form of arrhythmia.” So, circling back to the initial findings on false positives from a few years ago: it looks possible that a visible share of those alarms has actually been valid – not for AFib, but for other irregularities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Through these studies, many will blame the technology or even the tech adopters for potentially over-burdening hospitals. However, the real issue lies deeper than that.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>The misconceptions (and reality) behind a smartwatch “diagnosis”\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>When a device like the Apple Watch receives clearance from a regulatory body like the FDA, expectations are understandably high. But sometimes, they are higher than they should be. People come to expect these technologies to make perfect measurements with no room for mistakes. But the truth is, even with high false positive rates, digital health devices still detect more patients; especially if they are asymptomatic. In the U.K. alone, \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bhf.org.uk\u002Ffor-professionals\u002Fhealthcare-professionals\u002Fblog\u002F2019\u002Fatrial-fibrillation-finding-the-missing-300000\" target=\"_blank\">the British Heart Foundation puts the number\u003C\u002Fa> of those with AFib but oblivious to the risk at around 300 000.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The 11.4% smartwatch users that the Mayo Clinic found to have clinically actionable diagnoses translates roughly to 1 in every 10 patients who present with a smartwatch alert. That’s like identifying Mr. Varga’s case and 9 false positives; but we’re still catching that 1 patient before they experience a stroke. \u003Cstrong>That’s a win for the patient who would otherwise have slipped through the traditional system; and a win for digital health.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Additionally, one might think that it’s the technology, rather than the actual health issue, that sends patients to hospitals; hence the term smartwatch “diagnosis.” But if a patient has an underlying ailment without their prior knowledge, the smartwatch’s sensor only detects what’s already there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A better approach to prevention\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Importantly, a digital health device like a smartwatch still presents a better approach to preventing complications than the current methods. The latter, unfortunately, all too often means doing nothing or waiting for the patient to exhibit strong symptoms. With digital health tools, we still correctly identify the patient demographic that the traditional healthcare system misses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Yes, the false positives will add to the workload and resource utilisation; and more patients will show up to the ER following alerts from their smartwatches in the near future. For example, Apple released the Apple Watch 6, which \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.mobihealthnews.com\u002Fnews\u002Fapple-adds-spo2-v02-max-apple-watch-series-6-launches-three-new-studies\" target=\"_blank\">included a blood oxygenation sensor\u003C\u002Fa>. A drop in the oxygen saturation (SpO2) level the sensor measures can indicate an underlying respiratory illness, even if no visible signs are present. While Apple \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theverge.com\u002F2020\u002F10\u002F7\u002F21504023\u002Fapple-watch-ekg-blood-oxygen-fda-clearance\" target=\"_blank\">did not seek FDA clearance\u003C\u002Fa> for this sensor, it’s not far-fetched to imagine users rushing to their physicians following an abnormal result.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>As the medical knowledge about the use of such smart wearables accumulates, as \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fnewsroom.heart.org\u002Fnews\u002Fleading-science-research-and-technology-leaders-join-forces-to-accelerate-react-af-trial\" target=\"_blank\">more studies set out to determine the true preventive\u002Ftherapeutic potential\u003C\u002Fa>, we can declare with increasing confidence that these devices can indeed improve our health outcomes in general. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>How to deal with “smartwatch patients”?\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Rather than being the object of scorn for taking their smartwatch readings too seriously, adopters of such digital health tools need guidance from medical professionals.\u003C\u002Fstrong> \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>And for that, those healthcare professionals must themselves understand and be open to those disruptive technologies. This is because simply making clinical-grade sensors available to patients will not yield optimal results. As the recent Mayo Clinic study showed, it can even lead to the overburdening of healthcare institutions. But proper guidance from medical professionals can equip patients to better interpret readings from their smart sensors, which will, in turn, help avoid unnecessary hospital visits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Doctors can follow guidance from regulatory authorities around the use of such devices. They can further instruct their patients regarding who should take and when to take measurements with these wearables. Patients can in turn share their data over the cloud with their physician in case of suspicious readings. They can subsequently both discuss those findings over a telemedicine consultation and determine if a hospital visit is indeed necessary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>As such, the method to deal with those so-called “\u003Cem>smartwatch patients\u003C\u002Fem>” is not avoiding those novel technologies. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n\u003Cp>Rather, it involves investing in and supporting digital health technologies that facilitate the doctor-patient relationship as an equal-level partnership. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Fblockquote>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In short, we need a cultural transformation, and this is part and parcel of digital health; in fact, it is part of \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fdigital-health\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">its very definition\u003C\u002Fa>. Without such a transformation, digital health cannot take off. It will have a polarised adoption, with patients seeking those technologies while healthcare professionals warding them off. This will be at the expense of the obvious advantages disruptive technologies bring to the field that truly propel healthcare into the 21st century.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"rendered":871,"protected":15},"\u003Cp>Supporting digital health technologies that facilitate the doctor-patient relationship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",30731,{"_acf_changed":15,"footnotes":7},[5,875,242,67,243,876,68,245,249,734,250],4879,490,[878,879,880,881,603,882,883,884,885,886],6275,6277,6279,142,236,4415,292,4733,407,[81,279,83],[],[460,289,890,891,892,893],2081,2163,2347,3305,[895,53,97,98,99,100,101,102,896,297,103,298,897,104,300,304,765,305,898,899,900,901,631,902,903,904,905,906,115,332,117],"post-30683","category-lifestyle-medicine","category-future-of-pharma","tag-afib","tag-mayo-clinic","tag-british-heart-foundation","tag-apple","tag-fda-2","tag-apple-watch","tag-interview-2","tag-spo2","tag-smartwatch",{"id":872,"alt_text":908,"caption":909,"description":910,"media_type":122,"media_details":911,"post":857,"source_url":928},"Can your smartwatch send you to the hospital?","Someone wearing a smartwatch is being sent to the hospital by the device","Although false positive rates can be high, these digital health devices still detect more patients and help prevent more diseases than current methods",{"width":124,"height":125,"file":912,"sizes":913,"image_meta":927},"2020\u002F10\u002F213_tmf-01.png",{"medium":914,"large":917,"thumbnail":920,"medium_large":923,"1536x1536":924},{"file":915,"width":130,"height":131,"mime-type":132,"source_url":916},"213_tmf-01-370x208.png","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F10\u002F213_tmf-01-370x208.png",{"file":918,"width":136,"height":137,"mime-type":132,"source_url":919},"213_tmf-01-768x432.png","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F10\u002F213_tmf-01-768x432.png",{"file":921,"width":141,"height":141,"mime-type":132,"source_url":922},"213_tmf-01-150x150.png","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F10\u002F213_tmf-01-150x150.png",{"file":918,"width":136,"height":137,"mime-type":132,"source_url":919},{"file":925,"width":146,"height":147,"mime-type":132,"source_url":926},"213_tmf-01-1536x864.png","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F10\u002F213_tmf-01-1536x864.png",{"aperture":150,"credit":7,"camera":7,"caption":7,"created_timestamp":150,"copyright":7,"focal_length":150,"iso":150,"shutter_speed":150,"title":7,"orientation":150},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F10\u002F213_tmf-01.png",{"cta_type":154,"cta_color":7,"subtitle":7,"related_books":930,"related_posts_footer":932,"related_posts":15},[931,156,363],24761,[933,934,935],14445,17466,48665,{"yoast_wpseo_title":937,"yoast_wpseo_metadesc":938,"yoast_wpseo_canonical":865},"Can Your Smartwatch Send You To The Hospital? - The Medical Futurist","Patients showing up at the doctor’s referring to smartwatch data can be a nuisance – but a signal of this kind can also be a life-saver.",{"self":940,"collection":945,"about":947,"author":949,"replies":951,"version-history":954,"predecessor-version":958,"wp:featuredmedia":962,"wp:attachment":965,"wp:term":968,"curies":979},[941],{"href":942,"targetHints":943},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F30683",{"allow":944},[27],[946],{"href":178},[948],{"href":181},[950],{"embeddable":41,"href":184},[952],{"embeddable":41,"href":953},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcomments?post=30683",[955],{"count":956,"href":957},26,"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F30683\u002Frevisions",[959],{"id":960,"href":961},49873,"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F30683\u002Frevisions\u002F49873",[963],{"embeddable":41,"href":964},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fmedia\u002F30731",[966],{"href":967},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fmedia?parent=30683",[969,971,973,975,977],{"taxonomy":11,"embeddable":41,"href":970},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcategories?post=30683",{"taxonomy":206,"embeddable":41,"href":972},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Ftags?post=30683",{"taxonomy":209,"embeddable":41,"href":974},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fproject_category?post=30683",{"taxonomy":212,"embeddable":41,"href":976},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcontact_email_category?post=30683",{"taxonomy":215,"embeddable":41,"href":978},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fyst_prominent_words?post=30683",[980],{"name":39,"href":40,"templated":41},{"id":982,"date":983,"date_gmt":984,"guid":985,"modified":987,"modified_gmt":988,"slug":989,"status":52,"type":53,"link":990,"title":991,"content":993,"excerpt":995,"author":235,"featured_media":997,"comment_status":63,"ping_status":63,"sticky":41,"template":7,"format":64,"meta":998,"categories":999,"tags":1000,"project_category":1005,"contact_email_category":1006,"yst_prominent_words":1007,"class_list":1021,"better_featured_image":1027,"acf":1058,"yoast_meta":1064,"_links":1067},29139,"2023-02-28T10:00:00","2023-02-28T09:00:00",{"rendered":986},"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F?post_id=29139&_wpnonce=31df76f8f0&status=auto-draft&type=post","2023-02-27T16:50:33","2023-02-27T15:50:33","what-would-make-every-doctor-use-digital-health","https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fwhat-would-make-every-doctor-use-digital-health",{"rendered":992},"What Would Make Every Doctor Use Digital Health?",{"rendered":994,"protected":15},"\n\u003Cp>Here on The Medical Futurist site we often show snippets of the future we imagine for healthcare. \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Four-vision\" target=\"_blank\">In this vision\u003C\u002Fa> that we often dub as a \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fhow-would-have-covid-19-taken-place-in-a-digital-health-utopia\" target=\"_blank\">utopia\u003C\u002Fa>, we envision healthcare to be invisible, seamless and preventive. COVID-19 brought us much closer to what we had foreseen (from \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fget-used-to-it-remote-care-is-the-new-norm\" target=\"_blank\">telemed solutions\u003C\u002Fa> and \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fdigital-health-tech-here-to-stay-after-covid-19\" target=\"_blank\">robots\u003C\u002Fa> to \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fchoosing-between-life-and-death-during-covid-19-the-a-i-trolley-problem\">AI\u003C\u002Fa>), and these changes also made doctors feel the need to change. But, of course, it’s not as easy as that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Digital health is really quite simple: it’s healthcare through technology for both patients and medical professionals. Simplified as it can so be, it actually covers a growing field of science from wearables to patient data, robots and genomics. As we put it in a peer-reviewed paperback in 2017, “\u003Cem>under the term ‘digital health’, advanced medical technologies, disruptive innovations and digital communication have gradually become inseparable from providing best practice healthcare.\u003C\u002Fem>” To be able to catch up with technological advancements, the structure of healthcare must change. It’s an entire cultural and physical transformation of the whole healthcare sector. (Click to see our \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Finfographics\u002Fyour-healthcare-before-and-after-the-digital-health-transformation\" target=\"_blank\">infographic on the future of healthcare\u003C\u002Fa>.) But you knew that already.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The AMA Report\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The American Medical Association first \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ama-assn.org\u002Fabout\u002Fresearch\u002Fama-digital-health-care-2016-2019-study-findings\" target=\"_blank\">conducted a study\u003C\u002Fa> on physicians’ motivations and expectations for the adaptation of digital clinical tools in 2016, then repeated it in \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ama-assn.org\u002Fsystem\u002Ffiles\u002F2020-02\u002Fama-digital-health-study.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2019\u003C\u002Fa> and \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ama-assn.org\u002Fsystem\u002Ffiles\u002Fama-digital-health-study.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2022\u003C\u002Fa>. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Results of the third, 2022 study show that a growing number of doctors see a definite advantage in the use of digital tools, adoption of such tools has grown significantly among all physicians regardless of gender, specialty or age. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>On the other hand, this enthusiasm is quite “unevenly distributed”. While enthusiasm for virtual visits has increased significantly in the past three years, it remained mostly stagnant in other digital solutions (like remote monitoring and management, clinical decision support, patient engagement and so on). \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>I think it is safe to conclude that these results reflect the after-effects of the pandemic: COVID-19 has forced practices to implement telehealth solutions, and doctors learned the benefits of remote care during this forced adoption period.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>By 2022, some 93% of physicians claimed they see some (49%) or definitive (44%) advantage in digital health tools. This shows steady growth from survey to survey, it was 85% in 2016 and 87% in pre-pandemic 2019.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Reasons for enthusiasm have also changed, partially due to new answer options that had been added to the survey. Most physicians listed “improved clinical outcomes” and “improved work efficiency” as top motivators, 88% of doctors listed these two as very\u002Fsomewhat important.  \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"One Minute Challenge: Telemedicine - The Medical Futurist\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002FdQ-rjGz15yM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen>\u003C\u002Fiframe>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003Cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The shortest definition of telemedicine, ever.\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>#Wearenotwaiting\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>But patients are also not just standing there waiting on the sidelines. They started to get matters into their own hands. One of the most striking examples of how participatory activism can be successful came from the diabetes community. It was the first that organised itself at the beginning of this digital transformation. They started developing platforms, apps, and other on- and offline solutions and gathered under the \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.healthline.com\u002Fhealth\u002Fdiabetesmine\u002Finnovation\u002Fwe-are-not-waiting#1\" target=\"_blank\">#wearenotwaiting\u003C\u002Fa> flag. Others were keen to follow, and today pioneers like \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.epatientdave.com\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">ePatient Dave\u003C\u002Fa> or \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fpatientsincluded.org\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">Lucien Engelen\u003C\u002Fa> are leading the patient movement. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>After patients became active participants in their cure, companies, too, realised they need to act upon this. Digital health solutions (wearables, artificial organs, medical tricorders and many, many more from science fiction to science) started gaining momentum – and funding. And as patients couldn’t wait, companies didn’t, either. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F07\u002F0621_tmf_fom_infographics-1.png\" alt=\"\"\u002F>\u003Cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Infographic on the development of key trends and innovations in the process of delivering care\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Even regulators followed the flow. The US Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was signed into law as early as in 1996. This established the policies and procedures for privacy and security regarding personal health data. And the first device, a non-invasive, automatic glucose monitoring system, the GlukoWatch was approved by the FDA in 2001.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Barriers To The Digital Switchover In Healthcare\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Doctors’ work dramatically changed by the end of the 20th century. Medical professionals now spend way too much time with paperwork. And on crap electronic interfaces. In comparison, they have way too little time for the patient. But all the responsibility is theirs. These aren’t the working conditions one dreams about.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>And there’s more. Fundamentally, no technological innovation is made just for them. Or if it is, it is expensive, difficult to implement (like AR), and hard to use. And even if the concept is good, only a handful of skilled and well-funded doctors would have the chance of using them. (At TMF we strongly believe in these technologies though. That’s why we collected an entire set of possibilities with AR \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Frobert-scoble-great-thinkers\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">in this article\u003C\u002Fa> and introduced use cases of extended reality \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F6-healthcare-examples-of-virtual-augmented-and-mixed-reality\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">in this one\u003C\u002Fa>.)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>So what’s really \u003C\u002Fstrong>needed for doctors to hop on?\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>What is interesting is how the same AMA report would look like if conducted in 2025. Despite the rise of remote care solutions, doctors, in some ways, have missed the connection. But it wasn’t their fault. They have, for example, never been prepared to get on at all. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>It’s important to note the obstacles doctors face when considering the application or the use of digital tools. Firstly (and most importantly), they were not prepared for this. There are only a handful of courses around the whole world that aim at getting medical personnel ready for digital change. And this includes \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.thinkific.com\u002Fcollections\" target=\"_blank\">my own two courses\u003C\u002Fa> on the subject.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Medical Education of the 21st Century - The Medical Futurist\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002FsK-b79G9NKg?start=13&feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen>\u003C\u002Fiframe>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003Cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Medical Education of the 21st Century\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Our Top Incentive Options\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Based on the study results, the AMA recognised the expressed need for support and has set up a set of key steps and best practices for physicians \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ama-assn.org\u002Famaone\u002Fama-digital-health-implementation-playbook\" target=\"_blank\">on their website\u003C\u002Fa>. However, besides a support system, there are other incentives that can, will and should support the digital shift in healthcare. Here are our five cents on the subject.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. Learn From Empowered Patients\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>We believe that \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F3-reasons-why-patient-design-must-replace-the-patient-centricity-illusion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">patient empowerment\u003C\u002Fa>, the spread of digital health, the digital approach, and the fact that digital medicine ceased to be a faraway concept lead to a new role for physicians. Thereby the job will be just as well more rewarding as more creative and physicians would have the chance to practice the art of medicine like never before. It’s easier in fields where the relationship is close, like in primary care.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>\u003Cem>What’s needed to achieve this?\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Cbr>Real-world examples and partnership. The experiences of digital doctors (like my own GP, Dr. Réka Vernes or Bryan Vartabedian) set a great example for others. Good cooperation between doctors and patients where e-patients don’t demand but assist the transition. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. Government Incentives Through Healthcare Policies\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Direct support from governments is incredibly important in taking healthcare to the 21st century. Take a look at the \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fdanish-digital-health-strategy\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">Danish digital health\u003C\u002Fa> strategy, for example. Theirs is one of the \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fsundhedsdatastyrelsen.dk\u002Fda\u002Fenglish\u002Fdigital_health_solutions\u002Fdigital_health_strategy#:~:text=The%20Danish%20strategy%20for%20digital,coherent%20and%20trustworthy%20healthcare%20network.\" target=\"_blank\">most forward-looking examples\u003C\u002Fa> of a government-supported objective, transforming patients’ and doctors’ lives for the better. Their citizens have full access to their health data – and all medical data is handled by the government (which, not inseparably, enjoys one of the highest levels of citizen trust in the world). Germany’s \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fthese-8-countries-could-put-together-the-worlds-most-advanced-healthcare-system\" target=\"_blank\">DiGA system\u003C\u002Fa> is also a great example.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>\u003Cem>What’s needed to achieve this?\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Cbr>Incentives by each government to help physicians in the shift.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F02\u002FDigital-Data-In-Health-768x480.jpg\" alt=\"Danish digital health\" class=\"wp-image-23022\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F02\u002FDigital-Data-In-Health-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F02\u002FDigital-Data-In-Health-512x320.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F02\u002FDigital-Data-In-Health.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: www.emaze.com\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. \u003Cstrong>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fhow-to-prepare-the-future-generation-of-physicians\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">Guidance From Medical Associations As Motivation\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Medical organisations like the AMA play a huge role in professional motivation. For example, their guidelines on the use of AI for physicians also set a gold standard for doctors. With this, among other objectives, the AMA wanted doctors to get involved in the development of healthcare AI and encourage patient and physician education on the potentials and limitations of AI, bearing in mind that the emerging, carefully designed AI tools and solutions are user friendly and safe for all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>\u003Cem>What’s needed to achieve this?\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Cbr>Evidence. Publications, guidelines from professional organisations or governmental bodies will mean motivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4. Significantly Improve Working Conditions\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Typing memos about patient-doctor encounters is extremely time-consuming. Doctors spend a great amount of time with administration tasks, but digital technology can change that, too. Artificial intelligence-based \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fvoice-to-text-technologies-shape-the-future\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">voice-to-text technology\u003C\u002Fa> can help. While the doctor and the patient speak, this voice assistant puts down the interpreted text into the relevant columns in the EHRs. With less time on paperwork, doctors will have a better, more rewarding workday. They will be able to provide better quality care, have more time with patients and even share responsibility. And, most importantly, they could concentrate on what they are most qualified for: healing patients with care and empathy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>\u003Cem>What’s needed to achieve this?\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Cbr>Accessible digital tools (like voice-over-text solutions) and support systems as well as platforms for learning and experience sharing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">5. Embrace the use of digital health and AI\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Digital health is a cultural transformation of healthcare, and it \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fmedpalm-new-ai-medical-chatbots-will-soon-be-better-than-waiting-for-a-doctor\" target=\"_blank\">is happening\u003C\u002Fa> and won’t stop. \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F7-medical-technologies-we-are-looking-forward-to-seeing-more-in-2023\" target=\"_blank\">New devices\u003C\u002Fa> and \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fambient-intelligence-and-emotion-ai-in-healthcare\" target=\"_blank\">solutions\u003C\u002Fa> arrive by the day. While I said multiple times that \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F6-potential-medical-use-cases-for-chatgpt\" target=\"_blank\">AI\u003C\u002Fa> (and \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fhow-an-a-i-based-skin-checking-app-can-work-with-a-national-healthcare-system\" target=\"_blank\">digital health tools\u003C\u002Fa>) will not replace doctors, I also stick by my opinion that physicians using these tools will replace those who don’t. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>We must keep our eyes and \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fhere-is-how-you-get-friendly-with-a-i-before-it-gets-to-the-office\" target=\"_blank\">minds open\u003C\u002Fa> and look at this process as opportunity and not as a threat. \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fgenerative-adversarial-networks-how-can-ai-learn-so-much-while-its-iq-remains-zero\" target=\"_blank\">Getting familiar with algorithms\u003C\u002Fa> and digital health devices will make doctors capable of providing better care. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>\u003Cem>What’s needed to achieve this?\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fstrong> \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Doctors should focus on how the situation of patients and their team members is changing due to the arrival of advanced tech. The question is not which technology or device we should use. It is more important to gain a general understanding of this revolution. Taking some courses on the topic and getting familiar with \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nature.com\u002Farticles\u002Fs41746-020-00333-z\" target=\"_blank\">the “minimal package” all physicians must know about AI\u003C\u002Fa> is a perfect way to start.  \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>This vision can become reality. Let’s do this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F06\u002F0-768x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28813\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F06\u002F0-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F06\u002F0.jpg 1142w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dr. Vernes and Dr. Meskó\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n",{"rendered":996,"protected":15},"\u003Cp>Healthcare professionals see and feel the need to switch to digital but often they don’t have the the tools for this shift. We collected what’d be needed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",49639,{"_acf_changed":15,"footnotes":7},[5,240,242,67,243,876,68,245,593,246,250,251],[1001,1002,1003,1004],5161,633,637,4471,[81,82,278,279,83],[],[613,1008,1009,1010,1011,891,1012,1013,1014,1015,1016,458,1017,460,1018,289,1019,759,760,1020],5141,1739,5155,2015,5163,2281,5165,2369,5167,2871,2923,4449,5111,[1022,53,97,98,99,100,101,102,295,297,103,298,897,104,300,622,301,305,306,1023,1024,1025,1026,115,116,331,332,117],"post-29139","tag-incentives","tag-survey","tag-telehealth","tag-remote-care",{"id":997,"alt_text":7,"caption":7,"description":1028,"media_type":122,"media_details":1029,"post":982,"source_url":1057},"Atlas digital health doctor burden burnout responsibility",{"width":124,"height":125,"file":1030,"filesize":1031,"sizes":1032,"image_meta":1056},"2023\u002F02\u002Ftmf_article_355.png",53873,{"medium":1033,"large":1037,"thumbnail":1041,"medium_large":1045,"1536x1536":1046,"2048x2048":1050},{"file":1034,"width":130,"height":131,"mime-type":132,"filesize":1035,"source_url":1036},"tmf_article_355-370x208.png","21092","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2023\u002F02\u002Ftmf_article_355-370x208.png",{"file":1038,"width":136,"height":137,"mime-type":132,"filesize":1039,"source_url":1040},"tmf_article_355-768x432.png","57724","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2023\u002F02\u002Ftmf_article_355-768x432.png",{"file":1042,"width":141,"height":141,"mime-type":132,"filesize":1043,"source_url":1044},"tmf_article_355-150x150.png","12845","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2023\u002F02\u002Ftmf_article_355-150x150.png",{"file":1038,"width":136,"height":137,"mime-type":132,"filesize":1039,"source_url":1040},{"file":1047,"width":146,"height":147,"mime-type":132,"filesize":1048,"source_url":1049},"tmf_article_355-1536x864.png","143725","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2023\u002F02\u002Ftmf_article_355-1536x864.png",{"file":1051,"width":1052,"height":1053,"mime-type":132,"filesize":1054,"source_url":1055},"tmf_article_355-2048x1152.png","2048","1152","202514","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2023\u002F02\u002Ftmf_article_355-2048x1152.png",{"aperture":150,"credit":7,"camera":7,"caption":7,"created_timestamp":150,"copyright":7,"focal_length":150,"iso":150,"shutter_speed":150,"title":7,"orientation":150},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2023\u002F02\u002Ftmf_article_355.png",{"cta_type":154,"cta_color":7,"subtitle":7,"related_books":1059,"related_posts_footer":1061,"related_posts":15},[1060,931,156],24765,[1062,1063,935],10983,48961,{"yoast_wpseo_title":1065,"yoast_wpseo_metadesc":1066,"yoast_wpseo_canonical":990},"What Would Make Every Doctor Use Digital Health? - The Medical Futurist","Healthcare professionals see and feel the need to switch to digital but often they don't have the the tools for this shift. We collected what'd be needed.",{"self":1068,"collection":1073,"about":1075,"author":1077,"replies":1079,"version-history":1082,"predecessor-version":1086,"wp:featuredmedia":1090,"wp:attachment":1093,"wp:term":1096,"curies":1107},[1069],{"href":1070,"targetHints":1071},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F29139",{"allow":1072},[27],[1074],{"href":178},[1076],{"href":181},[1078],{"embeddable":41,"href":385},[1080],{"embeddable":41,"href":1081},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcomments?post=29139",[1083],{"count":1084,"href":1085},35,"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F29139\u002Frevisions",[1087],{"id":1088,"href":1089},49643,"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F29139\u002Frevisions\u002F49643",[1091],{"embeddable":41,"href":1092},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fmedia\u002F49639",[1094],{"href":1095},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fmedia?parent=29139",[1097,1099,1101,1103,1105],{"taxonomy":11,"embeddable":41,"href":1098},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcategories?post=29139",{"taxonomy":206,"embeddable":41,"href":1100},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Ftags?post=29139",{"taxonomy":209,"embeddable":41,"href":1102},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fproject_category?post=29139",{"taxonomy":212,"embeddable":41,"href":1104},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcontact_email_category?post=29139",{"taxonomy":215,"embeddable":41,"href":1106},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fyst_prominent_words?post=29139",[1108],{"name":39,"href":40,"templated":41},{"id":1110,"date":1111,"date_gmt":1112,"guid":1113,"modified":1115,"modified_gmt":1116,"slug":1117,"status":52,"type":53,"link":1118,"title":1119,"content":1121,"excerpt":1123,"author":235,"featured_media":1125,"comment_status":63,"ping_status":63,"sticky":41,"template":7,"format":64,"meta":1126,"categories":1127,"tags":1128,"project_category":1142,"contact_email_category":1143,"yst_prominent_words":1144,"class_list":1157,"better_featured_image":1172,"acf":1194,"yoast_meta":1200,"_links":1203},28625,"2022-07-14T10:00:00","2022-07-14T08:00:00",{"rendered":1114},"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F?post_id=28625&_wpnonce=eea4ad047e&status=auto-draft&type=post","2022-07-13T17:05:55","2022-07-13T15:05:55","the-rise-of-at-home-lab-tests","https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fthe-rise-of-at-home-lab-tests",{"rendered":1120},"The Rise Of At-Home Lab Tests",{"rendered":1122,"protected":15},"\n\u003Cp>If I had to name which futuristic healthcare innovations are the easiest to put into practice now that can really make a difference in people’s lives today, I’d say one of those is definitely at-home testing. Having access to a wide range of analyses determining our lab markers and blood results without the wait at the doctor’s, at the lab, and without even meeting anyone… Sounds great. Not to mention that it’s already in the existing testing kits. We just need to use all these in a more systematic way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Pregnancy tests or finger-prick diabetes tests, for example, were game-changers. They are easy to use and about 100 per cent accurate. A handful of other tests can do the same, delivering results with efficiency and ease. But there’s a vast difference between knowing if you’re pregnant or not and analysing your own genetic test results.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Although there was a lot of professional criticism towards taking tests at home, with the pandemic \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fcovid-19-was-needed-for-telemedicine-to-finally-go-mainstream\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">all that has changed\u003C\u002Fa>. The pandemic led to a situation where it suddenly became advantageous to do certain lab tests at home to avoid exposure to the infection. On top of that, the pandemic also led to the development of interesting new testing methods, like \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.medgadget.com\u002F2021\u002F11\u002Fbreath-test-developed-for-covid-19.html\" target=\"_blank\">breathalysers\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fnews.mit.edu\u002F2020\u002Fcovid-19-cough-cellphone-detection-1029\" target=\"_blank\">cough analysing phone apps\u003C\u002Fa> and \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.genengnews.com\u002Ftopics\u002Ftranslational-medicine\u002Finfectious-diseases\u002Fskin-patch-test-detects-covid-19-in-under-three-minutes\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">skin-patch tests\u003C\u002Fa>. Not all of these delivered the promise, but the field is buzzing. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Over-the-counter (OTC) tests vs direct-to-consumer (DTC) tests\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>There is an important difference. OTC tests are like pregnancy or COVID tests we can buy pretty much everywhere, taking the test at home and getting an immediate reading. Direct-to-consumer tests, which represent the majority of the examples mentioned in the article are different: although we take the sample ourselves at home, the specimen is sent to a certified laboratory, where it is analysed by professionals with professional equipment, and we, consumers, will receive the results directly from the lab. The latter becomes available in a number of areas that previously required the physicians’ order to make the test happen, and us to go to a specific place where the test was administered. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">At-home science\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Over the past few years, I’ve tried and used many tests that used to be only available in laboratories: Microbiome test helped refine my diet. My whole \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fi-got-my-whole-genome-sequenced-heres-what-i-learned\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">genome sequencing\u003C\u002Fa> analysis and a \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fhow-does-a-brca-genetic-test-work\" target=\"_blank\">BRCA-focused genetic test\u003C\u002Fa> encouraged me to design a preventive plan with my primary care physician. She also took notes when I provided her with my medication sensitivity genetic test (\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fmydna-review\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">MyDNA\u003C\u002Fa>) results. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>I’ve tried the \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Ftesting-food-gluten-home-nima-sensor-review\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">Nima sensor\u003C\u002Fa> to search for gluten and peanut content in food just for the sake of trying the technology and did a celiac disease test (\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.imaware.health\u002Fat-home-blood-test\u002Fceliac-disease-screening\" target=\"_blank\">Imaware\u003C\u002Fa>) to confirm that I am indeed not sensitive to gluten. I’m awaiting my results from \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ffoodmarble.com\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">FoodMarble\u003C\u002Fa> on intolerance for fructose and lactose and even did \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fgoing-past-big-national-geographic-ancestry-test-review\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">Genetic Ancestry\u003C\u002Fa> by National Geographic to find out about my ancestors and where they are coming from. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>One can say I have vast knowledge about at-home testing and speak from experience. And I can say that many of these companies did not discover new tests or invent new technologies – but they built accessible, sleek and innovative technologies or devices to let people access testing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Is testing at home reliable enough?\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.everlywell.com\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">EverlyWell\u003C\u002Fa> and other companies like\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.letsgetchecked.com\u002Fus\u002Fen\u002F\" target=\"_blank\"> LetsGetChecked\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.mylabbox.com\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">MyLabBox\u003C\u002Fa> or \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.23andme.com\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">23andme\u003C\u002Fa> provide tools to make lab tests at home, aiming to be faster and cheaper than official laboratories. On top of these advantages, many of these companies also provide support or treatment via telemedicine, so if you ever test positive, help is often included in the test price. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F11\u002F045_bloodtesting.gif\" alt=\"At-home tests\"\u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>After the fall of Theranos, testing companies had to fight for their trustworthiness and accuracy big time. We touched the base of their issues in an \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fwhere-does-blood-testing-stand-today\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">earlier article on blood testing\u003C\u002Fa>, but my original conclusion there, that “point-of-care, as well as home lab testing, will be the most significant advancement in the field – completely changing the methods used in primary care and diagnostics” is still a utopia instead of our everyday reality. So what’s missing?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How will it make its way to clinical practice? \u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Although DTC tests might seem like a niche game for geeks, they in fact have profound benefits. A great example of how these might make their way to clinical practice \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.med-technews.com\u002Fnews\u002FDigital-in-Healthcare-News\u002Fpocdoc-to-roll-out-digital-cardiovascular-testing-across-sco\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">is the collaboration\u003C\u002Fa> between digital health platform PocDoc and pharmacy chain Dears in Scotland. The pharmacy chain – with over half a million customers per year – offers on-site cholesterol level testing via the PocDoc app and will prescribe the necessary drugs in real-time within 12 hours of testing on-site. As 1 in every 8 Scot is living with heart disease, making testing that easy – no need to make hospital appointments, no need to travel, no waiting for the results – can make a real difference. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">And so much more to come! \u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The future of at-home testing will drastically change in the coming years. One exciting example is this microsensor that can perform \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.medgadget.com\u002F2021\u002F07\u002Fmicrochip-nanosensor-detects-stress-hormone.html\" target=\"_blank\">real-time measurements of stress hormones\u003C\u002Fa> from one drop of blood. The technology aims to help patients measure the natural changes in cortisol levels and monitor trends over time, without having to send blood samples to a lab.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pros and Cons\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>At-home laboratory testing has its obvious advantages. One can have multiple important tests without even leaving the apartment. It’s private and convenient, moreover, such tests can remove a serious burden off the shoulders of healthcare systems. In the U.S., these can also become \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ftechcrunch.com\u002F2017\u002F05\u002F07\u002Ffor-some-access-to-healthcare-could-start-with-at-home-lab-testing\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">the first step\u003C\u002Fa> for uninsured Americans to finally access healthcare. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>On the other end, red tape from medical professionals is one of the hurdles for at-home tests. \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ftime.com\u002F5809606\u002Fcovid-19-at-home-testing\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">They claim that\u003C\u002Fa> such tests are likely to be wrong simply because they are \u003Cem>tested\u003C\u002Fem> wrong. Many of these tests won’t require an FDA approval either, and that obviously adds to the uncertainty around them. Some have scientific issues where some experts \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.statnews.com\u002F2018\u002F01\u002F23\u002Feverlywell-food-sensitivity-test\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">disagree with the testing methods and others don’t.\u003C\u002Fa> \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Further, in some cases, test results must consider factors like age, family history or other health issues of the patient before evaluation. So you’d probably still need a doctor to help you understand the outcome.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F04\u002FEmpowered-physician-and-patient.png\" alt=\"\"\u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">From Theranos to home lab test kits\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Almost exactly 7 years ago, in June 2015, Julia Cheek, who was, in her words “probably the least qualified person \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.inc.com\u002Fmatt-haber\u002Feverlywell-julia-cheek-covid-test-decision-making.html\" target=\"_blank\">to start a healthcare startup\u003C\u002Fa>” grounded a company focusing on at-home lab tests. Remember: this was the year when controversial blood-testing startup Theranos was named the ‘2015 Bioscience Company of the Year’ by the \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bizjournals.com\u002Fphoenix\u002Fblog\u002Fhealth-care-daily\u002F2015\u002F10\u002Fthis-technology-firm-was-named-arizonas-bioscience.html\" target=\"_blank\">Arizona BioIndustry Association\u003C\u002Fa>. (At that time nothing was (publicly) known of the shortcomings of this firm.) The two companies at first seem similar in offering affordable lab tests for Americans. However, their disparities are bigger. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes has failed to deliver the technology she based her entire company on. A California jury \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theguardian.com\u002Ftechnology\u002F2022\u002Fjan\u002F13\u002Felizabeth-holmes-sentence-september-fraud\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">found her guilty\u003C\u002Fa> on four charges of fraud and conspiring to defraud private investors. She is to be sentenced in September, facing up to 20 years in jail. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Cheek’s company, EverlyWell has \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.fda.gov\u002Fnews-events\u002Fpress-announcements\u002Fcoronavirus-covid-19-update-fda-authorizes-first-standalone-home-sample-collection-kit-can-be-used\" target=\"_blank\">received an FDA approval\u003C\u002Fa> for its COVID-19 test tools. The main difference? How the two tried to approach the same problem differently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"rendered":1124,"protected":15},"\u003Cp>One can have multiple important tests at home. It’s private, it’s convenient but is it reliable? Discover the laboratory in your bathroom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",28631,{"_acf_changed":15,"footnotes":7},[5,67,243,435,594,250],[1129,1130,1131,1132,882,1133,274,1134,1135,1136,1137,1138,1139,1140,438,1141],4711,159,758,4713,4715,851,4717,4719,550,1462,604,711,723,[279,83,280,281],[],[1145,1146,1147,1148,465,1149,1150,459,466,1151,1152,1153,1154,1155,1156],3151,3281,4165,4689,4745,4693,4765,4699,1727,4705,2903,3025,[1158,53,97,98,99,100,101,102,103,298,469,623,305,1159,1160,1161,1162,902,1163,328,1164,1165,1166,1167,1168,1169,1170,471,1171,332,117,333,334],"post-28625","tag-lab-test","tag-blood-test","tag-food-allergy","tag-foodmarble","tag-iamaware","tag-nima","tag-mydna","tag-brca","tag-theranos","tag-microbiome-test","tag-food-scanner","tag-national-geographic","tag-telemedicine",{"id":1125,"alt_text":1173,"caption":1174,"description":1175,"media_type":122,"media_details":1176,"post":1110,"source_url":1193},"At-home lab tests","Test yourself at home – private and convenient.","One can have multiple tests at home. 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Discover the laboratory in your bathroom. At-home tests are becoming the new normal.",{"self":1204,"collection":1209,"about":1211,"author":1213,"replies":1215,"version-history":1218,"predecessor-version":1222,"wp:featuredmedia":1226,"wp:attachment":1229,"wp:term":1232,"curies":1243},[1205],{"href":1206,"targetHints":1207},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F28625",{"allow":1208},[27],[1210],{"href":178},[1212],{"href":181},[1214],{"embeddable":41,"href":385},[1216],{"embeddable":41,"href":1217},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcomments?post=28625",[1219],{"count":1220,"href":1221},20,"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F28625\u002Frevisions",[1223],{"id":1224,"href":1225},46847,"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F28625\u002Frevisions\u002F46847",[1227],{"embeddable":41,"href":1228},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fmedia\u002F28631",[1230],{"href":1231},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fmedia?parent=28625",[1233,1235,1237,1239,1241],{"taxonomy":11,"embeddable":41,"href":1234},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcategories?post=28625",{"taxonomy":206,"embeddable":41,"href":1236},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Ftags?post=28625",{"taxonomy":209,"embeddable":41,"href":1238},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fproject_category?post=28625",{"taxonomy":212,"embeddable":41,"href":1240},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcontact_email_category?post=28625",{"taxonomy":215,"embeddable":41,"href":1242},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fyst_prominent_words?post=28625",[1244],{"name":39,"href":40,"templated":41},{"id":1246,"date":1247,"date_gmt":1248,"guid":1249,"modified":1251,"modified_gmt":1252,"slug":1253,"status":52,"type":53,"link":1254,"title":1255,"content":1257,"excerpt":1259,"author":235,"featured_media":1261,"comment_status":63,"ping_status":63,"sticky":41,"template":7,"format":64,"meta":1262,"categories":1263,"tags":1265,"project_category":1270,"contact_email_category":1271,"yst_prominent_words":1272,"class_list":1278,"better_featured_image":1285,"acf":1308,"yoast_meta":1314,"_links":1317},40799,"2022-03-15T10:00:00","2022-03-15T09:00:00",{"rendered":1250},"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F?post_id=40799&_wpnonce=d637bf1446&status=auto-draft&type=post","2022-03-16T09:43:18","2022-03-16T08:43:18","how-do-we-know-if-this-is-the-end-of-covid","https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fhow-do-we-know-if-this-is-the-end-of-covid",{"rendered":1256},"How Do We Know If COVID Is Over?",{"rendered":1258,"protected":15},"\n\u003Cp>Is it the end of COVID? – we hear this very question \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ftheconversation.com\u002Fwho-gets-to-decide-when-the-pandemic-is-over-177971\" target=\"_blank\">more \u003C\u002Fa>and \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.science.org\u002Fcontent\u002Farticle\u002Fwhen-pandemic-over\" target=\"_blank\">more \u003C\u002Fa>often these days. This topic has been analysed over and over in the past two years, I also wrote about it more than once. Here, at the beginning,\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fwhen-and-how-will-covid-19-end\u002F\" target=\"_blank\"> we outlined possible scenarios\u003C\u002Fa> on how the pandemic will develop. By now we can determine that we ended up somewhere between #2 and #3.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>We also discussed how widespread vaccination is the\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fthis-is-how-we-can-end-covid-in-6-logical-steps\u002F\" target=\"_blank\"> way to go\u003C\u002Fa>, and how it will contribute to getting back our lives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"643\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F02\u002F0223_end_of_covid-01-1-768x643.png\" alt=\"6 Steps to end COVID\" class=\"wp-image-33053\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F02\u002F0223_end_of_covid-01-1-768x643.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F02\u002F0223_end_of_covid-01-1-1536x1286.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F02\u002F0223_end_of_covid-01-1.png 1290w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The speculation on finally getting over it is not surprising. It is in line with\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cnbc.com\u002F2022\u002F02\u002F24\u002Fmoderna-says-covid-is-entering-an-endemic-phase-but-annual-vaccines-will-be-needed.html\" target=\"_blank\"> recent reports\u003C\u002Fa>, and the discussion about the \u003Cstrong>pandemic entering the endemic phase\u003C\u002Fstrong>. In other words: turning into a virus we can co-exist with in ‘normal’ terms. Without global lockdowns, overloaded hospitals, travel and social restrictions. One that can be kept at bay with or without seasonal vaccines.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Something that is not defining our lives anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>So how do we know when we reach endemic phase?\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Naturally, COVID to become endemic is not something that happens overnight. There is not a day we can point out, and declare: here it is. We have to look for a number of clues and local\u002Fglobal trends, not only in medical data but also in policies, general behaviour of the population and the sentiment. Also, the endemic phase is not happening at the same time everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>So, let’s take a look! See where we stand now, and what the clues are that your country is getting there!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Policy changes reflect on how healthcare systems are able to cope with the situation. When a country is easing the restrictions, it means policy makers are confident that the implemented changes will not result in overloaded hospitals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Easing mask requirements\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh5>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>This is in! \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Finews.co.uk\u002Fnews\u002Fface-masks-when-not-compulsory-covid-rules-mandatory-coverings-uk-explained-1419266\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">More\u003C\u002Fa> and \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nytimes.com\u002Fexplain\u002F2022\u002F03\u002F01\u002Fus\u002Fmask-mandates-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">more\u003C\u002Fa> countries are eliminating mask mandates, some totally, others in certain situations. When you are not required to wear a mask in the shop, in your office, the kids can go to school without it – you are getting there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Normally this happens gradually. The riskiest contact situations – like using public transport, visiting healthcare facilities and so on – will be the last ones where easing the mandatory mask use is to be expected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>No travel and social restrictions\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh5>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Limiting movement between regions, countries and continents is a somewhat cruel but quite logical step when the virus is roaring around us. Lowering the chances of new variants getting around is fully logical as asymptomatic patients invisibly spread the virus, generating outbursts that are close to impossible to track back. Despite its logic, these restrictions are hurting our lives. Not meeting friends and family as often and as freely as we would love to, not going to places is always painful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F11\u002Fdriverless-car-768x405.jpg\" alt=\"Driverless Car\" class=\"wp-image-14402\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F11\u002Fdriverless-car-768x405.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F11\u002Fdriverless-car-512x270.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F11\u002Fdriverless-car-458x242.jpg 458w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F11\u002Fdriverless-car.jpg 870w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>When we see the freedom of social interactions and movement getting back to normal, it is a sign that the situation is under control.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Hospitals are not overloaded, COVID-unrelated healthcare services become accessible\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh5>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Another sign of the situation improving is if you don’t hear about capacity problems in the healthcare system. If ICU units are able to manage the cases, and above all: if healthcare systems get back to normal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>By normal we of course mean how it used to be before pandemic. This might not be great, but if you can talk to your general practitioner about your prescriptions, and don’t have to wait four days to finally get in touch, that surely is an improvement compared to the COVID-era, and a clue that we are getting to the endemic phase. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>However, COVID, or rather the capacity shortage created by the pandemic created a \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.weforum.org\u002Fagenda\u002F2022\u002F02\u002Fcancer-oncology-covid-radio-davos\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">second wave of healthcare problems\u003C\u002Fa>. The problem of everyone who could not receive a diagnosis or a necessary treatment for anything non-COVID. Cancer patients, people living with chronic diseases, or with not life threatening but uncomfortable and\u002For painful health problems. In most countries we have yet to see these accumulated backlogs disappear. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Rich countries’ endemic is poor countries’ pandemic\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>As this\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theatlantic.com\u002Fhealth\u002Farchive\u002F2022\u002F03\u002Fpandemic-global-south-disease-health-crisis\u002F624179\u002F\" target=\"_blank\"> very thorough analysis\u003C\u002Fa> points out, “By epidemic we actually mean a pandemic that no longer kills people in rich countries”. A depressing thought, nevertheless an important one. We have seen it happening with a number of different diseases from malaria to tuberculosis, from AIDS to now COVID. Once the developed world is over a health crisis, it tends to forget about it, despite the fact that it is not at all under control in less developed parts of the planet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F10\u002F042_worldmap-768x432.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22111\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F10\u002F042_worldmap-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F10\u002F042_worldmap-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F10\u002F042_worldmap-512x288.png 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F10\u002F042_worldmap.png 870w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>HIV is not something we think about very often these days, meanwhile \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.who.int\u002Fdata\u002Fgho\u002Fdata\u002Findicators\u002Findicator-details\u002FGHO\u002Fprevalence-of-hiv-among-adults-aged-15-to-49-(-)\" target=\"_blank\">almost 30%\u003C\u002Fa> of the population is infected in some countries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The same is to be expected with COVID if developed countries are not focusing on supporting the less fortunate ones. And not just by handing over vaccine shipments, but more importantly, handing over knowledge and technology, allowing vaccines to be manufactured locally and cost effectively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Unless generic drugs and vaccines are available for the less developed countries, the pandemic will continue to take its toll. Besides this being deeply inhumane, it is also not wise. The virus spreading uncontrollably among billions of people will almost certainly result in new variants emerging, annihilating the results we achieved with so much work and personal sacrifice. In other words: unless it is under control everywhere, it is not over for good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>5 important takeaways\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>As the situation is getting close to normal, and we start to feel more comfortable in our new-old lives, there are some takeaways we should keep in mind:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>1.  Let’s not forget about personal hygiene. Washing our hands often and everywhere is a habit we should not drop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>2.  Always look for vaccination recommendations when travelling. This is true for everyone, but especially important for the elderly and everyone living with a chronic disease.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>3.  Just because our\u002Fyour country has the situation under control, this is not the case in other parts of the world. Unless it is under control everywhere, it is not over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>4.  We have an unprecedented opportunity to lay the foundations of a new kind of healthcare. Digital health-adoption – forced on us by COVID-related capacity shortage – is on an all-time high, opening avenues for development never seen before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>5.  Wearing masks if you don’t feel safe is perfectly fine. I will certainly do so in certain situations. We should allow ourselves plenty of time to get our confidence back in everyday situations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>So, where do we stand now, you ask? Everything we discussed about the near-end of the pandemic is only true if we don’t see a new, dangerous virus variant emerging. Let’s hope omicron did the job, but don’t forget that sadly there is still a chance for a new round.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"rendered":1260,"protected":15},"\u003Cp>Just because our country has the situation under control, this is not the case in other parts of the world. Unless it is under control everywhere, it might be not over yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",28131,{"_acf_changed":15,"footnotes":7},[1264,5],7079,[70,1266,1267,1268,1269],4247,1396,7531,7533,[279,83],[],[1273,1274,760,1275,1276,1277],3189,5187,2625,3061,3079,[1279,53,97,98,99,100,101,1280,102,105,1281,1282,1283,1284,332,117],"post-40799","category-tmf","tag-pandemic","tag-public-health","tag-endemic","tag-end-of-covid",{"id":1261,"alt_text":1286,"caption":1287,"description":1288,"media_type":122,"media_details":1289,"post":1306,"source_url":1307},"We take a look at how we'll see 2020 in 2030","By 2030 we'll have many changes we apply now due to COVID-19 - including wearing a mask","In this article we put on our VR headsets, fast forward to 2030 and have a look at what we have gained and what we lost to the virus.",{"width":124,"height":125,"file":1290,"sizes":1291,"image_meta":1305},"2020\u002F05\u002F165_tmf_v2-01.png",{"medium":1292,"large":1295,"thumbnail":1298,"medium_large":1301,"1536x1536":1302},{"file":1293,"width":130,"height":131,"mime-type":132,"source_url":1294},"165_tmf_v2-01-370x208.png","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F05\u002F165_tmf_v2-01-370x208.png",{"file":1296,"width":136,"height":137,"mime-type":132,"source_url":1297},"165_tmf_v2-01-768x432.png","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F05\u002F165_tmf_v2-01-768x432.png",{"file":1299,"width":141,"height":141,"mime-type":132,"source_url":1300},"165_tmf_v2-01-150x150.png","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F05\u002F165_tmf_v2-01-150x150.png",{"file":1296,"width":136,"height":137,"mime-type":132,"source_url":1297},{"file":1303,"width":146,"height":147,"mime-type":132,"source_url":1304},"165_tmf_v2-01-1536x864.png","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F05\u002F165_tmf_v2-01-1536x864.png",{"aperture":150,"credit":7,"camera":7,"caption":7,"created_timestamp":150,"copyright":7,"focal_length":150,"iso":150,"shutter_speed":150,"title":7,"orientation":150},28049,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F05\u002F165_tmf_v2-01.png",{"cta_type":154,"cta_color":7,"subtitle":7,"related_books":1309,"related_posts_footer":1311,"related_posts":15},[520,1310],24759,[1312,1313,1198],27899,31127,{"yoast_wpseo_title":1315,"yoast_wpseo_metadesc":1316,"yoast_wpseo_canonical":1254},"How Do We Know If COVID Is Over? - The Medical Futurist","Just because our country has the situation under control, this is not the case globally. Unless it is under control everywhere, COVID might not be over yet.",{"self":1318,"collection":1323,"about":1325,"author":1327,"replies":1329,"version-history":1332,"predecessor-version":1336,"wp:featuredmedia":1340,"wp:attachment":1343,"wp:term":1346,"curies":1357},[1319],{"href":1320,"targetHints":1321},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F40799",{"allow":1322},[27],[1324],{"href":178},[1326],{"href":181},[1328],{"embeddable":41,"href":385},[1330],{"embeddable":41,"href":1331},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcomments?post=40799",[1333],{"count":1334,"href":1335},10,"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F40799\u002Frevisions",[1337],{"id":1338,"href":1339},40889,"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F40799\u002Frevisions\u002F40889",[1341],{"embeddable":41,"href":1342},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fmedia\u002F28131",[1344],{"href":1345},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fmedia?parent=40799",[1347,1349,1351,1353,1355],{"taxonomy":11,"embeddable":41,"href":1348},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcategories?post=40799",{"taxonomy":206,"embeddable":41,"href":1350},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Ftags?post=40799",{"taxonomy":209,"embeddable":41,"href":1352},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fproject_category?post=40799",{"taxonomy":212,"embeddable":41,"href":1354},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcontact_email_category?post=40799",{"taxonomy":215,"embeddable":41,"href":1356},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fyst_prominent_words?post=40799",[1358],{"name":39,"href":40,"templated":41},{"id":1360,"date":1361,"date_gmt":1362,"guid":1363,"modified":1365,"modified_gmt":1366,"slug":1367,"status":52,"type":53,"link":1368,"title":1369,"content":1371,"excerpt":1373,"author":61,"featured_media":1375,"comment_status":63,"ping_status":63,"sticky":41,"template":7,"format":64,"meta":1376,"categories":1377,"tags":1378,"project_category":1383,"contact_email_category":1384,"yst_prominent_words":1385,"class_list":1388,"better_featured_image":1394,"acf":1416,"yoast_meta":1422,"_links":1425},38091,"2022-02-01T08:00:00","2022-02-01T07:00:00",{"rendered":1364},"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F?post_id=38091&_wpnonce=b5385bd3f9&status=auto-draft&type=post","2022-02-03T09:39:13","2022-02-03T08:39:13","remote-care-through-smart-television","https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fremote-care-through-smart-television",{"rendered":1370},"Will Your Smart TV Serve As A Remote Care Platform?",{"rendered":1372,"protected":15},"\n\u003Cp>Since the first television sets were commercialised in the early 20th century, these devices have become ubiquitous in homes around the world. Even though they have evolved since then with fancy screens and even adopting the ‘smart’ moniker, most of us are still accustomed to TVs. It might very well be the most familiar electronic device across generations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Bearing this in mind, while you might zap from one channel to the next in search of your \u003Cem>Game of Thrones\u003C\u002Fem>-shaped needs, what if you could zap to your physician by the same token? You might think that we already have computers, phones and tablets for that; but TVs as a remote care platform are being contemplated by big players in the market. Moreover, its accessibility might cater to the needs of some demographics that would otherwise be left out in the digital health revolution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Let’s tune in to see how one of the modern home’s staple devices posits as a remote care platform for the masses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Chr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\u002F>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Zapping to your doctor with a remote control \u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The concept of turning one’s TV into a remote care hub isn’t new. Back in 2012, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\u002Fpmc\u002Farticles\u002FPMC3558392\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">researchers designed\u003C\u002Fa> a remote health assistance system for the elderly to use through a TV set. Vivify Health, a remote patient monitoring solution provider, even \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.vivifyhealth.com\u002Fvivify-health-awarded-patent-extending-remote-care-television\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">patented a system in 2016\u003C\u002Fa> to monitor and engage patients through their existing TV sets. The \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.healthcarefinancenews.com\u002Fnews\u002Fnew-telehealth-technology-uses-tv-set\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Qortex kit from MedSign\u003C\u002Fa> was launched in 2020 to enable two-way virtual communication between doctors and patients.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>But we are exploring this idea now as a major tech company has recently pushed for telehealth through TVs. In early 2022, electronics giant \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theverge.com\u002F2022\u002F1\u002F4\u002F22865640\u002Flg-tv-telehealth-platform-independa\" target=\"_blank\">LG announced\u003C\u002Fa> that its 2021 and 2022 line of smart TVs will be equipped with the remote health platform Independa. Through their TVs, users, in particular senior citizens, will be able to consult a physician via a telemedical appointment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F01\u002Flg-telehealth-768x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38093\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F01\u002Flg-telehealth-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F01\u002Flg-telehealth.jpg 1034w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Source: https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theverge.com\u002F\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>With \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.techradar.com\u002Fnews\u002F1-in-2-tvs-sold-globally-this-year-was-a-samsung-or-lg\" target=\"_blank\">50% of TVs sold in the first quarter of 2021\u003C\u002Fa> being either LG- or Samsung- branded, such a service can have quite a significant reach. Even though it’s localised to the U.S., the approach could be adopted by other telehealth providers in other countries. There is a market for telehealth through TVs as, even though \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fcovid-19-was-needed-for-telemedicine-to-finally-go-mainstream\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">the pandemic bolstered telemedicine’s adoption\u003C\u002Fa>, this rise might not have factored in some specific demographics.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In particular, the screen real estate that TVs provide can be more helpful for patients with eyesight issues. A fixed, TV-sized screen also helps minimise the downsides of virtual visits for doctors as they can ask patients to stand, move around and show more of their body. “You can’t hold your phone out far enough to show the right thing,” \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theverge.com\u002F2022\u002F1\u002F4\u002F22865640\u002Flg-tv-telehealth-platform-independa\" target=\"_blank\">says Kian Saneii\u003C\u002Fa>, Independa’s founder and CEO. “Versus on the TV, you can walk around, you can bend your arm — the actual engagement becomes more effective.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>More than telemedicine-on-a-TV\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>What makes the LG-Independa solution interesting is that it goes beyond offering just a telemedicine consultation. The Independa Health Hub on the LG smart TVs \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theverge.com\u002F2022\u002F1\u002F4\u002F22865640\u002Flg-tv-telehealth-platform-independa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">will also enable users to message and video call\u003C\u002Fa> their close ones as a means to keep in touch even in cases of quarantine. Caregivers can also be notified if patients have not been actively using the app. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>If remote care platforms are to operate through TVs, they will need to be compelling enough to be adopted. Having the ability to pair up with caregivers makes it an appropriate option for providing care for the elderly. Given that \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002F62yuneuichoi.medium.com\u002Fhow-smart-tv-technology-can-help-with-senior-living-c7863606b49f\" target=\"_blank\">those over 65 prefer TV sets\u003C\u002Fa> over other media devices, this represents an opportunity to expand remote care to this demographic. Being operated on the familiar TV, such services can make it more comfortable for seniors to employ telemedicine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>To further boost adoption, whether it’s for the elderly or the public at large, other enticing features could be integrated. Through Independa, \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theverge.com\u002F2022\u002F1\u002F4\u002F22865640\u002Flg-tv-telehealth-platform-independa\" target=\"_blank\">LG TV users will have access\u003C\u002Fa> to the Capital Rx pharmacy benefit plan for discounts on prescriptions. This could be expanded in the future to include placing prescription orders from the TV itself. Other useful features could enable users to upload their wearable and health sensor data to the remote care service and share them with their physicians for in-depth medical insights.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"489\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F01\u002Fsmart-tv-lg-pharmacy-768x489.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38095\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F01\u002Fsmart-tv-lg-pharmacy-768x489.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F01\u002Fsmart-tv-lg-pharmacy.jpg 1258w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Source: https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theverge.com\u002F\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>An effective remote care TV platform adoption\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>While expanding remote care through TVs holds promise, such options have to be effective. A common challenge for direct-to-consumer telehealth is that the patient data collected \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmorningconsult.com\u002F2021\u002F11\u002F03\u002Fon-demand-telehealth-polling\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">don’t always integrate\u003C\u002Fa> into electronic health records. This should be addressed in order to ensure proper follow-up of patients.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Another barrier is that not every household is equipped with a smart TV. On top of that, patients need to know if their smart TVs have a camera in the first place to be compatible with the telehealth service. To circumvent this issue, an approach similar to the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.healthcarefinancenews.com\u002Fnews\u002Fnew-telehealth-technology-uses-tv-set\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Qortex system from MedSign\u003C\u002Fa> can be adopted. While it requires an internet connection, it does not require a smart TV. Instead, the Qortex box is installed on TVs to provide access to the remote health service. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Concerns might also arise regarding patient privacy, as such a service could double as a monitoring tool in disguise. Will patients know when their smart TV’s camera is activated? Will they have control over it? These questions come in addition to the need to secure patient data over the platform. For its part, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theverge.com\u002F2022\u002F1\u002F4\u002F22865640\u002Flg-tv-telehealth-platform-independa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Independa highlights\u003C\u002Fa> that its service is not destined to be a monitoring system. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>They give users control over disabling or declining notifications, while the camera is activated only when a call is accepted or made. “It’s always with dignity and respect,” says the company’s CEO.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Chr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\u002F>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Such opt-in and accessible options can be more welcome by users and help build trust for wider adoption. But a large-scale expansion of remote care through TVs has yet to happen. LG and other healthcare providers might still be testing the waters in this regard. But with its reach and familiarity, the iconic TV indeed holds the potential to bring remote health to the masses.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cem>Written by Dr. Bertalan Meskó & Dr. Pranavsingh Dhunnoo\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\">\u003C\u002Fdiv>\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>. 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Twitter’s co-founder \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.fastcompany.com\u002F90478002\u002Fjack-dorsey-is-sleeping-just-fine-thank-you\" target=\"_blank\">Jack Dorsey wears one\u003C\u002Fa> as do \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fouraring.com\u002Fblog\u002Fpartners-with-the-nba\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">NBA players\u003C\u002Fa>; but the smart ring made waves recently \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theverge.com\u002F2021\u002F6\u002F15\u002F22535204\u002Fapple-watch-fitbit-oura-wearables-illness-prediction\" target=\"_blank\">following reports\u003C\u002Fa> that it could indicate when the wearer is sick before symptoms show. In some cases, it could potentially help identify asymptomatic COVID-19 infections, which can make \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.mobihealthnews.com\u002Fnews\u002Foura-ring-detects-onset-fever-common-covid-19-symptom\" target=\"_blank\">up to 40%\u003C\u002Fa> of cases. Quite the ability-enhancing wearable for our non-fantasy world; but would it satisfy digital health and fitness enthusiasts?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>That’s what we’ll find out in this review as we’ve had the opportunity to test the Oura Ring. More specifically, it is the newly-released generation 3 (Gen3) model, which is similar in size to the Gen2 but packs thrice the number of sensors and has expanded memory. So let’s slide it on!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Introducing the Oura Ring Gen3\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002FcuRmwctvZ2k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen>\u003C\u002Fiframe>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Wielding the ring… out of its box\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The Oura Ring is one sleek and stylish wearable packing a decidedly minimalist appeal. Design-wise, it might be the most inconspicuous fitness tracker we’ve tested so far. It just looks like a regular ring, albeit slightly larger than what most rings look like but still not obnoxiously salient. However, this also depends on the user’s fingers as the ring might look more conspicuous on slender fingers. That said, wearing a smart ring with well-concealed sensors aligns well with \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fhealthcare-should-be-invisible\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">the “invisible healthcare” that we envisioned\u003C\u002Fa>; and ŌURA inches closer to that vision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Before sliding it on your finger though, you’ll need to find the right size for you. ŌURA will send you a sizing kit once you place your order. This kit comes with a number of dummy rings of different diameters and you’ll have to find one that fits your finger best (ŌURA recommends the index finger for optimal performance and accuracy). \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F01\u002Foura-ring-sizing-kit-768x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37943\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F01\u002Foura-ring-sizing-kit-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F01\u002Foura-ring-sizing-kit-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F01\u002Foura-ring-sizing-kit.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Once you find the desired size, it is recommended to wear the dummy ring for around 24 hours so that you can ensure that it’s the proper fit as you go on with your daily activities. We would strongly recommend abiding by this sizing procedure as a well-fitted ring will be able to monitor your metrics better. This will also ensure that you don’t use a larger ring that might slip off your finger unawares or one that’s too tight that can cause discomfort over extended periods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Once you’re satisfied with the ring size, you can inform the company and they will arrange for your actual ring to ship to you. This might take around one week or more; and once it is delivered, you’ll find the Oura Ring itself, a charging cable and its wireless charging dock. After juicing the device up, it’s time to finally wield it on your finger as the powerful Sauron would and see how it can augment your humane abilities!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F01\u002Foura-contents-768x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37917\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F01\u002Foura-contents-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F01\u002Foura-contents-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F01\u002Foura-contents.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Fitness tracking at your fingertips\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Weighing between 4 to 6 grams (depending on the ring size), it is easy to forget that you are wearing the Oura Ring at all. We’ve found ourselves double-checking to see if the ring is still in place and hasn’t slid off unexpectedly; it’s that light, inconspicuous and surprisingly comfortable. This is more so if you wear it on your non-dominant hand and don’t have other rings in the adjacent fingers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In fact, it very much appears that the Oura Ring is designed to be forgotten by the user while it handles all of the tracking. It is water-resistant up to 100 metres; meaning you can safely wear it while showering, doing the dishes or even swimming. We’ve easily got 5 days of battery life from a single charge with Bluetooth on; while more can be juiced out if you switch on Airplane Mode. It’s more than what most smartwatches can muster, and not having to worry about the battery life every single day provides a sense of peace of mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Luckily, even when offline, the Oura Ring will keep monitoring your health metrics, store them for up to 7 days and upload them to the companion app once you get it back online. The companion app also provides over 50 guided audio sessions for meditation, sleep, focus, energy boosts, among others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>As for the actual metrics that this wearable monitors, they are multifold. It tracks your heart rate round the clock; counts your steps taken; monitors your sleep patterns; tracks your temperature as well as offers period tracking and prediction. The latter is a welcome addition given how fitness trackers often omit period monitoring despite it being essential for the female demographic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Features of the Oura Ring Generation 3\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002Fj5r7xlQBz3Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen>\u003C\u002Fiframe>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>All these metrics are condensed in an easy-to-digest manner in the form of 3 scores: Readiness, Activity and Sleep. The Sleep Score lets you know how restful your night was by taking into account factors like your sleep stages and nightly heart rate. Readiness gives you an indication regarding how well you can expect to perform during the day by factoring in your sleep, activity and body stress signals such as temperature and heart rate variability. As for Activity, it tells you about your active calorie burn and inactive time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>These scores really do help give the user a handy view of their fitness levels at a glance; with more details about the actual metrics available on the dedicated tabs of each score.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\u003Cul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\">\u003Cli class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\u003Cfigure>\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"503\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F01\u002Foura-app-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"37927\" data-full-url=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F01\u002Foura-app-5.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002F?attachment_id=37927\" class=\"wp-image-37927\"\u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\u003Cfigure>\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"502\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F01\u002Foura-app-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"37925\" data-full-url=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F01\u002Foura-app-4.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002F?attachment_id=37925\" class=\"wp-image-37925\"\u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\u003Cfigure>\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"502\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F01\u002Foura-app-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"37923\" data-full-url=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F01\u002Foura-app-3.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002F?attachment_id=37923\" class=\"wp-image-37923\"\u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\u003Cfigure>\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"502\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F01\u002Foura-app-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"37921\" data-full-url=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F01\u002Foura-app-2.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002F?attachment_id=37921\" class=\"wp-image-37921\"\u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\u003Cfigure>\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"504\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F01\u002Foura-app-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"37919\" data-full-url=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F01\u002Foura-app-1.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002F?attachment_id=37919\" class=\"wp-image-37919\"\u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003C\u002Fli>\u003C\u002Ful>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>The science of the Oura Ring\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>All things considered, the Oura Ring is a pretty impressive piece of tech, given how many sensors are packed in its tiny form factor. It even monitors metrics that have traditionally required dedicated devices, and this really shows the wonders of digital health technologies. When compared to other fitness trackers like the \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fputting-wear-os-by-google-to-the-test-the-ticwatch-pro-2020-review\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">TicWatch Pro\u003C\u002Fa>, we found the smart ring’s data such as step count, sleep and heart rate monitoring to be comparable. While the companion app neatly syncs your workouts through Apple Health and Google Fit, you can also manually add a workout or activity. It could thus effectively replace a fitness tracker if you don’t want your fitness tracker to have a screen with distracting notifications. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F01\u002Foura-ring-and-app-768x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37945\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F01\u002Foura-ring-and-app-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F01\u002Foura-ring-and-app.jpg 1161w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>It’s further encouraging to see that the technology is backed by studies. One \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nature.com\u002Farticles\u002Fs41598-020-78355-6\" target=\"_blank\">peer reviewed study\u003C\u002Fa>, where ŌURA was a minority investor, found that the device could be appropriate to detect the onset of fever before symptoms show. While the company backed this study, it was peer-reviewed and ŌURA was not involved in analysing and interpreting the data. However, the Oura Ring has also attracted other independent studies. One such \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\u002Fpmc\u002Farticles\u002FPMC7683606\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">study from the University of California\u003C\u002Fa> found the device to be rather appropriate for non-invasive fertility assessment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>However, one must not consider getting the ring to figure out if they’ve been infected with COVID-19 or the flu. The key here is that it can only indicate potential ailments and the device itself should not have the final word. Instead, it’s the task of medical professionals. Users of the Oura Ring can consult with their physicians in case of suspicious readings; and the latter can recommend retaking measurements and analyse the data remotely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>A long term affair\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>While the Oura Ring provides a number of useful health tracking, it still feels a bit incomplete at the time of writing; especially considering \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fouraring.com\u002Fproduct\u002Fheritage-silver\" target=\"_blank\">the $299 price tag\u003C\u002Fa>. Firstly, even though you can monitor your heart rate at will with it, you cannot do the same for your body temperature. You can see how your body temperature varies overall on a specific day but not your current body temperature. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Moreover, several features still haven’t been made public but are expected to roll out this year. For example, the handy Period Prediction is accessible on iOS devices but not on Android. Workout heart rate and insights are also expected to come in early 2022; while sleep blood oxygen levels (SpO2) tracking will launch later in the year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>And while ŌURA touts its device as being one of the most accurate sleep trackers, it lacks a feature that The Medical Futurist considers as \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fthe-smart-sleep-alarm-is-the-holy-grail-of-health-tracking\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">the holy grail of health tracking\u003C\u002Fa>: a smart sleep alarm. Even though the companion app provides detailed sleep tracking data, it doesn’t include a smart alarm feature to wake the user up at the optimal time. An alternative could be to have the ring gently rumble, but the additional electronics involved might make the device bulkier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>And lastly, even though you are paying a rather hefty price for the Gen3 ring, you will need to factor in some more costs if you want full access to the Oura app and its handy insights and personalised recommendations. All new Oura Ring users are provided with 6 free months of membership but will have to pay $7 per month afterwards to make full use of the app and its features.  \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F01\u002Foura-ring-charging-768x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37931\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F01\u002Foura-ring-charging-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F01\u002Foura-ring-charging-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F01\u002Foura-ring-charging.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>However, even if you can afford it, you might want to wait till all of its features are unlocked. With the Gen3’s improved and additional sensors, ŌURA says that what is accessible at the moment scratches the surface of the ring’s capabilities. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Chr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\u002F>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>This smart ring might not be everyone’s choice, but it is a promising one. Once its full potential is put on display, the Oura Ring Gen3 might make for an even more enticing device than it currently is; and we can’t wait to see more of what new abilities it has in store. \u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cem>Written by Dr. Bertalan Meskó & Dr. Pranavsingh Dhunnoo\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\">\u003C\u002Fdiv>\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>. 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Thank you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003C\u002Ftr>\n\u003C\u002Ftbody>\n\u003C\u002Ftable>\n\u003Cp> \u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"rendered":1481,"protected":15},"\u003Cp>The Oura Ring from Finland-based ŌURA was making waves over the past years, partly due to the technology behind the item, and in part due […]\u003C\u002Fp>\n",38073,{"_acf_changed":15,"footnotes":7},[5,875,67,68,249,250],[261,1486,1487,1488,1489,1490,1491],6331,7501,7503,623,933,1509,[],[],[291,1495,1496,1497,1498,1499,1500,87,1501,1502,458,460,1503],5893,3293,3317,3327,3547,3833,3847,4791,5529,[1505,53,97,98,99,100,101,102,896,103,104,304,305,315,1506,1507,1508,1509,1510,1511],"post-37911","tag-oura","tag-gen3","tag-smart-tracker","tag-review","tag-fitness-tracker","tag-ring",{"id":1482,"alt_text":7,"caption":7,"description":1513,"media_type":122,"media_details":1514,"post":1421,"source_url":1531},"the OURA ring review",{"width":124,"height":125,"file":1515,"sizes":1516,"image_meta":1530},"2022\u002F01\u002Ftmf_article_311-01.png",{"medium":1517,"large":1520,"thumbnail":1523,"medium_large":1526,"1536x1536":1527},{"file":1518,"width":130,"height":131,"mime-type":132,"source_url":1519},"tmf_article_311-01-370x208.png","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F01\u002Ftmf_article_311-01-370x208.png",{"file":1521,"width":136,"height":137,"mime-type":132,"source_url":1522},"tmf_article_311-01-768x432.png","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F01\u002Ftmf_article_311-01-768x432.png",{"file":1524,"width":141,"height":141,"mime-type":132,"source_url":1525},"tmf_article_311-01-150x150.png","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F01\u002Ftmf_article_311-01-150x150.png",{"file":1521,"width":136,"height":137,"mime-type":132,"source_url":1522},{"file":1528,"width":146,"height":147,"mime-type":132,"source_url":1529},"tmf_article_311-01-1536x864.png","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F01\u002Ftmf_article_311-01-1536x864.png",{"aperture":150,"credit":7,"camera":7,"caption":7,"created_timestamp":150,"copyright":7,"focal_length":150,"iso":150,"shutter_speed":150,"title":7,"orientation":150},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F01\u002Ftmf_article_311-01.png",{"cta_type":7,"cta_color":7,"subtitle":7,"related_books":1533,"related_posts_footer":1534,"related_posts":15},[1310,520],[1420,1535,1536],37591,23770,{"yoast_wpseo_title":1538,"yoast_wpseo_metadesc":1539,"yoast_wpseo_canonical":1475},"Oura Ring (Gen3) Review: Does The Oura Ring Really Work? - The Medical Futurist","A lot of tech in a small device – wait till the features unlock. The Medical Futurist review of the OURA ring.",{"self":1541,"collection":1546,"about":1548,"author":1550,"replies":1552,"version-history":1555,"predecessor-version":1559,"wp:featuredmedia":1563,"wp:attachment":1566,"wp:term":1569,"curies":1580},[1542],{"href":1543,"targetHints":1544},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F37911",{"allow":1545},[27],[1547],{"href":178},[1549],{"href":181},[1551],{"embeddable":41,"href":184},[1553],{"embeddable":41,"href":1554},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcomments?post=37911",[1556],{"count":1557,"href":1558},33,"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F37911\u002Frevisions",[1560],{"id":1561,"href":1562},38195,"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F37911\u002Frevisions\u002F38195",[1564],{"embeddable":41,"href":1565},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fmedia\u002F38073",[1567],{"href":1568},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fmedia?parent=37911",[1570,1572,1574,1576,1578],{"taxonomy":11,"embeddable":41,"href":1571},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcategories?post=37911",{"taxonomy":206,"embeddable":41,"href":1573},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Ftags?post=37911",{"taxonomy":209,"embeddable":41,"href":1575},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fproject_category?post=37911",{"taxonomy":212,"embeddable":41,"href":1577},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcontact_email_category?post=37911",{"taxonomy":215,"embeddable":41,"href":1579},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fyst_prominent_words?post=37911",[1581],{"name":39,"href":40,"templated":41},{"id":1583,"date":1584,"date_gmt":1585,"guid":1586,"modified":1588,"modified_gmt":1589,"slug":1590,"status":52,"type":53,"link":1591,"title":1592,"content":1594,"excerpt":1596,"author":61,"featured_media":1598,"comment_status":63,"ping_status":63,"sticky":41,"template":7,"format":64,"meta":1599,"categories":1600,"tags":1602,"project_category":1609,"contact_email_category":1610,"yst_prominent_words":1611,"class_list":1617,"better_featured_image":1626,"acf":1646,"yoast_meta":1650,"_links":1653},37587,"2022-01-11T10:00:00","2022-01-11T09:00:00",{"rendered":1587},"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F?post_id=37587&_wpnonce=f618f0cc69&status=auto-draft&type=post","2022-01-12T07:43:48","2022-01-12T06:43:48","covid-19-in-2022","https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fcovid-19-in-2022",{"rendered":1593},"5 COVID-19 Discussions That Will Dominate 2022",{"rendered":1595,"protected":15},"\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>We kickstarted the new year with a list of medical innovations to look out for in 2022. And while these are definitely promising trends to keep an eye on, we cannot overlook the elephant in the room: COVID-19. Yes, the pandemic is still persisting through 2022 and major discussions will revolve around that topic throughout the year. \u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>While these might not be directly related to digital health, they are important conversations around healthcare. And as a futurist, I can anticipate what discussions to expect, but I cannot be certain regarding how these will turn out. But by touching upon them, we can all be better prepared. \u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>I\u003Cstrong>n this article, we will contemplate 5 areas of major COVID-19-related debates people can expect in 2022.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Chr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\u002F>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>1. Obligatory vaccinations\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Vaccination is still likely to be a contentious issue when it comes to COVID-19. However, countries might soon take a firmer stance on vaccinations. Already, countries like France and Italy have made \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theguardian.com\u002Fworld\u002F2021\u002Fnov\u002F09\u002Fcovid-vaccine-mandates-around-the-world\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">COVID-19 vaccinations mandatory\u003C\u002Fa> for healthcare workers. But many will follow Austria’s example of extending such mandates \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theguardian.com\u002Fworld\u002F2021\u002Fnov\u002F19\u002Faustria-plans-compulsory-covid-vaccination-for-all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">to the public at large\u003C\u002Fa>. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>It’s a drastic measure, but one that Austrian officials hope will help limit the spread of the virus; especially given that the country already has \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.aljazeera.com\u002Fnews\u002F2021\u002F12\u002F9\u002Faustria-plans-to-fine-coronavirus-vaccine-holdouts-up-to-4000\" target=\"_blank\">among the lowest COVID-19 vaccination rates\u003C\u002Fa> in Western Europe. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F05\u002Ftmf_article_270-01-768x432.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34583\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F05\u002Ftmf_article_270-01-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F05\u002Ftmf_article_270-01-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F05\u002Ftmf_article_270-01-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F05\u002Ftmf_article_270-01.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“In spite of months of persuasion, we have not managed to convince enough people to be vaccinated,” \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theguardian.com\u002Fworld\u002F2021\u002Fnov\u002F19\u002Faustria-plans-compulsory-covid-vaccination-for-all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said chancellor Alexander Schallenberg\u003C\u002Fa>. “We don’t want a fifth wave, we don’t want a sixth or a seventh wave.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Other countries will relate to this latter statement and look to push forth similar mandates. This will not only perpetuate debates among those sceptical about COVID-19 vaccines but also among travellers facing ever-changing rules and regulations. For instance, following the spread of the Omicron variant, travellers from the U.K. \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.thetimes.co.uk\u002Ftravel\u002Ftravel-advice\u002Fwhich-countries-have-banned-uk-travellers\" target=\"_blank\">faced new bans and mandatory quarantines\u003C\u002Fa> from several countries around the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>2. COVID-19 pills\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Towards the tail end of 2021, molnupiravir, a new antiviral drug treatment that can be administered \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.sciencefocus.com\u002Fnews\u002Fmolnupiravir-covid-pill\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">within 5 days of COVID-19 symptoms appearing\u003C\u002Fa>, picked up steam. Developed by pharma companies Ridgeback Biotherapeutics and Merck, Sharp and Dohme (MSD), the antiviral comes in the form of an oral pill; and hence provides the convenience of being self-administered at home given the proper prescription. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Molnupiravir \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bbc.co.uk\u002Fnews\u002Fhealth-59681571\" target=\"_blank\">was called a “game-changer”\u003C\u002Fa> by U.K. health secretary Sajid Javid, and the country even became the first to approve its use for patients with mild-to-moderate COVID-19 and at least one risk factor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F05\u002Fcovid-pill-cure-768x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34533\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F05\u002Fcovid-pill-cure-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F05\u002Fcovid-pill-cure.jpg 944w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Source: https:\u002F\u002Fmontrealgazette.com\u002F\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>This could very much set a trend, with more countries approving of the pill and more companies coming up with their own versions. It will draw parallels to the vaccination race from 2021. And with that, the anti-vaccination movement will get more fuel. They will ask why we need to vaccinate when we can treat the disease with a pill. It’s another hurdle that health authorities – and likely society at large – will need to face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>3. Vaccinating kids\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>While children infected with COVID-19 generally don’t suffer from symptoms as severely as adults, they can still transmit the virus. Moreover, some can still become seriously ill. Given that children can represent a sizeable proportion of COVID-19 cases, \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.mayoclinic.org\u002Fdiseases-conditions\u002Fcoronavirus\u002Fin-depth\u002Fcoronavirus-in-babies-and-children\u002Fart-20484405\" target=\"_blank\">16% in the case of the U.S.\u003C\u002Fa>, health authorities are increasingly leaning towards promoting their vaccination.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Last December, France’s Haute Autorité de Santé (HAS) \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.france24.com\u002Fen\u002Feurope\u002F20211220-france-approves-pfizer-covid-19-vaccine-for-all-children-aged-5-11\" target=\"_blank\">approved the vaccination\u003C\u002Fa> of all children aged 5-11 with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. Austria’s vaccination mandate will also apply to people aged 14 and above; and those refusing vaccines could even face fines of \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.aljazeera.com\u002Fnews\u002F2021\u002F12\u002F9\u002Faustria-plans-to-fine-coronavirus-vaccine-holdouts-up-to-4000\" target=\"_blank\">up to 3,600 euros\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F02\u002Ftmf_article_247-01-768x432.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32873\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F02\u002Ftmf_article_247-01-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F02\u002Ftmf_article_247-01-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F02\u002Ftmf_article_247-01-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F02\u002Ftmf_article_247-01.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Such actions will inevitably generate public or even global debate regarding whether vaccinations should be obligatory for kids. And if so, which vaccines should they receive and how old should they be to receive their shot? With the aforementioned examples only we can see a discrepancy in the age group.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.who.int\u002Fnews\u002Fitem\u002F24-11-2021-interim-statement-on-covid-19-vaccination-for-children-and-adolescents\" target=\"_blank\">WHO suggests that\u003C\u002Fa> when devising such immunisation programmes, countries should consider the individual and population benefits in their specific epidemiological and social context. While this might be general advice to follow, the discussion is far from over as more and more countries open up vaccinations for children.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>4. Second boosters shots\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u002F4th dose\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The spread of the Omicron variant \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cnbc.com\u002F2021\u002F12\u002F08\u002Fomicron-pfizer-ceo-says-we-may-need-fourth-covid-vaccine-doses-sooner-than-expected.html\" target=\"_blank\">prompted Pfizer’s CEO to say\u003C\u002Fa> that we will likely need a fourth dose (or a second booster) of the vaccine. When the vaccines rolled out in 2021, most of us weren’t even thinking about boosters; but now we are already talking about second boosters. Does this foretell a trend of requiring new boosters every few months or with the emergence of new variants? Will this make the virus shift from being a pandemic to \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fthis-is-how-we-can-end-covid-in-6-logical-steps\" target=\"_blank\">being an endemic\u003C\u002Fa>? And if so, when? \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F02\u002Ftmf_article_248-01-768x432.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33069\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F02\u002Ftmf_article_248-01-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F02\u002Ftmf_article_248-01-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F02\u002Ftmf_article_248-01-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F02\u002Ftmf_article_248-01.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>But some experts \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.businessinsider.com\u002Fpan-coronavirus-vaccine-variants-future-pandemics-2021-5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">even predict that\u003C\u002Fa> the novel coronavirus will still linger around for longer than we wish. They are comparing it to the Spanish flu, which is itself persisting today in the form of a descendant as the seasonal flu. The latter mutates every year and requires new shots yearly. Does this mean that with COVID-19, we will have to live with booster shots all the time?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>These are questions that we will increasingly be asking ourselves but might not have definitive answers to soon. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>5. Pandemic fatigue will kick in\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>When the pandemic hit, it had a significant toll on frontliners. They \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fwill-medical-workers-deal-with-ptsd-after-covid-19\" target=\"_blank\">got burnt out and were exhausted\u003C\u002Fa>, and some even had to grapple \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fchoosing-between-life-and-death-during-covid-19-the-a-i-trolley-problem\" target=\"_blank\">with ethical conundrums\u003C\u002Fa>. While this so-called pandemic fatigue hit them first, now the rest of the population will go through the same ordeal. This is because we simply cannot keep billions on alert for over 2 years. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>As such, COVID-19 discussions in 2022 will also increasingly revolve around pandemic fatigue, how we can deal with it and how to assist those suffering from it. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F04\u002F162_tmf-01-768x432.png\" alt=\"COVID-19 Takes a Toll on People in the Frontline\" class=\"wp-image-27743\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F04\u002F162_tmf-01-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F04\u002F162_tmf-01-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F04\u002F162_tmf-01-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F04\u002F162_tmf-01.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>While the pandemic seems far from being over, it will eventually come to an end if we try to keep on acting responsibly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cem>Written by Dr. Bertalan Meskó & Dr. Pranavsingh Dhunnoo\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\">\u003C\u002Fdiv>\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>. 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And while these are definitely promising trends to […]\u003C\u002Fp>\n",34583,{"_acf_changed":15,"footnotes":7},[5,239,240,1601],515,[1603,1604,1605,1266,261,1606,1607,1608],7491,884,3083,6081,6365,6895,[279,83,280],[],[1276,1277,1612,458,1613,1614,1615,1616],5863,1583,2413,2631,2655,[1618,53,97,98,99,100,101,102,294,295,1619,1620,1621,1622,1281,315,1623,1624,1625,332,117,333],"post-37587","category-science-fiction","tag-booster","tag-vaccination","tag-covid","tag-vaccine","tag-pfizer","tag-fatigue",{"id":1598,"alt_text":1627,"caption":7,"description":7,"media_type":122,"media_details":1628,"post":658,"source_url":1645},"TMF, drug, flu, woman, cold",{"width":124,"height":125,"file":1629,"sizes":1630,"image_meta":1644},"2021\u002F05\u002Ftmf_article_270-01.png",{"medium":1631,"large":1634,"thumbnail":1637,"medium_large":1640,"1536x1536":1641},{"file":1632,"width":130,"height":131,"mime-type":132,"source_url":1633},"tmf_article_270-01-370x208.png","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F05\u002Ftmf_article_270-01-370x208.png",{"file":1635,"width":136,"height":137,"mime-type":132,"source_url":1636},"tmf_article_270-01-768x432.png","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F05\u002Ftmf_article_270-01-768x432.png",{"file":1638,"width":141,"height":141,"mime-type":132,"source_url":1639},"tmf_article_270-01-150x150.png","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F05\u002Ftmf_article_270-01-150x150.png",{"file":1635,"width":136,"height":137,"mime-type":132,"source_url":1636},{"file":1642,"width":146,"height":147,"mime-type":132,"source_url":1643},"tmf_article_270-01-1536x864.png","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F05\u002Ftmf_article_270-01-1536x864.png",{"aperture":150,"credit":7,"camera":7,"caption":7,"created_timestamp":150,"copyright":7,"focal_length":150,"iso":150,"shutter_speed":150,"title":7,"orientation":150},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F05\u002Ftmf_article_270-01.png",{"cta_type":7,"cta_color":7,"subtitle":7,"related_books":1647,"related_posts_footer":1648,"related_posts":15},[519,363],[1649,417,1536],27367,{"yoast_wpseo_title":1651,"yoast_wpseo_metadesc":1652,"yoast_wpseo_canonical":1591},"5 COVID-19 Discussions That Will Dominate 2022 - The Medical Futurist","Unexpectedly, the pandemic is still persisting through 2022, and major discussions will revolve around these topics throughout the year.",{"self":1654,"collection":1659,"about":1661,"author":1663,"replies":1665,"version-history":1668,"predecessor-version":1672,"wp:featuredmedia":1676,"wp:attachment":1679,"wp:term":1682,"curies":1693},[1655],{"href":1656,"targetHints":1657},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F37587",{"allow":1658},[27],[1660],{"href":178},[1662],{"href":181},[1664],{"embeddable":41,"href":184},[1666],{"embeddable":41,"href":1667},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcomments?post=37587",[1669],{"count":1670,"href":1671},13,"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F37587\u002Frevisions",[1673],{"id":1674,"href":1675},37879,"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F37587\u002Frevisions\u002F37879",[1677],{"embeddable":41,"href":1678},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fmedia\u002F34583",[1680],{"href":1681},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fmedia?parent=37587",[1683,1685,1687,1689,1691],{"taxonomy":11,"embeddable":41,"href":1684},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcategories?post=37587",{"taxonomy":206,"embeddable":41,"href":1686},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Ftags?post=37587",{"taxonomy":209,"embeddable":41,"href":1688},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fproject_category?post=37587",{"taxonomy":212,"embeddable":41,"href":1690},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcontact_email_category?post=37587",{"taxonomy":215,"embeddable":41,"href":1692},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fyst_prominent_words?post=37587",[1694],{"name":39,"href":40,"templated":41},{"id":1696,"date":1697,"date_gmt":1698,"guid":1699,"modified":1701,"modified_gmt":1702,"slug":1703,"status":52,"type":53,"link":1704,"title":1705,"content":1707,"excerpt":1709,"author":61,"featured_media":1711,"comment_status":63,"ping_status":63,"sticky":41,"template":7,"format":64,"meta":1712,"categories":1713,"tags":1715,"project_category":1720,"contact_email_category":1721,"yst_prominent_words":1722,"class_list":1723,"better_featured_image":1731,"acf":1751,"yoast_meta":1757,"_links":1760},37457,"2021-12-16T10:00:00","2021-12-16T09:00:00",{"rendered":1700},"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F?post_id=37457&_wpnonce=68f7fc36ee&status=auto-draft&type=post","2021-12-16T09:54:58","2021-12-16T08:54:58","top-10-digital-health-news-of-2021","https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Ftop-10-digital-health-news-of-2021",{"rendered":1706},"Top 10 Digital Health News Of 2021",{"rendered":1708,"protected":15},"\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>From the approval of a new prescription VR treatment to renewed privacy concerns, 2021 has been full of digital health developments. Indeed, some news might have gone under the radar or might require a quick refresher; so we’re wrapping up 2021 with a round-up of 10 of the most important digital health news of this year.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Chr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\u002F>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>1. FDA-approved prescription VR treatment for chronic back pain\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In mid-November, the \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theverge.com\u002F2021\u002F11\u002F16\u002F22785609\u002Fvr-chronic-pain-fda\" target=\"_blank\">FDA authorised a virtual reality (VR) system as a prescription treatment\u003C\u002Fa> for chronic back pain. Called EaseVRx, it combines cognitive behaviour therapy techniques and breathing exercises to help relax, distract and improve awareness of internal signals. The system was used in \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.jmir.org\u002F2021\u002F2\u002Fe26292\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">an 8-week study\u003C\u002Fa>, where those who used EaseVRx were found to have significant pain reduction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>It’s a clear trend that the FDA has been taking lately regarding \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fwhat-are-digital-therapeutics\" target=\"_blank\">digital therapeutics\u003C\u002Fa> (DTx). In 2020, it \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theverge.com\u002F2020\u002F6\u002F15\u002F21292267\u002Ffda-adhd-video-game-prescription-endeavor-rx-akl-t01-project-evo\">appr\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theverge.com\u002F2020\u002F6\u002F15\u002F21292267\u002Ffda-adhd-video-game-prescription-endeavor-rx-akl-t01-project-evo\" target=\"_blank\">o\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theverge.com\u002F2020\u002F6\u002F15\u002F21292267\u002Ffda-adhd-video-game-prescription-endeavor-rx-akl-t01-project-evo\">ved EndeavorRx\u003C\u002Fa>, a prescription video game for the treatment of children with ADHD. In October 2021, the regulatory body \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theverge.com\u002F2021\u002F10\u002F20\u002F22736894\u002Ffda-vr-tv-movies-treatment-lazy-eye-amblyopia\" target=\"_blank\">cleared a VR treatment for lazy eye\u003C\u002Fa> in children. It could be issuing approvals of more research-backed DTx in the near future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F09\u002Ftmf_article_290-01-768x432.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-36065\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F09\u002Ftmf_article_290-01-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F09\u002Ftmf_article_290-01-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F09\u002Ftmf_article_290-01-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F09\u002Ftmf_article_290-01-2048x1152.png 2048w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F09\u002Ftmf_article_290-01.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>2. Study finds pandemic-induced telehealth adoption\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>It was touted that the COVID-19 pandemic \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fcovid-19-was-needed-for-telemedicine-to-finally-go-mainstream\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">led to the widespread adoption of remote healthcare\u003C\u002Fa>, but now we have the hard science to back up this claim in \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.healthcareitnews.com\u002Fnews\u002Fstudy-365m-people-reveals-huge-jump-pandemic-telehealth-use\" target=\"_blank\">a study published earlier this year\u003C\u002Fa> that involved over 36 million people in the U.S. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In it, researchers found that in the first four months of the pandemic, 23.6% of ambulatory care contacts were made through telehealth. In the same period in 2019, the number of such visits was only 0.3%. “By undertaking this study, we sought to gain an understanding of the patterns of virtual care during this initial phase of the COVID-19 era,” \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fjamanetwork.com\u002Fjournals\u002Fjamanetworkopen\u002Ffullarticle\u002F2777779\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote the researchers\u003C\u002Fa>.   \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>3. Amazon planning to expand its healthcare reach\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Amazon has not been shy of \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Famazons-march-into-healthcare-a-2021-update\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">its healthcare endeavours\u003C\u002Fa>; and kept on expanding its reach in this sector. According to \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.businessinsider.com\u002Famazon-care-healthcare-20-major-us-cities-2022-2021-9\" target=\"_blank\">a \u003Cem>Business Insider \u003C\u002Fem>report\u003C\u002Fa>, the tech giant is working on bringing its telehealth as well as in-person services to 20 major U.S. cities through 2022 to its employees. The latter \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.healthcareitnews.com\u002Fnews\u002Famazon-looks-bring-telehealth-person-care-20-more-cities\" target=\"_blank\">include the likes of\u003C\u002Fa> follow-up blood draws and exams.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>But Amazon does not plan to stop there. The report also notes that the company is planning to provide the service to insured people on top of its own employees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F06\u002Ftmf_article_275-01-768x432.png\" alt=\"Amazon's March Into Healthcare\" class=\"wp-image-34785\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F06\u002Ftmf_article_275-01-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F06\u002Ftmf_article_275-01-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F06\u002Ftmf_article_275-01-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F06\u002Ftmf_article_275-01.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Amazon’s March Into Healthcare: A 2021 Update\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>4. Zoom testing telehealth mobile browser client\u003C\u002Fstrong> \u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Given the recent surge in popularity of telehealth services, other companies will likely want in on the trend. One such company is Zoom, which \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.mobihealthnews.com\u002Fnews\u002Fdoctors-may-be-able-send-patients-zoom-link-future\" target=\"_blank\">tested a telehealth mobile browser client\u003C\u002Fa> on iOS devices. Launched in August, the service simplifies the telehealth approach as it does not require an app. Providers can share a link to patients via text or email which they can use to join a meeting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“Downloading an app was a struggle for some patients, particularly the elderly or those who don’t want to clutter their phones with apps,” \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.mobihealthnews.com\u002Fnews\u002Fdoctors-may-be-able-send-patients-zoom-link-future\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said Heidi West\u003C\u002Fa>, head of healthcare at Zoom. “We needed to be able to support our clients to remove any friction points that make the engagement a challenge.” \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>5. 23andMe’s plan to leverage its genetic database for drug development\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Over the years since it started its operation, 23andMe has become synonymous with consumer genetic tests. Its DNA testing kits have been bought \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bloomberg.com\u002Fnews\u002Ffeatures\u002F2021-11-04\u002F23andme-to-use-dna-tests-to-make-cancer-drugs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">by over 11 million people\u003C\u002Fa>; and this has led the company to amass a significant genetic database. According to \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bloomberg.com\u002Fnews\u002Ffeatures\u002F2021-11-04\u002F23andme-to-use-dna-tests-to-make-cancer-drugs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a \u003Cem>Bloomberg \u003C\u002Fem>report\u003C\u002Fa> from November, the company never intended to stop at that. Anne Wojcicki, the company’s CEO, founded 23andMe with the intention to develop drugs based on genetic profiles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>This is what the company is now in the process of doing. 23andMe is leveraging these genetic data to work on clinical trials for a new cancer drug. It is also exploring other potential medications for neurological, cardiovascular and other conditions. While 23andMe’s findings could be promising, it will face a host of ethical challenges with this plan given the highly sensitive nature of genetic data and the question of whether its clients were fully aware of such potential use of their data.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>6. 3D printed drug for rheumatoid arthritis treatment gets FDA clearance\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>3D printing technology company Triastek’s first 3D printed drug, the T19, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002F3dprintingindustry.com\u002Fnews\u002Ftriastek-receives-fda-ind-clearance-for-3d-printed-drug-to-treat-rheumatoid-arthritis-184159\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">received FDA approval\u003C\u002Fa> in February. T19 is aimed at patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis; an autoimmune condition characterised by swelling and stiffening of joints. Triastek uses a 3D printing technique that enables it to customise T19 to boost its therapeutic effects. This technique is also said to minimise side effects.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>7. Apple-funded study shows remote heart monitoring potentials of iPhones and Apple Watches \u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>As with its Big Tech counterparts, Apple is \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fapple-in-healthcare-2021\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">also eyeing the healthcare industry\u003C\u002Fa>. In particular, its focus seems heavily fixated on turning the Apple Watch into a point-of-care device. In 2021, one of the company’s funded studies further underpinned this vision. The study, conducted by Stanford University researchers, \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.mobihealthnews.com\u002Fnews\u002Fapple-backed-stanford-study-suggests-iphone-apple-watch-could-remotely-monitor-heart-patients\" target=\"_blank\">used sensor data\u003C\u002Fa> from iPhones and Apple Watches to assess the frailty of patients with cardiovascular conditions. They found that the data was accurate and could allow them to monitor patients’ frailty remotely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F07\u002Ftmf_article_279-01-768x432.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35099\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F07\u002Ftmf_article_279-01-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F07\u002Ftmf_article_279-01-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F07\u002Ftmf_article_279-01-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F07\u002Ftmf_article_279-01.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>8. NHS’ sharing of patient record raises privacy concerns\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>As the medical landscape turns digital, we are bound to come across privacy issues; and one of the major events in 2021 came from the NHS. The latter \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.healthcareitnews.com\u002Fnews\u002Femea\u002Fprivacy-fears-over-nhs-plans-share-gp-medical-records-third-parties\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">plans to make a database\u003C\u002Fa> containing the medical records of over 55 million patients that could be made accessible to third parties. The aim of this project is to support healthcare services, plan for relevant policies and enable research. Those requesting data access would need proper approvals and cannot be used “solely for commercial purposes”. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Patients were also given the opportunity to opt out of the scheme earlier this year. But this understandably \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.healthcareitnews.com\u002Fnews\u002Femea\u002Fprivacy-fears-over-nhs-plans-share-gp-medical-records-third-parties\" target=\"_blank\">raised privacy concerns\u003C\u002Fa>, given the rapidly-evolving nature of digital health.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>9. Tech-focused diabetes clinic approach shows significant reduction in patients’ blood glucose level\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Dubai’s GluCare Integrated Diabetes Center \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.mobihealthnews.com\u002Fnews\u002Femea\u002Fuae-diabetes-clinic-showcases-results-tech-focused-care\" target=\"_blank\">describes itself as\u003C\u002Fa> the “world’s first healthcare provider to employ integrated continuous data monitoring” and the “region’s first healthcare provider to use digital therapeutics”. The institute issued the first report regarding the outcomes of its tech-focused model this year. It reported that its patients could reach \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.mobihealthnews.com\u002Fnews\u002Femea\u002Fuae-diabetes-clinic-showcases-results-tech-focused-care\" target=\"_blank\">an average HbA1c reduction of 1.7% points\u003C\u002Fa> over 90 days. Such a reduction can lead to a 21% lower risk in diabetes-related end-point diseases, other studies have found.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>While these are great results, the tech-focused approach should not overshadow the fact that digital health is not about giving technologies to patients, but rather about using those technologies to improve the doctor-patient relationship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>10. Multi-year study shows digital health tools help patients manage their blood pressure\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Digital health is all about empowering patients with their health data and making them more proactive in managing their health, and \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fjamanetwork.com\u002Fjournals\u002Fjamanetworkopen\u002Ffullarticle\u002F2785012\">a study p\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fjamanetwork.com\u002Fjournals\u002Fjamanetworkopen\u002Ffullarticle\u002F2785012\" target=\"_blank\">u\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fjamanetwork.com\u002Fjournals\u002Fjamanetworkopen\u002Ffullarticle\u002F2785012\">blished in October\u003C\u002Fa> further backed this importance. Researchers equipped hypertensive patients with an at-home blood pressure (BP) monitor and a companion smartphone app. In addition to keeping track of their health metrics, the latter also provided advice to better manage BP. The participants were tracked for a period of 3 years, and \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theverge.com\u002F2021\u002F10\u002F15\u002F22727938\u002Fdigital-blood-pressure-management-program-study\" target=\"_blank\">over 85%\u003C\u002Fa> were found to have lower BP within a year through this approach and maintain it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F06\u002Fihealth-clear-blood-pressure-monitor-768x512.jpg\" alt=\"iHealth Clear blood pressure monitor\" class=\"wp-image-15827\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F06\u002Fihealth-clear-blood-pressure-monitor-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F06\u002Fihealth-clear-blood-pressure-monitor-512x341.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F06\u002Fihealth-clear-blood-pressure-monitor-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F06\u002Fihealth-clear-blood-pressure-monitor.jpg 870w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Source: https:\u002F\u002Fhannastores.com\u002F\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\n\u003Chr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\u002F>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>We hope this round-up of 10 of the year’s most interesting digital health news was insightful for you! 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Thank you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003C\u002Ftr>\n\u003C\u002Ftbody>\n\u003C\u002Ftable>\n\u003Cp> \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\">\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n",{"rendered":1710,"protected":15},"\u003Cp>From the approval of a new prescription VR treatment to renewed privacy concerns, 2021 has been full of digital health developments. 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When setting expectations for the new norm, masks, some social distancing and even a subtle range of vaccines lined up \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fwhat-can-we-expect-from-2021-the-covid-perspective\">were being considered\u003C\u002Fa>… But not this. Nearing the end of 2021, we think of the end of the pandemic as a white sail gleams in the distance (and just as we publish this article, news arose of yet another virus mutant called omicron).\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh5>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>In 2021, we could’ve gotten over with the pandemic, period. But, (as it was famously said in the movie Charlie Wilson’s War), we \u003Cem>messed up the endgame\u003C\u002Fem>. Healthcare in particular. It is time to investigate what went wrong and if it could be regained.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Chr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\u002F>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1) Trust\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In terms of trust, healthcare had the most horrific year. Fake news. Anti-vaxxers. Conspiracy theories, misinformation, and more – 2021 was probably the worst year of all to experience these, for there was no greater need to trust science than now. No wonder that our most-watched video on YouTube this year was the one on \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fyoutu.be\u002FGza1b3oVhMw\">conspiracy theories – debunked\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Researching the options before medical intervention could be the sign of the informed e-patient – however, the resources people started using in this era of fake (including \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fedition.cnn.com\u002F2021\u002F10\u002F26\u002Ftech\u002Ffacebook-covid-vaccine-misinformation\u002Findex.html\">Facebook\u003C\u002Fa> or \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.hsph.harvard.edu\u002Fnews\u002Fhsph-in-the-news\u002Finstagram-vaccine-misinformation\u002F\">Instagram\u003C\u002Fa>, unable to cope with the amount of fake on their pages) are often misleading and only add to the confusion. Regaining trust in science will be the No.1. task in 2022 for governments, institutions and medical professionals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca class=\"img\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F06\u002F181_tmf-01.png\"\u003C\u002Fa>IMAGE\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2) Adoption of advanced technology\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>One of the most interesting phenomena in 2020-21 was how fast the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fhow-covid-19-catalysed-digital-health-trends\u002F\">digital transformation of healthcare\u003C\u002Fa> took place. The rapid and much-needed adoption of digital solutions, from telemedicine to at-home lab tests, from disinfecting robots to the use of A.I. in research, overcame the infrastructural or even operational hurdles that stood before these solutions for a long time. However, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fwhat-we-believe-in-the-medical-futurist-mission-statement\">cultural adoption\u003C\u002Fa> is still lagging behind. So what would make every doctor use digital health? \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fwhat-would-make-every-doctor-use-digital-health\">We listed the steps in this article.\u003C\u002Fa> \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In our pre-COVID-world, it would have taken a lot of time for physicians and patients to accept that they sometimes have to talk on the phone or via zoom and not always in person. In such a world they would have had time to figure out how to build the same or similar relationship they used to have in person. In the post-covid era, they had to accept the technology element in a matter of weeks – and now still nobody knows how to build those relationships through virtual calls. (\u003Cem>Read more about An Overnight Change: A Clinician’s First-Hand Experience About Switching to Telemedicine in \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.patreon.com\u002Fposts\u002Fovernight-change-39169190\">our Patreon interview\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fem>!)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F09\u002F109_Patient-of-the-future-tech-going-berserk-768x432.png\" alt=\"failing medical technology\" class=\"wp-image-24900\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F09\u002F109_Patient-of-the-future-tech-going-berserk-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F09\u002F109_Patient-of-the-future-tech-going-berserk-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F09\u002F109_Patient-of-the-future-tech-going-berserk-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F09\u002F109_Patient-of-the-future-tech-going-berserk-2048x1152.png 2048w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F09\u002F109_Patient-of-the-future-tech-going-berserk.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3) Burnout\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The pandemic’s toll on healthcare workers and the long-term impact on their physical and mental health is already devastating, and we can only guess when it will end. The global shortage of medical professionals that characterised healthcare even \u003Cem>before\u003C\u002Fem> the pandemic could really \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fphysician-shortages\u002F\">make it a luxury to meet our physicians\u003C\u002Fa>. The seemingly endless battle against the virus furthers this problem, and physician burnout due to COVID-19 is an issue that needs to be taken seriously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcovid19-sciencetable.ca\u002Fsciencebrief\u002Fburnout-in-hospital-based-healthcare-workers-during-covid-19\u002F\">Studies confirm\u003C\u002Fa> the severity of this predicament. From 30-40% in early 2020, the prevalence of severe burnout grew over 60% for Canadian physicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals. Other parts of the world experienced a similar \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.frontiersin.org\u002Farticles\u002F10.3389\u002Ffpubh.2021.750529\u002Ffull\">expansion in numbers\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"501\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F06\u002FEUG638jWoAAHLNu.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28839\"\u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Wobble room for nurses during COVID-19\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4) Delayed non-COVID treatments\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>There is an unbearable amount of delayed medical interventions worldwide due to the pandemic. Surgeries, treatments or even chemotherapies are postponed even for vaccinated patients because the intensive care of the unvaccinated places an unnecessary burden on healthcare systems. According \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.medscape.com\u002Fviewarticle\u002F960331\">to this analysis\u003C\u002Fa>, one in 7 cancer operations was delayed due to COVID-19 worldwide, even in essential \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fpubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\u002F34145514\u002F\">pediatric care\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Although the use of digital tools in healthcare can lift some of this burden off the shoulders of hospitals and healthcare personnel, remote care or telemedicine won’t be able to make up for the loss in time in diagnosing patients or receiving treatment. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">5) The future\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The pandemic will affect physician applicants worldwide and will have an unimaginable long-term impact on medicine. Already, about 5 million healthcare workers are missing from hospital systems worldwide; and the interlude that already \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fbmcmededuc.biomedcentral.com\u002Farticles\u002F10.1186\u002Fs12909-020-02462-1\">disrupted medical education\u003C\u002Fa>, and the weight of the profession new applicants already see in healthcare have a \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fbmcmededuc.biomedcentral.com\u002Farticles\u002F10.1186\u002Fs12909-021-02770-0\">reverse effect for medical students\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Chr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\u002F>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>However, this will hopefully be a temporary halt. I sincerely hope and believe that with the greater use of digital technologies, the focus of healthcare will return to the best part of medicine: human relationships. And this might increase their willingness to choose this wonderful career.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\">\u003C\u002Fdiv>\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>. 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Thank you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003C\u002Ftr>\n\u003C\u002Ftbody>\n\u003C\u002Ftable>\n\u003Cp> \u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"rendered":1817,"protected":15},"\u003Cp>As 2020 passed, we all thought we’d be better off with 2021, so we were happy to roll the old year off the cliff (or […]\u003C\u002Fp>\n",37021,{"_acf_changed":15,"footnotes":7},[5,242,243,245,593,246],[269,608,1822,1823,1824,1825,1826,1827,1605],6253,308,365,6941,1223,7475,[81,278,279,83,280],[],[760,1831,461,1832,613,1833,1009,1834,291,1277,458,1835,1836,289,1837,759,1838],3619,3817,4127,1741,1593,3157,3603,3615,[1840,53,97,98,99,100,101,102,297,298,300,622,301,323,636,1841,1842,1843,1844,1845,1846,1622,115,331,332,117,333],"post-37017","tag-cultural-transformation","tag-medical-education","tag-ptsd","tag-patreon","tag-burnout","tag-conspiracy",{"id":1818,"alt_text":7,"caption":7,"description":7,"media_type":122,"media_details":1848,"post":1803,"source_url":1865},{"width":124,"height":125,"file":1849,"sizes":1850,"image_meta":1864},"2021\u002F11\u002Ftmf_article_306-01.png",{"medium":1851,"large":1854,"thumbnail":1857,"medium_large":1860,"1536x1536":1861},{"file":1852,"width":130,"height":131,"mime-type":132,"source_url":1853},"tmf_article_306-01-370x208.png","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F11\u002Ftmf_article_306-01-370x208.png",{"file":1855,"width":136,"height":137,"mime-type":132,"source_url":1856},"tmf_article_306-01-768x432.png","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F11\u002Ftmf_article_306-01-768x432.png",{"file":1858,"width":141,"height":141,"mime-type":132,"source_url":1859},"tmf_article_306-01-150x150.png","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F11\u002Ftmf_article_306-01-150x150.png",{"file":1855,"width":136,"height":137,"mime-type":132,"source_url":1856},{"file":1862,"width":146,"height":147,"mime-type":132,"source_url":1863},"tmf_article_306-01-1536x864.png","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F11\u002Ftmf_article_306-01-1536x864.png",{"aperture":150,"credit":7,"camera":7,"caption":7,"created_timestamp":150,"copyright":7,"focal_length":150,"iso":150,"shutter_speed":150,"title":7,"orientation":150},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F11\u002Ftmf_article_306-01.png",{"subtitle":7,"cta_type":154,"cta_color":7,"related_books":1867,"related_posts_footer":1868,"related_posts":15},[1060,931],[1869,1870],14703,36835,{"yoast_wpseo_title":1872,"yoast_wpseo_metadesc":1873,"yoast_wpseo_canonical":1811},"5 Things Healthcare Lost In 2021 - The Medical Futurist","In 2021, we could’ve gotten over with the pandemic, but we messed up the endgame. It is time to investigate what went wrong and if it could be regained.",{"self":1875,"collection":1880,"about":1882,"author":1884,"replies":1886,"version-history":1889,"predecessor-version":1893,"wp:featuredmedia":1897,"wp:attachment":1900,"wp:term":1903,"curies":1914},[1876],{"href":1877,"targetHints":1878},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F37017",{"allow":1879},[27],[1881],{"href":178},[1883],{"href":181},[1885],{"embeddable":41,"href":385},[1887],{"embeddable":41,"href":1888},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcomments?post=37017",[1890],{"count":1891,"href":1892},2,"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F37017\u002Frevisions",[1894],{"id":1895,"href":1896},37025,"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F37017\u002Frevisions\u002F37025",[1898],{"embeddable":41,"href":1899},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fmedia\u002F37021",[1901],{"href":1902},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fmedia?parent=37017",[1904,1906,1908,1910,1912],{"taxonomy":11,"embeddable":41,"href":1905},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcategories?post=37017",{"taxonomy":206,"embeddable":41,"href":1907},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Ftags?post=37017",{"taxonomy":209,"embeddable":41,"href":1909},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fproject_category?post=37017",{"taxonomy":212,"embeddable":41,"href":1911},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcontact_email_category?post=37017",{"taxonomy":215,"embeddable":41,"href":1913},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fyst_prominent_words?post=37017",[1915],{"name":39,"href":40,"templated":41},{"id":1917,"date":1918,"date_gmt":1919,"guid":1920,"modified":1922,"modified_gmt":1923,"slug":1924,"status":52,"type":53,"link":1925,"title":1926,"content":1928,"excerpt":1930,"author":235,"featured_media":1932,"comment_status":63,"ping_status":63,"sticky":41,"template":7,"format":64,"meta":1933,"categories":1934,"tags":1935,"project_category":1952,"contact_email_category":1953,"yst_prominent_words":1954,"class_list":1957,"better_featured_image":1975,"acf":1996,"yoast_meta":2000,"_links":2003},36605,"2021-10-21T12:08:59","2021-10-21T10:08:59",{"rendered":1921},"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F?post_id=36605&_wpnonce=a07fd44665&status=auto-draft&type=post","2021-10-25T23:53:13","2021-10-25T21:53:13","emerging-trends-in-healthcare","https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Femerging-trends-in-healthcare",{"rendered":1927},"7 Emerging Trends in Healthcare",{"rendered":1929,"protected":15},"\n\u003Cp>Recently, on The Medical Futurist, we amassed two vast collections of healthcare trends. \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fthe-top100-digital-health-companies-in-2021-by-the-medical-futurist\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">The TOP100 Digital Health Companies In 2021\u003C\u002Fa> assembled the most important companies in this field and put them onto one giant infographic. From startups through government authorities to prominent innovators, we determined four fields wherein these companies must excel: innovation, technology, business and dedication towards digital health.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Our next compilation was an even bigger undertaking: creating the \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fhealthcare-trends-hype-cycle\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">Hype Cycle Of The Top 50 Emerging Digital Health Trends\u003C\u002Fa> clearly indicated where a particular technology is at on its life cycle, and what Dr Meskó’s expectations are towards that technology. Our hype cycle shows 50 of the most promising digital health technologies the way we, at The Medical Futurist, see them today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F10\u002F0916_tmf_hype_cycle_header-01-768x432.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-36455\"\u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>To delve even further into current trends, this time The Medical Futurist team have tried to collect those trends within digital health that are especially astonishing and forward-looking. These have the possibility to grow beyond average industry expectations and clearly move markets upwards, and healthcare further. Let’s have a look at these!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Chr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\u002F>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Field1: Niche telemedicine \u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Description: \u003C\u002Fstrong>Telemedicine today is like a cup of tea – everyone can have one. But to build a telemedicine service that covers a well-defined niche area is something The Medical Futurist team stands by. This isn’t the average call between physicians and their patients, rather a follow-up option for remote care systems.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>An excellent example is how telemedicine can be combined into therapy decisions. A \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.news-medical.net\u002Fnews\u002F20210922\u002FRemote-diabetes-management-using-CGM-and-telemedicine-visits-can-improve-glycemic-control.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">study on continuous glucose monitoring\u003C\u002Fa> (CGM) and telemedicine visits for patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes concluded that the use of telemedicine patient consults and remote monitoring of CGM and insulin data can significantly improve glycemic control.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Example:\u003C\u002Fstrong> \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.fiercehealthcare.com\u002Fdigital-health\u002Fginger-and-headspace-plan-to-merge-to-scale-up-comprehensive-digital-mental-health\" target=\"_blank\">\u003Cstrong>Ginger + Headspace\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cbr>The marriage of these two giants was in a way unavoidable. Merging a massive number of enterprise and health plan customers with combined booking systems equals a mental health megadeal – the first of its kind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Field2: At-home lab tests\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Description: \u003C\u002Fstrong>Laboratory tests at the comfort of your home are such an attractive concept for patients that the field started growing even before the COVID-19 pandemic. \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fthe-rise-of-at-home-lab-tests\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">The Rise Of At-Home Lab Tests\u003C\u002Fa> can really make a difference in people’s lives today. Patients can have access to a wide range of analyses determining our lab markers and blood results. No need to meet anyone, go anywhere – and such solutions are already built in the existing testing kits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Example\u003C\u002Fstrong>: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.imaware.health\u002F\">\u003Cstrong>imaw\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.imaware.health\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">\u003Cstrong>a\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.imaware.health\u002F\">\u003Cstrong>re\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cbr>The imaware platform provides over 20 different types of advanced home-based health tests. The company also offers telemed physician oversight, helping people take control over their health. During the pandemic, they \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ffinance.yahoo.com\u002Fnews\u002Fwheel-imaware-deliver-first-clinician-150010016.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZmllcmNlYmlvdGVjaC5jb20v&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAG1jQsAdTtj-oa4oHC3ZiyaHDGUZTtEcJf3g--5g9jovJucUkhGaT3fWocGyAiyx0QspVA0Ep9f-FRBqXxOL4DRhmR-x9HaBBic7DpDkLLiwdd2FcizVuRNHOI2t06SnXjOWQNxEEsIkT-KdengC2Zn1peHKxaUQCudRbeKX_n6J\" target=\"_blank\">launched a collaboration\u003C\u002Fa> with virtual care company \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwheel.com\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">Wheel\u003C\u002Fa> to deliver clinician-administered at-home COVID tests. They will surely have more ideas under their belt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F10\u002F208_tmf-01-1-768x432.png\" alt=\"The post delivers at-home lab tests\" class=\"wp-image-30495\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F10\u002F208_tmf-01-1-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F10\u002F208_tmf-01-1-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F10\u002F208_tmf-01-1-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F10\u002F208_tmf-01-1.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>The Evolution Of COVID-19 Rapid Tests Paves The Way For At-Home Lab Tests – The pandemic brought light to a trend we discussed before. To reduce the exposure to risks such as an infection, at home lab tests are coming. It is a sector ripe for disruption that has yet to be penetrated by advanced technologies. And with the enhanced access to care that these technologies offer, additional concerns over their use will emerge that have to be tackled by policymakers in a timely manner.\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Field3: A.I.-guided ultrasound systems\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Description: \u003C\u002Fstrong>Artificial intelligence gives healthcare professionals without specialised training in ultrasound imaging the opportunity to be able to carry out diagnostic quality professional examinations. These devices are designed to provide diagnostic-quality imaging – just as good as the much bigger, heavier imaging machines.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Example\u003C\u002Fstrong>: \u003Cstrong>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fkosmosplatform.com\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">Kosmos by EchoNous\u003C\u002Fa> \u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Cbr>I find this device fascinating. Kosmos is the only portable ultrasound benchmarked against cart-based machines, with A.I.-assisted full diagnostic imaging at the point of care. I \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fyoutu.be\u002F_MvImEQhUzM\" target=\"_blank\">have tested this device\u003C\u002Fa> – and I did find it a blast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Field4: 3D printing of certain medications\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Description: \u003C\u002Fstrong>It was already over 6 years ago when the FDA approved the first-ever 3D printed drug. There haven’t been many others since, and it’s partly due to the fact that medications can be 3D printed for a specific purpose (e.g. to make the drug dissolve faster) and most purposes still don’t require the use of this technology. However, with technological innovation, we can expect to have 3D printers in pharmacies someday, printing our own, personalised medication in a matter of minutes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Example: \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.fabrx.co.uk\u002Fabout\" target=\"_blank\">FabRx\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Cbr>UK-based FabRX aims to commercialise printed tablets in 5-10 years. They foresee that \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F3d-bioprinting-overview\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">3D printing\u003C\u002Fa> will become available in every major hospital in the next decade. As the head of the company \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Frobotics-blockchain-redesign-pharma-supply-chain\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">explained to The Medical Futurist\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cem>: “We envision a system where medicines are going to be prepared from raw materials in the same way you use a Nespresso machine to prepare coffee.”\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F07\u002F185_tmf-01-768x432.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29169\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F07\u002F185_tmf-01-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F07\u002F185_tmf-01-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F07\u002F185_tmf-01-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F07\u002F185_tmf-01.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>The present and the possible future of digital pills\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Field5: digital health insurance\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Description: \u003C\u002Fstrong>Already with futuristic technologies like clinical grade personal health sensors, at-home genome sequencing kits and artificial intelligence, healthcare is receiving a much-needed overhaul that democratises access to quality care. The\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fthe-future-of-health-insurance-preparing-for-dr-big-brother\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> health insurance industry\u003C\u002Fa> could also ride on those same waves of disruption to make the market relevant again in the digital health age.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Example: \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.hioscar.com\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">Oscar Health\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Cbr>Insurance firm Oscar Health famously incentivised healthy lifestyle by rewarding U.S. customers with \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Ftechnologies-change-health-insurance-innovative-ventures\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon gift cards\u003C\u002Fa> for achieving their daily goals as measured by Fitbit wearables, cleverly connecting a good product with a matching motivational tool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Field6: medical transportation companies \u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Description: \u003C\u002Fstrong>Some say transportation problems are the leading cause of inequalities in healthcare in the US. Ride-sharing apps are \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fride-hailing-platforms-solve-problems-transportation-healthcare\u002F\">already doing their share\u003C\u002Fa> of the job in non-emergency medical transportation, and these services continuously prove to be beneficial for patients and hospitals alike. Non-emergency medical transportation services mean a more reliable and affordable means of getting to the doctor’s office for many people in rural areas or in cities without appropriate infrastructure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Example\u003C\u002Fstrong>: \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.modivcare.com\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">\u003Cstrong>Modivcare\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cbr>In order to avoid missing hospital appointments, Modivcare’s healthcare services provide medical transportation and care-centric solutions. The company addresses the social determinants of health, including non-emergency medical transportation, personal care, remote monitoring, medication management, and even nutrition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F02\u002Ftmf_article_289-01-768x432.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35905\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F02\u002Ftmf_article_289-01-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F02\u002Ftmf_article_289-01-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F02\u002Ftmf_article_289-01-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F02\u002Ftmf_article_289-01-2048x1152.png 2048w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F02\u002Ftmf_article_289-01.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Plus one – Field7: wireless health monitoring …for pets\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fdigital-health-for-pets\" target=\"_blank\">Digital health tools for pets \u003C\u002Fa>are surprisingly similar to the ones physicians who treat people face, and the digital transformation will also lead to (animal) patients living longer. Veterinarian care can expect the same trajectory of digital health technologies as we see in healthcare. In a strange way, the passion people have to keep their pets healthy will expose them to these new technologies enough so that they can start taking advantage of them in their own healthcare as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Example: \u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.vetguardian.com\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u003Cstrong>VetGuardian\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>An astonishing piece of design, VetGurdian is like a radar that tracks your pet’s vital signals from afar. In hospitals, we put all sorts of sensors on patients – but that would hardly work with energetic pets running and rolling around. Without a physical connection, the device can monitor and accurately track temperature, pulse, respiration and movement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Chr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\u002F>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>In order to make use of all the great trends listed above, we as patients need to embrace this changing landscape of digital health provided to us already. These trends also stand out for the fact that the companies listed share the same kind of forward-looking mindset and innovative spirit, pushing themselves towards excellence for their vision – and our health.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\">\u003C\u002Fdiv>\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\u003Cp>Dr. Bertalan Mesko, PhD, the Director of The Medical Futurist Institute, launched The Medical Futurist to help individuals, companies, and governments understand how digital health technologies bring healthcare into the 21st century.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u003Cem>“Digital health technologies empower patients to become proactive in their life; empower medical professionals to do their job being supported by advanced technologies, and companies and policymakers to make better decisions about their future.” – Dr. Bertalan Meskó\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To support this transformation, Dr. Meskó and The Medical Futurist team is working relentlessly analyzing the latest trends in digital health and bringing insights to the 800,000+ readers and followers of our publications, along these principles:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: #e71d3299;\">\u003Cstrong>The Medical Futurist is a place to learn, not a place for advertising\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fspan>. The Medical Futurist team is working to bring you unlimited access to reliable, neutral information, that is free from the influence of vendors and companies.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: #e71d3299;\">\u003Cstrong>Unlike many others, we keep 99% of The Medical Futurist content open for all readers\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fspan>, regardless of where they live or what they can afford to pay. We do this because we believe in information equality, where everyone deserves to read accurate news and thoughtful analysis.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n\u003Cp>For 2021, we commit to another year of high-impact reporting that helps people navigate the jungle of digital health and to see where it is heading. With no shareholders or billionaire owners, we set our own agenda and provide unbiased insights that are free from commercial and political influence.\u003C\u002Fp>\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. Thank you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003C\u002Ftr>\n\u003C\u002Ftbody>\n\u003C\u002Ftable>\n\u003Cp> \u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"rendered":1931,"protected":15},"\u003Cp>Recently, on The Medical Futurist, we amassed two vast collections of healthcare trends. 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Within these projections, we looked at how the pandemic can unfold – and when we could finally declare it’s over. Among the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fwhat-can-we-expect-from-2021-the-covid-perspective\u002F\">3 scenarios we projected for 2021\u003C\u002Fa> last October, the most optimistic seemed the most unlikely (hence its name, the fairy-tale scenario), and everyone hoped for the second. At that time, wearing masks in 2022 did not seem likely – at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>And still, here we are, heading towards a pessimistic scenario, living a future we should not have – let’s see how that is possible and where we are at.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F11\u002F1120_3_scenarios-01-768x432.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31281\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F11\u002F1120_3_scenarios-01-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F11\u002F1120_3_scenarios-01-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F11\u002F1120_3_scenarios-01-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F11\u002F1120_3_scenarios-01.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Waves 3, 4, and beyond\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>On average, the latest global vaccination rate is more than 34 million doses per day. At this pace, it would take another 6 months to cover 75% of the world’s population. And that’s still not close to the number required for herd immunity. As the variants are becoming the dominant strain of the virus all over the world, the question is obvious – will we be able to stop it before it mutates outside the range of the existing vaccines?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>As one \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fnationalpost.com\u002Fnews\u002Fthe-virus-has-become-smarter-covid-variants-causing-more-severe-disease-canadian-study-shows\">Canadian study shows\u003C\u002Fa>, the virus is becoming smarter. The risk of hospitalisation from the Delta variant is up to 108 percent higher among the unvaccinated according to researchers, who worry about the upcoming holidays and family gatherings. Scientists urge people to take up the jabs and stay safe – and, as kids under 12 have no vaccine yet, save the children around them, too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Houston, we have an unvaccinated problem \u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Out of all the infected, those who have severe or fatal sickness are mostly the unvaccinated. However, it also seems clear that while the vaccine blunts the effects of COVID, the Delta variant proved to be extraordinarily transmissible, and capable of circumventing lower levels of immunity. This also testifies to the fact that – at least for the Pfizer vaccine – immunity decreases with time. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Initially, two doses of Pfizer’s vaccine provided more than 95% protection against infection. But in a new report from Israel’s Health Ministry, with time, that number has fallen to just 64%. However, I can’t emphasize enough that the same report shows that even if you are being infected, the vaccine remained 93% effective in preventing hospitalisation and serious illness. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"643\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F02\u002F0223_end_of_covid-01-1-768x643.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33053\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F02\u002F0223_end_of_covid-01-1-768x643.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F02\u002F0223_end_of_covid-01-1-1536x1286.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F02\u002F0223_end_of_covid-01-1.png 1290w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">To boost or not to boost?\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>It is hard to tell which country handled the pandemic well. \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcovid19.who.int\u002Fregion\u002Fwpro\u002Fcountry\u002Fnz\">New Zealand\u003C\u002Fa>, a country with a still-lasting lockdown and with a total of 27 deaths where it’ll take years(!) for the virus to pass through the population; or \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcovid19.who.int\u002Fregion\u002Feuro\u002Fcountry\u002Fse\">Sweden\u003C\u002Fa>, without a single day of quarantine but with almost 15 thousand deceased, where society questions why the government did not protect the inhabitants sufficiently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Israel emerged as the frontrunner of COVID vaccinations worldwide. The country was in the vaccination elite until quite recently. However, when Delta hit, health officials had to realise that reaching herd immunity is more complex in the case of COVID-19 than originally thought. They were quick to realise that they need to start administering \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bloomberg.com\u002Fnews\u002Farticles\u002F2021-10-05\u002Fcovid-booster-shots-bring-tel-aviv-back-to-life\">booster shots\u003C\u002Fa> – just like Germany or Canada did. \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wishtv.com\u002Fnews\u002Fvaccinecentral\u002Fcdc-stands-firm-against-mixing-vaccine-boosters-cites-insufficient-data\u002F\">Mixing the vaccines\u003C\u002Fa> is not recommended by the CDC, however, the countries above follow that suit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is certain: vaccination is a communication failure\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>As we head into the fall, I expect a lot of new cases among the unvaccinated, we’ll see masks and social distancing coming back in a big way, with a new race to get the booster shots out there. I believe we’ll see country leaders getting tougher on those who refuse to get vaccinated; but I don’t expect full-blown lockdowns as we had before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>So far over 220 million people have contracted COVID-19. Still, there is a huge number of unvaccinated people who refuse science,  “know it best” and would not allow themselves to be vaccinated – but accept a \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.fda.gov\u002Fconsumers\u002Fconsumer-updates\u002Fwhy-you-should-not-use-ivermectin-treat-or-prevent-covid-19\">drug for horses\u003C\u002Fa> as a treatment instead. Insta-influencers and podcasters seem to know more about the science behind the pandemic than epidemiologists, and Antony Fauci needs to publicly respond to celebs’ comments about whether the vaccine could \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cbsnews.com\u002Fnews\u002Fnicki-minaj-fauci-covid-vaccine-tweet-met-gala\u002F\">cause reproductive issues\u003C\u002Fa>. Therefore we can easily say \u003Cstrong>\u003Cem>science and medicine have failed in communication\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fstrong>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Yes, we can challenge science. I understand the doubt of people regarding innovation – the history of humanity is full of challenging thoughts when they first arise (remember \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblogs.scientificamerican.com\u002Fobservations\u002Fwas-giordano-bruno-burned-at-the-stake-for-believing-in-exoplanets\u002F\">Giordano Bruno\u003C\u002Fa>?). But the way our society now challenges science based on naysay rather than facts opens Pandora’s box and gives a dangerous precedent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Personally, I have received death threats and tons of vicious comments for my videos where I encouraged people to get the jabs. \u003Cstrong>\u003Cem>But not everything is a conspiracy\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fstrong>. We can’t bully our way to herd immunity. Not everyone has an agenda. Or if so, \u003Cem>our a\u003C\u002Fem>genda at The Medical Futurist is to get to the end of this nightmare, and for all of us to be able to go back to our normal lives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Will we have COVID in 2022?\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>This pandemic won’t end overnight. While day by day we are getting to a better place, with time this whole thing is just going to be immensely more complicated. New strains, a booster shot, and combined vaccines – that bring the flu and the COVID jabs into a single dose – are all on the horizon. We need to learn to put our faith in the hands of scientists because they are the ones who can help us responsibly navigate this complex landscape. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In the age of misinformation, we’re facing the most pessimistic scenario.\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>COVID is going to stay with us for a while. Science has done its part and it’s going to keep doing it, and we can find solace every day as we look around and see how much progress we’ve made since last year. And, hopefully, at the end of this long fight, we’ll be able to learn the right lessons, and when the next crisis comes, we’ll be more ready.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"rendered":2060,"protected":15},"\u003Cp>Last April, at the top of lockdowns and the pandemic we forecasted When And How COVID-9 Will End. 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