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When a university builds a new laboratory, when a funding agency commits millions to a research programme, when a medical school redesigns its curriculum, or when researchers decide which technologies deserve years of investigation, they are making assumptions about what the future will look like. They assume certain technologies will mature, that particular skills will become important, that regulators will accept new approaches, that patients and the public will trust them, and that infrastructure built today will still make sense years from now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Yet these assumptions are rarely made explicit. This is the problem we address in our new Comment published in Nature, “The science of foresight: how to future-proof your research.” Together with Tamás Kristóf, Josip Car, Joseph Sung and Tien Yin Wong, we argue that science needs a systematic way to examine the futures it is already implicitly betting on. We call this approach translational foresight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Not predicting the future, but preparing for it\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The problem is not that scientists cannot predict the future. They should not be expected to. The future is inherently uncertain, particularly in rapidly evolving fields such as artificial intelligence, genomics, biotechnology and digital health. The problem is that scientific institutions often make long-term decisions while treating the assumptions behind those decisions as if they were fixed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The COVID-19 pandemic offered an extreme example. Research organisations and healthcare systems suddenly had to accelerate vaccine development, expand telemedicine, move education online, redeploy healthcare professionals and deal with questions of public trust, surveillance and vaccination. Many of these challenges could not have been predicted in detail, but the possibility of a global health crisis, workforce disruption, rapidly scaling remote healthcare and widespread public distrust could certainly have been explored beforehand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Artificial intelligence presents a similar challenge today. Universities, healthcare institutions and research organisations already need to make decisions about AI validation, research integrity, workforce preparation, regulation and governance. They must do so before decades of evidence become available. Waiting for certainty is therefore not an option. The alternative is not prediction. It is foresight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Futures studies already has mature methods for systematically examining possible change. These include horizon scanning, scenario analysis, forecasting, backcasting and tools for exploring the second- and third-order consequences of emerging trends. Such approaches are widely used in policy, government and parts of industry, but they remain surprisingly peripheral to everyday scientific practice. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Our proposal is to bring these methods inside the scientific process itself.\u003C\u002Fstrong> Foresight should not sit somewhere outside science, producing reports about what the future might look like. It should help researchers decide what to investigate, fund, build, teach, validate and evaluate. That is what we mean by translational foresight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Translational medicine has done it before\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>There is an important historical parallel here. By the late twentieth century, biomedical science had become extraordinarily good at generating discoveries, but there was a growing recognition that scientific discoveries did not automatically translate into better patient outcomes. A gap existed between the laboratory and the clinic. That led to the rise of translational medicine and concepts such as “bench to bedside.” The scientific ecosystem gradually adapted. New funding programmes appeared, institutions dedicated to translational research were created, training programmes changed, and researchers increasingly considered how discoveries could move towards practical impact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>We believe a similar gap exists today. Futures research already provides sophisticated ways to analyse uncertainty, emerging trends and alternative futures, but those outputs rarely translate into the mechanisms governing science itself. Hence the term translational foresight. The goal is to translate plausible futures into better scientific decisions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>One concern about futures thinking is that it can sound abstract. It does not have to be. Imagine a research group preparing a five-year grant application. Normally, the team proposes a research plan based on what its members currently know. With a foresight layer added, they might also ask what would happen if a competing technology developed much faster than expected, if regulation changed, if access to an essential dataset became restricted, if the platform on which the research depended became obsolete, or if public acceptance developed differently than expected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The team does not need to create a perfect prediction. Instead, it identifies which assumptions the project depends on and which signals would indicate that those assumptions are beginning to fail. The research plan becomes more adaptive as a result. That is a fundamentally different way of thinking about scientific robustness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In our Nature Comment, we deliberately included practical methods that researchers could apply without becoming professional futurists. One is the Futures Wheel, which maps the direct and indirect consequences of a development. Take the statement that AI can now co-author scientific papers. What happens next, and what happens because of those consequences? Mapping those ripple effects can reveal opportunities, risks and unintended consequences that are easy to miss when examining only the technology itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Another tool is scenario analysis. Instead of asking what will happen, researchers construct several plausible future environments and test whether their strategy works across them. Backcasting reverses the direction of thinking: researchers imagine a desired future outcome, perhaps the state of their discipline in 2035, and work backwards to identify what would need to happen to get there. We also describe a method we call Stump the Futurist, in which researchers actively try to break a future claim by identifying failure modes, missing variables and hidden assumptions. The point of all these exercises is not to make science speculative. It is almost the opposite. They force assumptions about the future to become explicit enough to be challenged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Three steps towards translational foresight\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>We propose three broad changes to scientific practice. First, futures methods should become part of ordinary scientific workflows. Researchers could stress-test projects before submitting grants, examine the possible consequences of new technologies and revisit assumptions as new evidence appears. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Second, futures literacy should become part of scientific education. Researchers learn statistics because they need to interpret uncertainty in data, and they learn methodology because they need to design rigorous experiments. We argue that they should also learn how to reason systematically about uncertainty in the future. Futures literacy could eventually become a basic scientific competency.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Third, foresight should become institutionalised. Funding agencies, universities and research organisations could incorporate long-term assumptions and alternative futures into funding decisions, infrastructure planning and project evaluation. This is where the idea becomes much bigger than a workshop exercise. If funding systems begin asking researchers not only, “What do you expect to discover?” but also, “Under what future conditions would your assumptions stop being valid?”, the incentives of science itself start to change.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>This matters especially now because science has always had to deal with uncertainty, but the speed at which technological and societal conditions can transform is increasing. Artificial intelligence can reshape an entire research workflow within a few years. New biological tools can emerge faster than the regulatory structures surrounding them. Healthcare technologies can move from experimental to consumer products before institutions have decided how they should be evaluated. At the same time, scientific programmes themselves can take five, ten or twenty years to mature.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>I have spent much of my career trying to \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.jmir.org\u002F2024\u002F1\u002Fe57148\">make futures methods accessible\u003C\u002Fa> to medicine and healthcare. One recurring obstacle has been the misconception that thinking about the future means trying to predict it. It does not. The real goal is to improve decisions made today. A good foresight process does not tell researchers what the world will look like in 2035. It helps them understand which assumptions they are making about 2035, which of those assumptions matter most, how those assumptions might fail, and what they could do differently as a result.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>That is a much more useful ambition, and one that science can realistically adopt. Our Nature Comment ends with a sentence that captures the idea:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n\u003Cp>“The twentieth century taught science how to translate discovery into impact. The twenty-first century must teach it how to translate plausible futures into better scientific decisions.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Fblockquote>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>That is what translational foresight is ultimately about: not predicting science, but future-proofing the way we do it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedia.nature.com\u002Fw1248\u002Fmagazine-assets\u002Fd41586-026-02231-y\u002Fd41586-026-02231-y_52981536.jpg?as=webp\">The Nature Comment: The science of foresight: how to future-proof your research, by Bertalan Meskó, Tamás Kristóf, Josip Car, Joseph Sung and Tien Yin Wong, published in Nature, Volume 655, 23 July 2026.\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"rendered":60,"protected":15},"\u003Cp>Our new Nature Comment introduces “translational foresight”: a framework for bringing futures methods into the everyday machinery of science. 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Following the recent shift towards digital health technologies and the adoption of remote care approaches, it is only natural to wonder how these developments will impact those healthcare institutions. What can we expect from them in the future? Will there be hospitals altogether in a decade?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The short answer is yes, physical institutions will still be part of the future of healthcare. However, their roles will be significantly different from what they currently are. They will integrate new elements of design, accommodate digital health technologies, and become specialised centers for invasive procedures, acute care, and disease prevention. 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Composed of seven chapters and including input from industry experts, this e-book aims to equip policymakers, healthcare professionals, and digital health businesses with adequate insights to prepare for the future of hospitals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>To provide a glimpse of what to expect from our new publication, this article explores five trends that will help shape the hospital of the future. We go into more details in our e-book and we would encourage you to discover more by purchasing a copy of The Guide To The Future Of Hospitals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>1. The shift of the POC towards homes\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The point-of-care (POC) refers to the location where care is delivered. Traditionally, this referred to the patient’s bedside in a healthcare facility. But as recent years have highlighted, the POC extends beyond hospital walls to include where the patients are, thanks to remote care and telehealth services, wearables, portable diagnostics, and at-home lab tests.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>This means that patients often can now be monitored and receive healthcare recommendations from the comfort of their homes. This has spurred the new concept of ‘\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fwelcome-to-the-virtual-ward\" target=\"_blank\">virtual wards\u003C\u002Fa>’.\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\u002F06\u002Ftmf_article_277-01-768x432.png\" alt=\"physician shortage moves care from hospitals to the patients' homes\" class=\"wp-image-34881\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F06\u002Ftmf_article_277-01-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F06\u002Ftmf_article_277-01-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F06\u002Ftmf_article_277-01-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F06\u002Ftmf_article_277-01.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\u003Cp>Virtual wards offer hospital-grade attention to patients in their own homes using remote monitoring health tools. These provide real-time monitoring which, combined with two-way communication, allows patients to be in touch with healthcare professionals. The latter can subsequently provide prompt intervention if they identify signs of deterioration. Procedures such as intravenous therapies that require trained professionals are performed by a visiting nurse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Such approaches have already been piloted in countries like the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.england.nhs.uk\u002Fvirtual-wards\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">U.K.\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.linkedin.com\u002Fpulse\u002Fvirtual-wards-why-widely-adopted-across-us-healthcare-lloyd-price\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">U.S.\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.healthcareitnews.com\u002Fnews\u002Fasia\u002Fcovid-19-virtual-ward-helped-singaporean-health-system-save-over-3500-bed-days\" target=\"_blank\">Singapore\u003C\u002Fa> and \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.9news.com.au\u002Fnational\u002Fvirtual-hospital-adelaide-my-home-hospital-for-sa-health\u002Fdc90a123-8d67-4efb-902c-5e9b74df7e01\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Australia\u003C\u002Fa>. As they become more common in the future, hospitals have to be adequately equipped and designed to support such a modality of care delivery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>2. Designing specific spaces for remote care consultations\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Virtual wards aren’t the only approach that will make use of remote care but a significant proportion of outpatient consultations will also be handled in this manner. McKinsey forecasts that, in the future, \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bloomberg.com\u002Fnews\u002Farticles\u002F2021-02-23\u002Fhow-the-pandemic-is-transforming-hospital-design\" target=\"_blank\">25% of outpatient services\u003C\u002Fa> could be conducted through telemedicine. Such an approach can help diminish the rate of unnecessary visits while improving the patient experience. \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\u002F03\u002Ftmf_article_250-51-01-768x432.png\" alt=\"Hospital healtcare gap democratise future\" class=\"wp-image-33551\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F03\u002Ftmf_article_250-51-01-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F03\u002Ftmf_article_250-51-01-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F03\u002Ftmf_article_250-51-01-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F03\u002Ftmf_article_250-51-01.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\u003Cp>To handle the new normal, clinical spaces will need rethinking to accommodate rooms dedicated to virtual consultations and remote care. These will include user-friendly sound and lighting control, with dual screens to simultaneously converse with the patient and access their medical records,” Dr Diana Anderson \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fthe-future-of-hospital-design-inside-the-point-of-care\u002F\">told The Medica\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fthe-future-of-hospital-design-inside-the-point-of-care\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">l\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fthe-future-of-hospital-design-inside-the-point-of-care\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> Futurist\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>3. From hand-written notes to voice-to-text\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Clinical documentation systems \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fthe-evolution-of-clinical-documentation-from-paper-to-ai\" target=\"_blank\">evolved significantly during the past decades\u003C\u002Fa>, moving from paper to computers. While most hospitals currently rely on electronic health record (EHR) systems, the necessary administration is among the top contributors to physician burnout. Healthcare professionals spend \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.beckershospitalreview.com\u002Fehrs\u002F6-stats-on-ehr-related-physician-burnout-and-7-tips-to-combat-it.html\" target=\"_blank\">a considerable amount of time\u003C\u002Fa> entering data into EHRs, leaving them with less time to spend with their patients. Many consider EHRs as their \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fvoice-to-text-technologies-shape-the-future\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">number one challenge\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>A promising alternative to manually inputting data into EHRs is voice-to-text technology. It operates via a voice recognition system that transcribes patient-doctor visits without requiring physical input.\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\u002F09\u002F106_Voice-to-text-technologies-in-medicine-768x432.gif\" alt=\"voice to text technologies help future hospitals to operate more efficiently \" class=\"wp-image-24827\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F09\u002F106_Voice-to-text-technologies-in-medicine-768x432.gif 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F09\u002F106_Voice-to-text-technologies-in-medicine-370x208.gif 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F09\u002F106_Voice-to-text-technologies-in-medicine-1536x864.gif 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F09\u002F106_Voice-to-text-technologies-in-medicine-2048x1152.gif 2048w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F09\u002F106_Voice-to-text-technologies-in-medicine-512x288.gif 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\u003Cp>This field has been developing steadily for decades, but progress has become very evident in the past few years. \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nuance.com\u002Fen-gb\u002Fhealthcare\u002Fphysician-and-clinical-speech\u002Fdragon-medical.html\">Nuance\u003C\u002Fa> and \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.3m.com\u002F3M\u002Fen_US\u002Fhealth-information-systems-us\u002Fcreate-time-to-care\u002Fclinician-solutions\u002Fspeech-recognition\u002Ffluency-direct\u002F\">3M\u003C\u002Fa> were among the first to focus significant efforts on the automated (medical) scribe segment, offering voice recognition services that create clinical notes that integrate into EHRs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Microsoft’s $16bn acquisition of Nuance in 2022 shows new levels of commitment, resources, and partnerships. Following the\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.modernhealthcare.com\u002Fdigital-health\u002Fhimss-2023-epic-microsoft-bring-openais-gpt-4-ehrs\" target=\"_blank\"> early 2023 announcements\u003C\u002Fa> of working on integrating GPT-4 into Epic’s EHR systems, Nuance’s artificial intelligence (AI) based \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.healthcareitnews.com\u002Fnews\u002Fnuance-ai-copilot-now-fully-embedded-epic-ehr\" target=\"_blank\">DAX CoPilot is now fully embedded\u003C\u002Fa> in Epic EHR, and is available to hundreds of hospitals and health systems. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>But Nuance’s DAX (and Dragon) are not the only ones offering AI scribes for medical purposes. A French contender, \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.patreon.com\u002Fposts\u002Fnabla-copilot-4-82088198\" target=\"_blank\">Nabla Copilot\u003C\u002Fa> is also successful \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.hcinnovationgroup.com\u002Fanalytics-ai\u002Farticle\u002F53098833\u002Fchildrens-hospital-los-angeles-to-roll-out-nabla-copilot-ambient-ai-assistant\" target=\"_blank\">on the other side of the Atlantic\u003C\u002Fa>. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>By slashing the need to type into EHRs, physicians can spend more time with their patients and provide medical attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The healthcare sector shifted from paper records to administrators, electronic medical records, and now, voice-to-text applications. But it is not the end of the road. We are looking forward to the potential of \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fwhy-it-is-important-to-understand-multimodal-large-language-models-in-healthcare\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">Multimodal Large Language Models\u003C\u002Fa> (M-LLMs) which promise a comprehensive and efficient system, potentially reclaiming the human touch in medical care.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>4. AI in decision-making\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Another technology with major potential to enhance the functioning of hospitals is artificial intelligence (AI). Its contribution ranges from reducing \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fambient-intelligence-and-emotion-ai-in-healthcare\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">alarm fatigue\u003C\u002Fa> to \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Ftop-12-health-chatbots\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">triaging\u003C\u002Fa>, from administration to clinical decision-making. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>AI can indeed assist in \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fwhat-has-a-i-in-medicine-ever-done-for-us\" target=\"_blank\">a multitude of diagnostic processes\u003C\u002Fa>. Such software can, for instance, provide pointers from medical data to help clinicians identify conditions such as \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fpubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\u002F23361114\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">ADHD\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\u002Fpmc\u002Farticles\u002FPMC10731177\u002F#:~:text=AI%20can%20also%20help%20in,periodic%20leg%20movement%20disorders%2C%20etc.\" target=\"_blank\">sleep disorders\u003C\u002Fa>, and \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.mobihealthnews.com\u002Fnews\u002Fzebra-medical-vision-lands-fda-clearance-tool-detect-cardiovascular-disease\" target=\"_blank\">quantify coronary artery calcification\u003C\u002Fa>. \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\u002F10\u002F214_tmf-01-768x432.png\" alt=\"things you can and can't expect from A.I. in future hospitals\" class=\"wp-image-30779\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F10\u002F214_tmf-01-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F10\u002F214_tmf-01-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F10\u002F214_tmf-01-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F10\u002F214_tmf-01.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\u003Cp>Essentially, AI-powered tools can become the doctor’s new assistant that can crunch through volumes of data from their EHRs and \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.lunduniversity.lu.se\u002Farticle\u002Fai-supported-mammography-screening-found-be-safe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">radiological scans\u003C\u002Fa>. They can then \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fhow-can-you-use-ai-in-your-healthcare-right-now\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">detect patterns and suspicious signs\u003C\u002Fa>, and provide recommendations. Physicians can subsequently interpret those recommendations and determine the optimal clinical route for the patient.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>One especially exciting aspect of the AI revolution is the field of \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fgenerative-ai-explained-its-impact-and-future-in-healthcare\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">generative AI\u003C\u002Fa>, and large (\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fusing-chatgpt-offline-the-emergence-of-small-language-models\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">and small\u003C\u002Fa>) language models in particular – a segment that stepped into the spotlight recently. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Although these “general” large language models were not developed (and approved) for giving medical advice, medical LLMs do exist. One of the most prominent examples is \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" style=\"\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fmedpalm-new-ai-medical-chatbots-will-soon-be-better-than-waiting-for-a-doctor\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">Google’s Med-PaLM 2\u003C\u002Fa>. This LLM is \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" style=\"\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fsites.research.google\u002Fmed-palm\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">specifically trained on a massive dataset of medical text\u003C\u002Fa>, including research papers, clinical notes, and textbooks. This specialised training allows Med-PaLM 2 to understand complex medical terminology and concepts and \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" style=\"\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Farxiv.org\u002Fpdf\u002F2305.09617.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">according to this pre-print paper\u003C\u002Fa>, with impressive accuracy. Med-PaLM 2 is not accessible to the general public, but the Mayo Clinic has \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" style=\"\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theverge.com\u002F2023\u002F7\u002F8\u002F23788265\u002Fgoogle-med-palm-2-mayo-clinic-chatbot-bard-chatgpt\" target=\"_blank\">reportedly been testing\u003C\u002Fa> the system since 2023.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>This brings us to the next major concept: multimodal large language models, or M-LLMs, we mentioned at the end of the previous segment. M-LLMs \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fwhy-it-is-important-to-understand-multimodal-large-language-models-in-healthcare\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">will be crucial in the future of hospital\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fwhy-it-is-important-to-understand-multimodal-large-language-models-in-healthcare\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">s\u003C\u002Fa>. Multimodal systems can process and interpret multiple types of input data, such as text, images, audio, and video, simultaneously. These M-LLM systems will eventually serve as a central hub for various unimodal AI applications in hospitals, translating between various technologies and humans, allowing a single, easy-to-use interface to control a wide range of applications. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>AI has \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fleanpub.com\u002FArtificialIntelligenceinHealthcare\" target=\"_blank\">a vast amount\u003C\u002Fa> of potential in healthcare and as it becomes integral to care delivery, hospitals should be able to accommodate them. \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fcloud-gaming-can-bring-artificial-intelligence-to-the-doctors-office\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cloud computing infrastructure\u003C\u002Fa> could be such a means to make healthcare facilities AI-ready, but the medical staff should also get acquainted with the technology and \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F10-things-you-can-definitely-expect-from-the-future-of-healthcare-ai\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">its realistic potential\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>5. Cybersecurity and how hospitals can keep patients’ data safe\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>With the increased digitisation of healthcare, healthcare establishments will need to acknowledge the \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" style=\"\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fyour-privacy-in-the-digital-health-era-the-medical-futurists-guide\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">accompanying cybersecurity risks\u003C\u002Fa>. Cyberattacks, which \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.aha.org\u002Faha-center-health-innovation-market-scan\u002F2023-10-10-how-prevent-high-impact-cyberattack\" target=\"_blank\">experienced a rise\u003C\u002Fa> in the past years, can \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" style=\"\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fhealthitsecurity.com\u002Fnews\u002Fthe-10-biggest-healthcare-data-breaches-of-2020\" target=\"_blank\">compromise sensitive patient data\u003C\u002Fa> as well as \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" style=\"\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.hhs.gov\u002Fblog\u002F2022\u002F02\u002F28\u002Fimproving-cybersecurity-posture-healthcare-2022.html\" target=\"_blank\">force the cancellation\u003C\u002Fa> of crucial services such as surgeries and radiology exams. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Hospitals should thus set up proper safeguarding protocols and approaches against cybercrimes. They can \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fcyberthreats-to-hospitals-2021\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">educate and train staff\u003C\u002Fa> to identify and counter activities of malicious third parties, which often \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.csoonline.com\u002Farticle\u002F3648654\u002Fsocial-engineering-definition-examples-and-techniques.html\" target=\"_blank\">exploit human psychology\u003C\u002Fa>. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Regarding the technical aspect, anti-virus and anti-ransomware protection should be employed; and operating systems and software applications should be updated. Outdated software was in fact behind the leading cause of the infamous \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fthe-nhs-ransomware-attack-data-privacy-in-digital-health-part-one\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WannaCry cyberattack on 61 NHS institutions\u003C\u002Fa> in 2017.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>On top of these cybersecurity concerns, hospitals will need to ensure that patients’ data are transparently handled. As they will increasingly employ AI tools, hospitals will need to use patient data to train the algorithms, often while collaborating with Big Tech companies. However, patients might not be explicitly informed of such uses of their data. The collaboration between Google’s DeepMind AI unit and the Royal Free London NHS Trust \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.medicaldevice-network.com\u002Ffeatures\u002Fdata-privacy-advertising-amazon-and-artificial-intelligence\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">exemplifies this\u003C\u002Fa>. In the latter case, certain healthcare-related details of \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ftechcrunch.com\u002F2016\u002F05\u002F04\u002Fconcerns-raised-over-broad-scope-of-deepmind-nhs-health-data-sharing-deal\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">some 1.6 million patients\u003C\u002Fa> were shared without properly informing patients of such use.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>While there is essentially no effective AI without patient data to train them on, privacy-focused training methods could be adopted. One such approach is decentralised \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Ffederated-learning-can-protect-patients-data-in-hospitals\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">federated learning\u003C\u002Fa>, which has been shown to \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nature.com\u002Farticles\u002Fs41746-020-00323-1\" target=\"_blank\">perform comparably\u003C\u002Fa> to other centralised models to deliver \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.medrxiv.org\u002Fcontent\u002F10.1101\u002F2020.12.22.20245407v1.full\" target=\"_blank\">quality\u003C\u002Fa> and \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.jmir.org\u002F2020\u002F10\u002Fe20891\" target=\"_blank\">reliable\u003C\u002Fa> performance. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Hospitals will thus need to ensure that patients’ data are handled responsibly and transparently; in particular in order to foster a trusting relationship between patients, hospitals and developers for effective digital health adoption.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"463\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F09\u002Fhealthcare-privacy-768x463.png\" alt=\"healthcare privacy tmf hacker laptop computer data\" class=\"wp-image-47163\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F09\u002Fhealthcare-privacy-768x463.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F09\u002Fhealthcare-privacy-1536x926.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F09\u002Fhealthcare-privacy.png 1792w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\u003Cp>While these five trends indicate how the hospital in the future will operate, many more factors come into play. These range from specific design elements through the impact of tech giants to the new role of healthcare professionals. We provide in-depth analyses regarding how these elements factor in the functioning of the hospital of the future and we invite you to discover them in detail in our e-book \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fleanpub.com\u002Ffuture-of-hospitals\" target=\"_blank\">A Guide To The Future Of Hospitals\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cem>Written by Dr. Bertalan Meskó & Dr. Pranavsingh Dhunnoo\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"rendered":188,"protected":15},"\u003Cp>Let’s explore five important trends that will help shape the hospital of the future and how they will transform care!\u003C\u002Fp>\n",16,47421,{"_acf_changed":15,"footnotes":7},[67,5,193,68,194,195,196,197],504,521,499,516,494,[199,200,201,202,203,204,205,206,207,208,209,210],207,723,275,6743,313,7639,543,4471,609,134,4925,637,[212,213,214,215],949,950,951,952,[],[218,219,220,221,222,223,224,225,226,227,228,229,230],1721,1723,1807,2125,2339,2605,2611,1617,3825,1631,4449,1683,1709,[232,53,75,76,77,78,79,80,81,233,82,234,235,236,237,238,239,240,241,242,243,244,245,246,247,248,249,250,251,252,253],"post-47227","category-artificial-intelligence","category-future-medicine","category-healthcare-design","category-medical-education","category-telemedicine","tag-digital-health","tag-telemedicine","tag-healthcare","tag-hospitals","tag-medicine","tag-future-hospitals","tag-future-of-hospital","tag-remote-care","tag-healthcare-design","tag-ai","tag-point-of-care","tag-telehealth","project_category-educators","project_category-medical-professionals","project_category-patients","project_category-policy-makers",{"id":190,"alt_text":7,"caption":7,"description":7,"media_type":84,"media_details":255,"post":174,"source_url":276},{"width":256,"height":257,"file":258,"sizes":259,"image_meta":275},1280,720,"2022\u002F09\u002FFuture_of_Hospitals_Header_tmf.png",{"medium":260,"large":265,"thumbnail":270,"medium_large":274},{"file":261,"width":262,"height":263,"mime-type":95,"source_url":264},"Future_of_Hospitals_Header_tmf-370x208.png","370","208","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F09\u002FFuture_of_Hospitals_Header_tmf-370x208.png",{"file":266,"width":267,"height":268,"mime-type":95,"source_url":269},"Future_of_Hospitals_Header_tmf-768x432.png","768","432","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F09\u002FFuture_of_Hospitals_Header_tmf-768x432.png",{"file":271,"width":272,"height":272,"mime-type":95,"source_url":273},"Future_of_Hospitals_Header_tmf-150x150.png","150","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F09\u002FFuture_of_Hospitals_Header_tmf-150x150.png",{"file":266,"width":267,"height":268,"mime-type":95,"source_url":269},{"aperture":111,"credit":7,"camera":7,"caption":7,"created_timestamp":111,"copyright":7,"focal_length":111,"iso":111,"shutter_speed":111,"title":7,"orientation":111},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F09\u002FFuture_of_Hospitals_Header_tmf.png",{"cta_type":278,"cta_color":7,"subtitle":7,"related_books":279,"related_posts_footer":283,"related_posts":15,"key_takeaways":287},"subscribe",[280,281,282],24761,31417,52203,[284,285,286],55367,55033,55227,[288,290],{"title":289},"\u003Cp>We will have hospitals in 2040 too, but their roles will be different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"title":291},"\u003Cp>Parallel to this transformation, the roles of healthcare personnel will also be different with AI, remote care transforming diagnostics and patient-doctor interactions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"yoast_wpseo_title":184,"yoast_wpseo_metadesc":293,"yoast_wpseo_canonical":182},"Let's explore five important trends that shape the hospital of the future and how they transform care and the role of patients and medical 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In Medicine: 3 Future Scenarios From Utopia To Dystopia",{"rendered":350,"protected":15},"\n\u003Cp>Ever find yourself pondering about the future of healthcare, with artificial intelligence either as \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F4-exciting-examples-of-ai-diagnostics-already-in-use\" target=\"_blank\">our best mate\u003C\u002Fa> or our malevolent overlord? We all do. And let’s face it, \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fai-assistance-in-clinical-trials-the-practical-opportunities\" target=\"_blank\">the reality\u003C\u002Fa> is \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F5-reasons-artificial-intelligence-wont-replace-physicians\u002F\">somewhere in between\u003C\u002Fa> those Hollywood extremes. But where exactly?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Let me show you how we can \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>A. Model how various future scenarios might look like, and\u003Cbr>B. Determine the steps we need to take now to build a good future and avoid the nightmare scenarios\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>We will employ a structured methodology to guide our exploration:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Col class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003Cli>Select a common value: This will serve as our yardstick by which we measure all scenarios. In our case, this will be the doctor-patient connection.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\n\n\n\u003Cli>Constructing the utopia: Imagining a world where this value thrives, leading to the best possible outcomes.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\n\n\n\u003Cli>Defining the dystopia: Exploring the bleak consequences if this value were to disappear.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\n\n\n\u003Cli>Envisioning the mid-range scenario: Finding a balanced vision between the extremes, outlining its detailed aspects.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\n\n\n\u003Cli>Finally, we’ll reverse engineer our way to this middle ground, identifying the steps we can take today to ensure that AI serves the best interests of patients and strengthens, rather than weakens, the doctor-patient bond.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Fol>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Utopia: an AI-augmented healthcare paradise\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In our utopian scenario, AI serves as the ultimate assistant to physicians, enhancing their capabilities without ever replacing them. Doctors have access to advanced AI tools that provide real-time data analysis, predictive diagnostics, and personalised treatment plans. Freed from administrative burdens and armed with a wealth of information, doctors can devote more time and energy to building meaningful relationships with their patients. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Flh7-us.googleusercontent.com\u002Fdocsz\u002FAD_4nXctgN4HKirhv4XuR0CKWHeqmS0i2R7vL2YEg9shHtb6MQZLkxNMcdbqCO8zJZrfTmp8C8qKDBg-p0_0toeMUMn3bzPRQqvXNivGVDHGvTfOL8m436BC8297MmziX1VJJo1DFcTfMI7YXYkXiFZYXsTn_4w?key=EcRIIpmQXyjDr5rE_ZAzpQ\" alt=\"\"\u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Patients, in turn, benefit from AI-based technologies that are not only safe but also easily accessible, offering them tailored health insights and proactive care solutions. The human touch remains at the core of healthcare, with AI acting as a powerful ally in the pursuit of medical excellence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In this ideal world, regulatory frameworks are both excellent and flexible, adapting swiftly to technological advancements while ensuring stringent safety and ethical standards. Companies respect boundaries, adhering to regulations that prioritise patient welfare and data privacy. Advanced encryption and security measures safeguard patient information, while the integration of AI leads to significant reductions in healthcare costs, making high-quality care more affordable and accessible to all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dystopia: the rise of the machines, the fall of compassion\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In this grim future, the doctor-patient connection has become a relic of the past. AI algorithms, driven by relentless optimization and cost-cutting, have replaced human physicians in nearly every aspect of healthcare. Patients are reduced to data points; their unique stories and emotional needs are ignored in favor of standardised, one-size-fits-all treatment plans. The warmth of human interaction is replaced by cold, sterile efficiency.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Medical schools have become obsolete, as AI systems diagnose, treat, and even perform surgeries with greater accuracy and speed than any human could. The art of medicine is lost, replaced by a soulless science devoid of empathy or compassion. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Privacy is a distant memory, as the relentless pursuit of data to fuel AI development has led to a surveillance state. Personal health information is constantly harvested and analysed, with little regard for individual consent or security. The tech giants that develop and control these AI technologies hold immense power, dictating the direction of healthcare and prioritizing their interests over patient welfare. The result is a dehumanized healthcare system where patients are mere commodities, stripped of their agency and dignity. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The once-promising potential of AI in healthcare transforms into a nightmare where technology dehumanizes medicine and erodes trust in the system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The middle-ground: a human-AI partnership in medicine\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In this balanced future, the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F5-reasons-artificial-intelligence-wont-replace-physicians\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">doctor-patient connection remains a core value\u003C\u002Fa> of healthcare, but AI plays a vital role in enhancing and expanding the capacities and reach of healthcare workers.  Algorithms have become trusted members of the medical team, sifting through mountains of data, identifying patterns, and generating insights that inform clinical decision-making.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Society has learned both culturally and technologically to harness the power of AI effectively. Medical professionals are trained not only in traditional medical knowledge but also in the use of AI tools, ensuring they can make the most of these advancements to improve patient outcomes. Patients benefit from a healthcare system that is more efficient, accurate, and personalised, without sacrificing the personal interactions that are crucial for holistic care. Regulations evolve at a pace that keeps up with innovations, ensuring that safety, privacy, and ethical considerations are always at the forefront. This regulatory agility creates an environment where AI can thrive while maintaining public trust and protecting patient rights.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Flh7-us.googleusercontent.com\u002Fdocsz\u002FAD_4nXfKwEiXEIXkXLxOX8qfz2N-8vN7eGMktwHrUi9Ly1y1m7mBPMctqag-sH9SvRaVa4rYAsmeEJcJX5nEGnKeNxFfBQ243tNM2u9o8ubidAGXpQxWPeSlO2ealnvzM08CIhoyWuSdrWrLiYt5S50_JYG6o6D8?key=EcRIIpmQXyjDr5rE_ZAzpQ\" alt=\"\"\u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In this balanced future, healthcare costs are optimized, and accessibility is improved without compromising quality or privacy. AI-driven efficiencies help reduce unnecessary expenses, making advanced medical care more affordable. Privacy is safeguarded through security measures and transparent practices, ensuring that patient data is used ethically and responsibly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Backcasting: charting the path to a good future\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>To have the best achievable future where AI and human healthcare professionals work in harmony, we need to take steps today. We can determine three necessary pillars that help us save the core value of the doctor-patient connection: \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Col class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003Cli>Highlighting the importance of human touch. Medical education must emphasize the irreplaceable value of empathy, communication, and the therapeutic relationship. Simultaneously, public awareness campaigns can help patients understand the complementary roles of AI and human providers, fostering trust and collaboration.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\n\n\n\u003Cli>Make more adapt regulations. We must engage regulators in ongoing dialogues about AI’s evolving capabilities and potential risks. This involves providing clear, accessible information about AI technologies, and creating a deeper understanding of their impact on healthcare work and patient outcomes.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\n\n\n\u003Cli>Prepare culturally. We need educational programs to boost AI literacy among both healthcare professionals and the general public. These programs should demystify AI, explaining its benefits, limitations, and applications in healthcare in an accessible manner. We need apps that encourage people to use safe AI tools, such as for health monitoring or virtual consultations. \u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Fol>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A pie in the sky is not always a bad thing\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Don’t count your chickens before they hatch! Don’t build castles in the air! You have your head in the clouds! There are so many proverbs about the useless nature of daydreaming that many of us feel a pang of guilt when contemplating the future. However, there’s a vast difference between baseless fantasizing and realistic forward planning. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Interestingly, on a smaller scale, we all understand this intuitively. We don’t look askance at someone who carefully plans what they need to buy for an evening dinner party. Yet, on a larger scale, we often act as if we have no influence over what the future holds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Structured methodologies like the one we’ve explored help us learn how to “dream well” in a way that yields achievable, valuable outcomes. These practices ensure that our visions for the future are not just imaginative but also practical and attainable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"rendered":352,"protected":15},"\u003Cp>There’s a vast difference between baseless fantasizing and realistic forward planning. Structured methodologies help us learn how to “dream well”.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",57061,{"_acf_changed":15,"footnotes":7},[67,5,194],[357,358,359,360],247,7673,7963,7973,[213,215],[],[364,229,365,218,366,367,368],2131,1707,1787,1833,1837,[370,53,75,76,77,78,79,80,81,234,371,372,373,374,251,253],"post-57059","tag-future-of-medicine","tag-ai-in-medicine","tag-futures-methods","tag-future-of-ai",{"id":353,"alt_text":376,"caption":7,"description":7,"media_type":84,"media_details":377,"post":338,"source_url":411},"AI in medicine",{"width":378,"height":379,"file":380,"filesize":381,"sizes":382,"image_meta":409},6667,3750,"2024\u002F07\u002Ftmf_article_423.png",616424,{"medium":383,"large":387,"thumbnail":392,"medium_large":396,"1536x1536":397,"2048x2048":403},{"file":384,"width":93,"height":94,"mime-type":95,"filesize":385,"source_url":386},"tmf_article_423-370x208.png",33071,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2024\u002F07\u002Ftmf_article_423-370x208.png",{"file":388,"width":100,"height":389,"mime-type":95,"filesize":390,"source_url":391},"tmf_article_423-768x432.png",432,76743,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2024\u002F07\u002Ftmf_article_423-768x432.png",{"file":393,"width":106,"height":106,"mime-type":95,"filesize":394,"source_url":395},"tmf_article_423-150x150.png",12996,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2024\u002F07\u002Ftmf_article_423-150x150.png",{"file":388,"width":100,"height":389,"mime-type":95,"filesize":390,"source_url":391},{"file":398,"width":399,"height":400,"mime-type":95,"filesize":401,"source_url":402},"tmf_article_423-1536x864.png",1536,864,167740,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2024\u002F07\u002Ftmf_article_423-1536x864.png",{"file":404,"width":405,"height":406,"mime-type":95,"filesize":407,"source_url":408},"tmf_article_423-2048x1152.png",2048,1152,233229,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2024\u002F07\u002Ftmf_article_423-2048x1152.png",{"aperture":111,"credit":7,"camera":7,"caption":7,"created_timestamp":111,"copyright":7,"focal_length":111,"iso":111,"shutter_speed":111,"title":7,"orientation":111,"keywords":410},[],"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2024\u002F07\u002Ftmf_article_423.png",{"cta_type":278,"cta_color":7,"related_posts_footer":413,"related_posts":15,"related_books":417,"subtitle":7,"key_takeaways":421},[414,415,416],17884,56453,56371,[418,419,420],55605,47427,24764,[422,424,426],{"title":423},"\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We’re often told that daydreaming and envisioning the future is a waste of time. But this notion is misguided.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"title":425},"\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We all instinctively plan for the future in small ways, like organizing a trip or preparing for a dinner party. This same principle can be applied to larger-scale issues, and smart planning does bring better results.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"title":427},"\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We show you a method that allows us to think “well” about the future on a larger scale so that it better meets our needs.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"yoast_wpseo_title":348,"yoast_wpseo_metadesc":429,"yoast_wpseo_canonical":346},"There's a vast difference between baseless fantasizing and realistic forward planning. Structured methodologies help us learn how to \"dream well\".",{"self":431,"collection":436,"about":438,"author":440,"replies":442,"version-history":445,"predecessor-version":449,"wp:featuredmedia":453,"wp:attachment":456,"wp:term":459,"curies":470},[432],{"href":433,"targetHints":434},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F57059",{"allow":435},[27],[437],{"href":132},[439],{"href":135},[441],{"embeddable":41,"href":138},[443],{"embeddable":41,"href":444},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcomments?post=57059",[446],{"count":447,"href":448},15,"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F57059\u002Frevisions",[450],{"id":451,"href":452},60689,"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F57059\u002Frevisions\u002F60689",[454],{"embeddable":41,"href":455},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fmedia\u002F57061",[457],{"href":458},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fmedia?parent=57059",[460,462,464,466,468],{"taxonomy":11,"embeddable":41,"href":461},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcategories?post=57059",{"taxonomy":160,"embeddable":41,"href":463},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Ftags?post=57059",{"taxonomy":163,"embeddable":41,"href":465},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fproject_category?post=57059",{"taxonomy":166,"embeddable":41,"href":467},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcontact_email_category?post=57059",{"taxonomy":169,"embeddable":41,"href":469},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fyst_prominent_words?post=57059",[471],{"name":39,"href":40,"templated":41},{"id":473,"date":474,"date_gmt":475,"guid":476,"modified":474,"modified_gmt":475,"slug":478,"status":52,"type":53,"link":479,"title":480,"content":482,"excerpt":484,"author":61,"featured_media":486,"comment_status":63,"ping_status":63,"sticky":41,"template":7,"format":64,"meta":487,"categories":488,"tags":491,"project_category":495,"contact_email_category":496,"yst_prominent_words":497,"class_list":504,"better_featured_image":511,"acf":537,"yoast_meta":550,"_links":552},41549,"2026-04-08T16:57:15","2026-04-08T14:57:15",{"rendered":477},"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F?post_id=41549&_wpnonce=3d30a5a73c&status=auto-draft&type=post","from-organ-designers-to-telesurgery-vr-planners-healthcare-jobs-in-2040","https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Ffrom-organ-designers-to-telesurgery-vr-planners-healthcare-jobs-in-2040",{"rendered":481},"From Organ Designers To Telesurgery VR Planners: Healthcare Jobs In 2040",{"rendered":483,"protected":15},"\n\u003Cp>What are you going to do 10-20 years from now? Chances are that whatever your current job description is, it will be drastically different in two decades. While it is true for almost every profession, the incoming change is going to dramatically redesign the landscape of healthcare jobs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Looking at the healthcare horizon, we are in the middle of an industrial revolution. And, as with all the previous industrial revolutions, a fair amount of current tasks will become obsolete and will be taken over by AI, by robots, by sensors or by cloud processes. Meanwhile, a cornucopia of new jobs will be born. Some of these we can predict now, but surely, there are many we don’t even know will exist in 20 years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>So, instead of looking at the upcoming revolution as the end of something, a grim prospect of machines taking people’s jobs, we should focus on it as an opportunity, and keep in mind that those who adapt will be the winners of the change.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>And now let’s take a look at some of the future healthcare jobs I believe will come. If they sound fun, keep an eye on the future training possibilities, and become a pioneer yourself!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. Robot companion technician\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>This may not sound like a thing now, but trust me, it will become a thing very soon. As robotic companions are getting \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fsocial-robots-are-robotic-pets-any-worse-than-the-real-ones\" target=\"_blank\">more and more popular\u003C\u002Fa>, there will be an increasing demand for professionals who can fix our little buddy when it suddenly becomes unresponsive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Somewhere in the 2030s. Lucy decided to buy a robot companion for his dad who lives alone in a big house in the suburbs of Nashville to help with the household, to make sure that he takes his medication or calls an ambulance whenever it is necessary or just to keep him company. The robot, Ted, looks almost like a 60-year-old man with wrinkles on his face and grey hair. He was designed by a robot companion engineer, who contacted the family to let them describe what kind of robot they wanted and turned their wishes into reality. He could have shaped the robot as a dog or a cat as well.\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\u002F2022\u002F03\u002Ftmf_social-robots-768x432.png\" alt=\"social robots companion\" class=\"wp-image-40893\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F03\u002Ftmf_social-robots-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F03\u002Ftmf_social-robots-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F03\u002Ftmf_social-robots-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F03\u002Ftmf_social-robots-2048x1152.png 2048w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F03\u002Ftmf_social-robots.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>When the robot arrived at their doorsteps, the family followed the instructions to put Ted in operation. Although the process took a while, it was not as difficult as assembling IKEA furniture, still, something went wrong. So they called the company, which sent a robot companion technician specialized in this particular type of robot companion. The technician fixed a small electric failure, and told them to call him anytime they experience a problem. He reassured them that only a couple of robot companions are assigned to him, which he knows thoroughly, and he will be available 24\u002F7.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. Deep learning expert training algorithms\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Narrow AI is already a reality. Companies are already looking for highly skilled data scientists and deep learning experts in every field. AI-based algorithms will not only assist medical decisions but also dominate how healthcare is organized and how health insurance is determined. We will need experts who can help algorithms learn about a certain topic by themselves making them smarter with every use.\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\u002F2020\u002F10\u002F214_tmf-01-1-768x432.png\" alt=\"algorithm, deep learning, tmf\" class=\"wp-image-30807\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F10\u002F214_tmf-01-1-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F10\u002F214_tmf-01-1-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F10\u002F214_tmf-01-1-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F10\u002F214_tmf-01-1.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>How is it done? Deep learning algorithms are basically artificial neural networks inspired by the human understanding of how our brain works, with a gazillion different interconnections between the neurons. However, these artificial neural networks have discrete layers, connections, and directions of data propagation. When making a decision, – e.g. about whether an MRI image shows a tumor, data runs through various layers of neurons. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Before it can get things right, these artificial neural networks need lots of training. It needs to see hundreds of thousands, even millions of images so that experts can tune the weightings of the neuron inputs so precisely that it gets the answer right practically every time. No matter whether it is a human face on Facebook or malignant tissue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. Generative AI chatbot designer\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Somewhere in the second half of the 2020s. Christoph travelled to Munich by his driverless car to a business meeting when a huge migraine ruined his day. He turned his medical AI assistant, JediMedi on, and after a couple of simple questions, he knew where to go for the right medicine and what is the most possible explanation for his symptoms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>As AI chatbots will prevail in every field, so will professional chatbot designers. And the future is already here. DoNotPay, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bbc.com\u002Fnews\u002Fbusiness-58158820\">the world’s first\u003C\u002Fa> robot lawyer, has been constantly approved since 2016 when a 19-year-old British programmer launched a bot that was successfully helping people appeal their parking tickets. By now, the venture offers an impressively \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fdonotpay.com\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">wide palette of services\u003C\u002Fa> on a bimonthly subscription basis. \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_348-01-768x432.png\" alt=\"medical chatbot AI algorithm person man phone TMF\" class=\"wp-image-48671\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2023\u002F01\u002Ftmf_article_348-01-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2023\u002F01\u002Ftmf_article_348-01-370x208.png 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Having GPT-4 or another similarly developed large language model in a patient- or consumer-facing application is not a hazy vision from the distant future. We could identify more than a dozen healthcare companies that have already\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F17-healthcare-companies-that-already-integrated-chatgpt-infographic\u002F\" target=\"_blank\"> integrated ChatGPT into their offering\u003C\u002Fa> almost a year ago. This number must be in the thousands by now. GPT-4 is not the only impressive model anymore, we are hearing more and more about \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fmedpalm-new-ai-medical-chatbots-will-soon-be-better-than-waiting-for-a-doctor\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">Google’s Med-PaLM 2\u003C\u002Fa>, which was specifically trained for medical purposes. Besides this “professional tool”, Google also released a “general” AI chatbot, Gemini recently, which has replaced Bard and is significantly more capable than its predecessor. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4. Lifestyle strategist\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>I know, it sounds bogus. But trust me, it is not! The number of wearable devices with various health and fitness features grows at an impressive speed, it was reported that in the third quarter of 2023 alone more than 140 million devices have shipped. As technology progresses and \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fapple-watch-series-9-review-from-health-monitoring-to-lifestyle-integration\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">new devices\u003C\u002Fa> and new features hit the market, more healthcare providers become comfortable with using them. And we haven’t even mentioned digital tattoos! \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\u002F2020\u002F06\u002F179_tmf-01-768x432.png\" alt=\"Lifestyle medicine\" class=\"wp-image-28791\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F06\u002F179_tmf-01-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F06\u002F179_tmf-01-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F06\u002F179_tmf-01-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F06\u002F179_tmf-01.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">.\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>So how can we choose the right wearables for a lifestyle change? And\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.linkedin.com\u002Fposts\u002Fbertalanmesko_i-have-a-wonderful-relationship-with-my-general-activity-7168228418172473344-_8Xz?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> how to create an actual strategy\u003C\u002Fa> for living a more healthy life with the help of digital technology?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Soon there will be healthy lifestyle strategists, who will create personalised lifestyle plans for clients, advice on health insurance issues (also connected to health data), or how to choose the best wearables.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">5. Bioprinting organ designer\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Somewhere in the 2040s. After Leslie suffered an almost fatal car accident, his doctors told him and the family that he urgently needed a new liver. The hospital had to start the process of liver creation and implantation as soon as possible. Leslie agreed and the next day, his bone marrow stem cells were transferred to an organ designer, who 3D bioprinted the new organ within days.\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\u002F2022\u002F03\u002Forgan-design-768x432.png\" alt=\"organ design, tmf, heart, tissue, bioprinting\" class=\"wp-image-41555\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F03\u002Forgan-design-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F03\u002Forgan-design-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F03\u002Forgan-design-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F03\u002Forgan-design.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Are we there yet? Organovo announced successfully bioprinted liver tissues already in 2014. A few years later, \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.fiercebiotech.com\u002Fmedical-devices\u002Forganovo-begins-work-3-d-printed-liver-tissue-to-be-used-transplants\" target=\"_blank\">the company stated\u003C\u002Fa> that they were beginning to work on 3D-printed liver tissue to be used in transplants. Still, we can’t \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F3d-printing-in-medicine-and-healthcare\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">bioprint functioning organs\u003C\u002Fa>, and we can even feel that 3D bioprinting \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fthe-12-most-overhyped-technologies-in-healthcare\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">is overhyped\u003C\u002Fa>. However, we constantly see \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002F3dprintingindustry.com\u002Fnews\u002Fnew-method-for-3d-printing-artificial-cartilage-tissue-developed-by-tu-wien-researchers-228399\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">small news items\u003C\u002Fa> that \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fnews.rpi.edu\u002Fcontent\u002F2023\u002F11\u002F15\u002Fscientists-3d-print-hair-follicles-lab-grown-skin\" target=\"_blank\">are the bricks\u003C\u002Fa> forming \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Finterestingengineering.com\u002Finnovation\u002Fbioprinted-skin-heals-severe-wounds-in-pigs-humans-are-next\" target=\"_blank\">the future house\u003C\u002Fa> of 3D bioprinting \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fnews.stanford.edu\u002F2023\u002F09\u002F28\u002Fmoonshot-effort-aims-bioprint-human-heart-implant-pig\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">living tissues\u003C\u002Fa> as part of everyday medicine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>There are so many patients waiting for organ transplantation that the demand for bioprinted organs, and thus for organ designers is already skyrocketing. Such a career path might be an unambiguous choice for people with a background in molecular biology, 3D printing, and medicine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">6. Healthcare navigator\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Do you remember what the biggest challenge for Hugh Laurie as Doctor House was in the famous series for solving medical mysteries? Yes, you are right, to talk to patients and be close to people. He would be very pleased to know that in the future, the work of a specialised diagnostician may not necessitate direct contact with patients, as he can rely on the help of healthcare navigators. \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\" 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\u003Cp>These professionals will be part of the team, and working together with large language models they will guide patients towards finding the optimal solution to their specific health situation or medical problem. The navigator’s job would be to present options, piece together relevant information and forward it to caregivers with the necessary therapeutic recommendations. Is it possible that this process can be covered with an AI-backed application? Well, theoretically yes, but we don’t see this as a realistic scenario for the foreseeable future. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">7. Healing gamification specialist\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Somewhere in the 2040s. Peter and his family were celebrating his wife’s 50th birthday when he suddenly felt a twitch in his head and fell unconscious. The ambulance came within minutes, and the medical drones helped transport him very quickly to get adequate care. It turned out he had a stroke and his healing process will take several months. After telling him the diagnosis, his physician consulted a gamification specialist about the next steps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>He wanted him to design a treatment with the help of VR\u002FAR, in which Peter could learn to use his left hand again through a strategic computer game. By playing it, he has to climb through walls and collect coins to reach the innermost chamber of a medieval castle. In the next few days, the gamification specialist worked on streamlining an existing game to Peter’s needs. The game got ready for the day when the physician told Peter to start the rehabilitation process.\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\u002F12\u002Ftmf_article_395-768x432.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54283\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2023\u002F12\u002Ftmf_article_395-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2023\u002F12\u002Ftmf_article_395-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2023\u002F12\u002Ftmf_article_395-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2023\u002F12\u002Ftmf_article_395-2048x1152.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>There are millions of ways in which gamification could make healthcare more fun \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.researchgate.net\u002Fpublication\u002F347356957_Does_gamification_improve_physical_activity_A_systematic_review_and_meta-_analysis\" target=\"_blank\">and help \u003C\u002Fa>people at the same time. It has already started. Just think about Plant Nanny, the app that helps you drink the right amount of water a day by allowing you to bring up a little plant! Or remember all the fitness wearable challenges out there. Such as the ones offered by Fitbit, which urges you to stay fit by competing with your peers. But the future holds more complex issues in gamification. Coupled with the possibilities in virtual reality or augmented reality, gamification specialists could plan whole personalised games to follow their treatment plan – such as the above.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">8. Augmented\u002Fvirtual reality operation planners for surgical interventions\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Before complex operations, such as implantations or tumour removals, surgeons have to prepare extensively. 3D-printed organs or \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F6-healthcare-examples-of-virtual-augmented-and-mixed-reality\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">AR\u002FVR will be of huge assistance \u003C\u002Fa>in the future. \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fpubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\u002F35296126\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">In this study\u003C\u002Fa>, the researchers employed the VR prototype for surgical planning using a standard VR setup in two real cases of patients with liver tumors who were scheduled for surgery at a University Hospital for Visceral Surgery. Surgeons used the VR prototype before the surgery to plan the procedure in addition to their regular planning process. They used semi-structured interviews before and after the surgery to explore the benefits and pitfalls of VR surgical planning.\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_354-01-768x432.png\" alt=\"tmf VR AR MR virtual reality, augmented reality, extended reality, woman, headset, organ, heart\" class=\"wp-image-49459\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2023\u002F02\u002Ftmf_article_354-01-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2023\u002F02\u002Ftmf_article_354-01-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2023\u002F02\u002Ftmf_article_354-01-1536x864.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Within 20-30 years, AR\u002FVR operation planners will help surgeons in the preparation for very complex surgical interventions. While the medical professional explains what kind of operation will unfold, the planner visualises the organs and the whole process through AR\u002FVR. Sounds like a wonderful job for medical geeks, doesn’t it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">9. Digital health security analyst\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>As healthcare increasingly relies on digital technologies, the need for security in protecting patient data and ensuring the integrity of health devices and platforms will grow. Digital health security analysts will specialise in safeguarding medical devices, health apps, and patient data from cyber threats, ensuring compliance with privacy laws and developing protocols to respond to breaches effectively.\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\u002F08\u002Ftmf_article_383-768x432.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-52083\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2023\u002F08\u002Ftmf_article_383-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2023\u002F08\u002Ftmf_article_383-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2023\u002F08\u002Ftmf_article_383-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2023\u002F08\u002Ftmf_article_383.png 1820w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>This position requires a blend of technical expertise, a deep understanding of healthcare regulations, and the ability to stay ahead of emerging digital threats to ensure patient data privacy and system integrity. The analyst will conduct regular scans and audits to identify weaknesses in digital healthcare systems, networks, applications, and devices, and will play a crucial role in educating healthcare staff on best practices for cybersecurity and data protection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">10. End-of-life therapist\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In his thought-provoking critique of society, \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.goodreads.com\u002Fbook\u002Fshow\u002F9590.God_Bless_You_Mr_Rosewater\" target=\"_blank\">God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater\u003C\u002Fa>, Kurt Vonnegut explains that in the future, as all serious diseases have been conquered, death will become voluntary. The government, to encourage volunteers for death, set up a purple-roofed Ethical Suicide Parlor at every major intersection. While it is obviously a satire, it taps into the very question of how we will handle death in the future. And how our attitude toward death will change gradually.\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\u002F2019\u002F07\u002Fhealth_data-768x432.png\" alt=\"medical data after death\" class=\"wp-image-24430\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F07\u002Fhealth_data-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F07\u002Fhealth_data-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F07\u002Fhealth_data-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F07\u002Fhealth_data-512x288.png 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F07\u002Fhealth_data.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>People will live a longer, healthier life. And although it is currently unimaginable, it might become a reality that they will be able to decide about their death. As it is such a huge psychological burden, which we are not able to process, we will need specialists in death. These psychologists could help prepare for death; help those who decide when they want to end their life and also those who decide they choose to live on synthetically by e.g. uploading their consciousness to a computer.\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",{"rendered":485,"protected":15},"\u003Cp>A cornucopia of new jobs will be born, some of these we can predict now, but surely, there are many we don’t even know will exist in 20 years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",34321,{"_acf_changed":15,"footnotes":7},[67,5,489,194,196,490],491,515,[199,492,493,203,494],246,7555,634,[213,214,215],[],[498,499,500,501,229,218,219,502,220,503],2395,2987,1571,1587,1789,1883,[505,53,75,76,77,78,79,80,81,506,234,236,507,238,508,509,242,510,251,252,253],"post-41549","category-empowered-patients","category-science-fiction","tag-future","tag-future-jobs","tag-healthcare-jobs",{"id":486,"alt_text":512,"caption":7,"description":513,"media_type":84,"media_details":514,"post":535,"source_url":536},"future jobs in healthcare","Futuristic Jobs In Healthcare You Can Still Prepare 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data-sourcepos=\"3:4-3:136\">Healthcare’s rapid transformation guarantees the emergence of entirely new, currently unimaginable roles within the next few decades.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"title":549},"\u003Cp data-sourcepos=\"5:5-5:148\">Looking ahead and envisioning these potential roles, particularly where distinct fields intersect, offers a chance to understand and prepare for exciting future developments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"yoast_wpseo_title":481,"yoast_wpseo_metadesc":551,"yoast_wpseo_canonical":479},"A cornucopia of new healthcare jobs will be born, some of these we can predict now, but surely, there are many we don’t even know will exist in 20 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In Healthcare: From Gaming To Medicine",{"rendered":607,"protected":15},"\n\u003Cp>Mostly renowned for its powerful graphics processing unit (GPU) used in the video game industry, NVIDIA is no stranger to healthcare. In fact, it has a dedicated branch to offer solutions that its computing platform can deliver in medicine and was among the first players significantly investing in AI. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>These initiatives might have been seen with some confusion five or seven years ago but certainly gave NVIDIA an edge in the past two years. For example when almost a year ago \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nature.com\u002Farticles\u002Fs41586-023-06160-y\" target=\"_blank\">this study was published\u003C\u002Fa>. The authors trained a large language model for medical language and fine-tuned it across a wide range of clinical and operational predictive tasks, including 30-day all-cause readmission prediction, in-hospital mortality prediction, comorbidity index prediction, length of stay prediction and insurance denial prediction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"799\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F08\u002FNVIDIA-AI-model-768x799.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-55773\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F08\u002FNVIDIA-AI-model-768x799.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F08\u002FNVIDIA-AI-model.jpg 1032w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In March 2024, \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cnbc.com\u002F2024\u002F03\u002F24\u002Fnvidias-ai-ambitions-in-medicine-and-health-care-are-becoming-clear.html\" target=\"_blank\">the company announced\u003C\u002Fa> the launch of two dozen new, AI-powered healthcare-focused tools. NVIDIA’s recent push into the healthcare sector extends to a \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.foxbusiness.com\u002Ftechnology\u002Fnvidia-announces-ai-powered-health-care-agents-outperform-nurses-cost-9-hour\" target=\"_blank\">collaboration with Hippocratic AI\u003C\u002Fa>. Together, they’re developing generative AI “agents” designed to enhance tasks such as medication guidance, patient check-ins, and identifying health risks. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cem>“For over a decade, we have partnered with the medical devices ecosystem to bring innovative diagnostic imaging, robotic surgery and patient monitoring devices to the market,”\u003C\u002Fem> Kimberly Powell, Vice President of Healthcare of NVIDIA, told The Medical Futurist \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.patreon.com\u002Fposts\u002Fchat-with-vice-i-35985895\" target=\"_blank\">in an interview\u003C\u002Fa> a while ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Prominently, the GPU manufacturer \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.mobihealthnews.com\u002Fcontent\u002Fnvidia-looks-ai-future-medical-imaging-technologies\" target=\"_blank\">launched its AI platform, Clara\u003C\u002Fa> in 2018 designed to augment medical imaging and genomics. It followed up a year later with a toolkit for radiologists, \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.mobihealthnews.com\u002Fcontent\u002Fnvidia-launches-ai-toolkit-radiologists-clara-ai\" target=\"_blank\">Clara AI\u003C\u002Fa>, to help with the classification of images. In 2019, the tech giant also started to explore \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Ffederated-learning-can-protect-patients-data-in-hospitals\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">federated learning in healthcare\u003C\u002Fa>, the privacy-focused AI training method. \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\u002F09\u002F106_Voice-to-text-technologies-in-medicine-768x432.gif\" alt=\"voice to text technologies\" class=\"wp-image-24827\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F09\u002F106_Voice-to-text-technologies-in-medicine-768x432.gif 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F09\u002F106_Voice-to-text-technologies-in-medicine-370x208.gif 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F09\u002F106_Voice-to-text-technologies-in-medicine-1536x864.gif 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F09\u002F106_Voice-to-text-technologies-in-medicine-2048x1152.gif 2048w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F09\u002F106_Voice-to-text-technologies-in-medicine-512x288.gif 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>While for many years this company was the silent member of the ‘\u003Cem>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fleanpub.com\u002Ftech-giants-in-healthcare\" target=\"_blank\">tech giants in healthcare\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fem>‘ club, in the past few months they seem to have switched gears and ramped up their healthcare projects. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Building an NVIDIA-branded supercomputer\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In 2020, \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.mobihealthnews.com\u002Fnews\u002Femea\u002Fnvidia-build-uk-s-most-powerful-supercomputer-aid-ai-research-healthcare\" target=\"_blank\">NVIDIA announced its plans\u003C\u002Fa> to build a computer; but rather than use it for gaming, they designed it to aid AI research in healthcare. Named Cambridge-1, it was no regular computer either: it was designed to be the UK’s most powerful supercomputer.\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\u002F219_tmf-01-768x432.png\" alt=\"cloud gaming and cloud hospitals\" class=\"wp-image-31025\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F11\u002F219_tmf-01-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F11\u002F219_tmf-01-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F11\u002F219_tmf-01-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F11\u002F219_tmf-01.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“\u003Cem>The Cambridge-1 supercomputer will serve as a hub of innovation for the UK and further the groundbreaking work being done by the nation’s researchers in critical healthcare and drug discovery\u003C\u002Fem>” – Jensen Huang, NVIDIA founder and CEO, \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.mobihealthnews.com\u002Fnews\u002Femea\u002Fnvidia-build-uk-s-most-powerful-supercomputer-aid-ai-research-healthcare\" target=\"_blank\">said during his 2020 GTC keynote\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Cambridge-1 was the first step taken by the tech giant \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.mobihealthnews.com\u002Fnews\u002Femea\u002Fnvidia-build-uk-s-most-powerful-supercomputer-aid-ai-research-healthcare\" target=\"_blank\">to create an AI center of excellence\u003C\u002Fa> in Cambridge. The long-term aim was to turn the area into a hub where researchers and startups can collaborate. The latest development in the supercomputer project \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblogs.nvidia.com\u002Fblog\u002Fcambridge-1-ai-supercomputer-expands-via-dgx-cloud\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">was announced in November\u003C\u002Fa>, when NVIDIA said to make it part of its DGX Cloud to broaden access to AI supercomputing for researchers. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Powering genomics, drug development and medical imaging with AI\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“\u003Cem>We have to make AI easier to use,\u003C\u002Fem>” \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.hpcwire.com\u002F2021\u002F04\u002F12\u002Fnvidia-aims-clara-healthcare-at-drug-discovery-imaging-via-dgx\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">declared the NVIDIA CEO\u003C\u002Fa> in his 2021 GTC keynote address. It seems like the company is steadily working towards that goal. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“NVIDIA invested $50 million in Recursion for its drug discovery projects. Recursion is inputting its biological and chemical data to train NVIDIA’s AI models on its cloud platform. The company has also worked with Roche’s Genentech to develop new medications and better treatment protocols. One of NVIDIA’s greatest health-care strengths to date is the \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nvidia.com\u002Fen-eu\u002Fclara\u002Fbionemo\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">BioNeMo platform\u003C\u002Fa>, a generative AI cloud service specifically made for drug development.” – \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cnbc.com\u002F2024\u002F03\u002F24\u002Fnvidias-ai-ambitions-in-medicine-and-health-care-are-becoming-clear.html\" target=\"_blank\">came the news report in March 2024\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>NVIDIA had an eye on applying AI in genomics ever since it launched Clara and it hasn’t lost track of this target. In March 2021, the tech giant announced \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.mobihealthnews.com\u002Fnews\u002Fnvidia-harvard-team-genome-research-toolkit\" target=\"_blank\">a partnership with Harvard University\u003C\u002Fa> to develop an AI-based genome research toolkit. Named AtacWorks, it could sequence a whole genome in 30 minutes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cem>“Models trained by AtacWorks can detect peaks from cell types not seen in the training data, and are generalizable across diverse sample preparations and experimental platforms,”\u003C\u002Fem> \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nature.com\u002Farticles\u002Fs41467-021-21765-5\" target=\"_blank\">explained researchers\u003C\u002Fa> working with the software.\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\u002F214_tmf-01-1-768x432.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30807\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F10\u002F214_tmf-01-1-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F10\u002F214_tmf-01-1-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F10\u002F214_tmf-01-1-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F10\u002F214_tmf-01-1.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The tech company was also one of the early players to assist drug discovery with AI. NVIDIA \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.mobihealthnews.com\u002Fnews\u002Fnvidia-partners-astrazeneca-and-university-florida-ai-powered-drug-discovery\" target=\"_blank\">announced an AI project with AstraZeneca \u003C\u002Fa>and the University of Florida to boost drug discovery. The drug-discovery model, named \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcatalog.ngc.nvidia.com\u002Forgs\u002Fnvidia\u002Fteams\u002Fclara\u002Fmodels\u002Fmegamolbart\" target=\"_blank\">MegaMoIBART\u003C\u002Fa>, was aimed at \u003Cem>“reaction prediction, molecular optimization and de novo molecular generation”\u003C\u002Fem>. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>NVIDIA also announced during its 2021 GTC event its \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.hpcwire.com\u002F2021\u002F04\u002F12\u002Fnvidia-aims-clara-healthcare-at-drug-discovery-imaging-via-dgx\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">collaboration with Carestream Health\u003C\u002Fa>, a medical imaging specialist. The latter will incorporate NVIDIA’s Clara AI platform into imaging devices used for X-ray screening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Surgical robots and biotech\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In the spring of 2024 Nvidia reported deals with Johnson & Johnson for \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cnbc.com\u002F2024\u002F03\u002F18\u002Fnvidia-and-johnson-johnson-to-build-ai-applications-for-surgery-.html\">use of generative AI in surgery\u003C\u002Fa>, and \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.fiercehealthcare.com\u002Fai-and-machine-learning\u002Fnvidia-inks-tie-ups-abridge-ge-healthcare-and-microsoft-it-expands-its\" target=\"_blank\">with GE Healthcare\u003C\u002Fa> to improve medical imaging. These are just a few of the healthcare, biotech or pharma companies that turn to NVIDIA, as their graphic processing units (GPUs) are ideal for a broad range of computational tasks, such as simulations, deep learning, and data analysis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>As the \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.therobotreport.com\u002F5-things-that-could-shape-surgical-robotics-in-the-next-decade\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">analysis from The Robot Report\u003C\u002Fa> pointed out, this is not all, as NVIDIA already had been working with \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.massdevice.com\u002Fasensus-nvidea-collab-ai-surgical-robotics\u002F\">Asensus Surgical\u003C\u002Fa> and \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fnvidianews.nvidia.com\u002Fnews\u002Fmedtronic-and-nvidia-collaborate-to-build-ai-platform-for-medical-devices\">Medtronic\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">NVIDIA in healthcare: a focused path\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>These recent developments indicate a rather focused path for NVIDIA in healthcare. While its plans aren’t as diverse as that of \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Famazons-march-into-healthcare-a-2021-update\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon\u003C\u002Fa> or \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fgoogles-masterplan-for-healthcare\" target=\"_blank\">Google\u003C\u002Fa>, the company hasn’t faced significant hurdles recently as it is focusing on its computing strengths. For NVIDIA, that strength has mostly revolved around AI frameworks and to aid basic research with the help of AI.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>NVIDIA envisions a major role for AI in the future of healthcare. Kimberly Powell, VP of NVIDIA, shared the company’s vision for that future with The Medical Futurist in \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.patreon.com\u002Fposts\u002Fbuilding-smart-37511442\" target=\"_blank\">a Patreon interview\u003C\u002Fa>. \u003Cem>“Hospitals will use AI cameras to automatically screen for elevated body temperature, use genomics sequencing to predict how lethal a virus or suspected condition could be for each patient, use AI in medical imaging for detection and predicting clinical outcomes, incorporate AI into everyday cameras and microphones to monitor and interact with patients,”\u003C\u002Fem> Powell said two years ago and her vision seems more accurate than ever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Chr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\u002F>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>But NVIDIA isn’t the only tech giant with a vision for healthcare. For a deeper dive into their long-term plans, we recommend our e-book, \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Ftech-giants-in-healthcare-new-e-book\u002F#\" target=\"_blank\">\u003Cem>Tech Giants In Healthcare\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fa>, dedicated to the topic. 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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":609,"protected":15},"\u003Cp>NVIDIA was among the first companies to heavily bet on AI in healthcare, and their dedication now pays off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",35637,{"_acf_changed":15,"footnotes":7},[5,193,68,194,195],[614,615,616,617,200,208,618,619,620,621,622,201,623,624],1433,6943,569,7331,140,821,142,862,266,281,5039,[626,213,214,215,627],947,953,[],[630,229,219,631,632,367,503,633],1607,1729,1783,4363,[635,53,75,76,77,78,79,81,233,82,234,235,636,637,638,639,239,247,640,641,642,643,644,240,645,646,647,251,252,253,648],"post-35031","tag-privacy","tag-kimberly-powell","tag-microsoft","tag-clara","tag-amazon","tag-a-i","tag-apple","tag-nvidia","tag-google-2","tag-ibm","tag-tech-giants","project_category-company","project_category-researchers",{"id":610,"alt_text":650,"caption":7,"description":7,"media_type":84,"media_details":651,"post":595,"source_url":668},"NVIDIA",{"width":515,"height":516,"file":652,"sizes":653,"image_meta":667},"2021\u002F08\u002Ftmf_article_285-01.png",{"medium":654,"large":657,"thumbnail":660,"medium_large":663,"1536x1536":664},{"file":655,"width":262,"height":263,"mime-type":95,"source_url":656},"tmf_article_285-01-370x208.png","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F08\u002Ftmf_article_285-01-370x208.png",{"file":658,"width":267,"height":268,"mime-type":95,"source_url":659},"tmf_article_285-01-768x432.png","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F08\u002Ftmf_article_285-01-768x432.png",{"file":661,"width":272,"height":272,"mime-type":95,"source_url":662},"tmf_article_285-01-150x150.png","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F08\u002Ftmf_article_285-01-150x150.png",{"file":658,"width":267,"height":268,"mime-type":95,"source_url":659},{"file":665,"width":531,"height":532,"mime-type":95,"source_url":666},"tmf_article_285-01-1536x864.png","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F08\u002Ftmf_article_285-01-1536x864.png",{"aperture":111,"credit":7,"camera":7,"caption":7,"created_timestamp":111,"copyright":7,"focal_length":111,"iso":111,"shutter_speed":111,"title":7,"orientation":111},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F08\u002Ftmf_article_285-01.png",{"cta_type":278,"cta_color":7,"subtitle":7,"related_books":670,"related_posts_footer":671,"related_posts":15,"key_takeaways":675},[280],[672,673,674],35019,34907,34899,[676,678],{"title":677},"\u003Cp>Mostly renowned for its powerful graphics processing unit (GPU) used in the video game industry, NVIDIA is no stranger to healthcare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"title":679},"\u003Cp>For NVIDIA, that strength has mostly revolved around AI frameworks and to aid basic research with the help of AI.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"yoast_wpseo_title":681,"yoast_wpseo_metadesc":682,"yoast_wpseo_canonical":603},"NVIDIA In Healthcare: From Gaming To Medicine - 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In fact, we face it so often that we decided to write a summary of our thoughts to provide an overview and some insights to anyone who is willing to dive deep into digital health but is unsure about the best direction to take.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Whatever you choose, take a look at these four criteria first\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003Cli>Find a niche\u003C\u002Fli>\n\n\n\n\u003Cli>Aim for uncharted territories\u003C\u002Fli>\n\n\n\n\u003Cli>Look for ease of entry\u003C\u002Fli>\n\n\n\n\u003Cli>Seek answers to important questions\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Diabetes management with wearable trackers including CGMs\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>According to the latest estimates of the WHO, 422 million people suffer from diabetes worldwide – and the number is growing steadily. It means that one person in eleven has to manage the chronic condition on a daily basis, which might lead to stroke, blindness, heart attack, kidney failure or amputation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Both in type 1 and type 2 diabetes, the treatment of the symptoms requires constant blood glucose control, which usually requires a kind of insulin intake at regular intervals, as well as blood pressure control and\u002For foot care. It is a truly technologically dependent condition: you need to monitor your blood glucose level, your blood pressure, your weight, follow a meal plan, and test your blood every now and then. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"629\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2024\u002F10\u002FScreen-Shot-10-24-24-at-07.13-AM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-58075\"\u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Wearable trackers, and especially a reliably working, easy-to-use continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) device would bring immense change in the quality of life of millions. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The impact of ECG smartwatches on unnecessary hospital admissions\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>We expect ECG smartwatches to thrive: medical professionals will include them in clinical practice, especially in diagnostics. These medical devices will bring the new “industry standard” formats to heart monitoring and the control of cardiovascular diseases. \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\u002F2021\u002F09\u002Ftmf_article_292-01-768x432.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-36337\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F09\u002Ftmf_article_292-01-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F09\u002Ftmf_article_292-01-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F09\u002Ftmf_article_292-01-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F09\u002Ftmf_article_292-01.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>But what is their actual preventive potential? How useful is it in fact that hundreds of thousands of people are running around with an aFib monitor on their wrists? Are the smartwatch alarms vital early warnings or unnecessary and false alerts, only adding to the burdens of the healthcare system by triggering an influx of patients without actual medical reasons? Crucial questions, and no answer yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The impact of technology giants on healthcare competition\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In the past decade(s) Amazon, Google\u002FAlphabet, Microsoft, Apple, IBM and NVIDIA have approached medicine and its trillion-dollar market possibilities. These six companies have the most projects in healthcare, and their presence is not negligible at all: they all have the power and the incentive to transform and help digitize this market.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Moreover, all of these companies have something peculiar and very unique to give. But, given their backgrounds, they all focus on the technological side of medicine, and here’s the only bit I’m missing from their side: patient centricity. But just as healthcare is complex and requires as much technology as empathy and care, I’m sure patient focus and even involvement will inevitably come.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>But do we really understand the profound change these companies bring to the field? It is a topic we need to understand to make sure we will not throw the baby out with the bathwater.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Challenges around the practical implementation of AI-based medical technologies\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>There is certainly no shortage of research on artificial intelligence, machine and deep learning algorithms these days. Despite the unquestionable buzz, it is challenging to pinpoint examples that actually found their way into everyday medical practice, that became part of “standard” healthcare. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>No medical novelty can be implemented on a wide scale without being thoroughly regulated. But regulatory hurdles around AI algorithms are complicated enough, especially if we think about adaptive, constantly improving models – that are simply nightmarish from this point of view. How can you set the boundaries around something that might be completely different by tomorrow? \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\u002F2021\u002F06\u002Ftmf_article_277-01-768x432.png\" alt=\"physician shortage\" class=\"wp-image-34881\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F06\u002Ftmf_article_277-01-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F06\u002Ftmf_article_277-01-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F06\u002Ftmf_article_277-01-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F06\u002Ftmf_article_277-01.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The Medical Futurist Institute \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nature.com\u002Farticles\u002Fs41746-020-00324-0\">published a study in Nature Magazine\u003C\u002Fa> on the state of artificial intelligence-based FDA-approved medical devices and algorithms, you can find the constantly updated \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Ffda-approved-ai-based-algorithms\u002F\">online database\u003C\u002Fa> here. It currently includes 79 entries, and interestingly enough, based on the information content of these clearances only, you would be not informed about the given technology being AI-based in about half of the cases. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>While algorithms offer invaluable support for medicine on many levels, from prevention and risk analysis to diagnostics and treatments, from setting up complex models to discovering new drug molecules, the gap between the theoretical potential and the practical benefits is wide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Hands-on guides on how more of these promises could turn into deliverables would provide huge benefits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The impact of empowered patients on EMR developments\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>What does it mean to be an e-patient and how is it different from any other patient? Empowered patients often have access to information, medical knowledge relevant to themselves, and their own health data. It is important for them to be active, engaged, equipped and educated in managing their health. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The emergence of this “new breed” of patients highlighted many shortcomings of the traditional healthcare systems that closely guarded patient data – protecting it even from the patient. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>An interesting area of research would be to map whether e-patients have an impact on electronic medical record (EMR) software development and if yes, what is this impact? Will new EMR systems be merged with personal health records, containing data collected and entered by the patients? \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Skin checking applications and their impact on dermatological practices\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Everyone should have a skin check done from time to time. Skin cancer is one of the most common cancer types worldwide: one in five people in the U.S. is expected to receive a skin cancer diagnosis during their lifetime. Early detection and treatment are invaluable: almost all skin cancers (both melanoma and nonmelanoma) can be cured if found and treated early. Prevention and detection are the key.\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\u002F2021\u002F06\u002Ftmf_article_274-01-768x432.png\" alt=\"Emerging Trend Alert – Skin Checking Algorithms\" class=\"wp-image-34783\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F06\u002Ftmf_article_274-01-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F06\u002Ftmf_article_274-01-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F06\u002Ftmf_article_274-01-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F06\u002Ftmf_article_274-01.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Skin Checking Algorithms\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>A \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nature.com\u002Farticles\u002Fs41591-020-0942-0\">study in Nature\u003C\u002Fa> in 2020 confirmed that on cleaned data for selected lesions, A.I. is as good as or even superior to human experts in image-based diagnosis. Which is a good thing, considering that there’s a constant \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.jaad.org\u002Farticle\u002FS0190-9622(17)30017-8\u002Ffulltext#sec3.2\">shortage of dermatologists\u003C\u002Fa>, especially in rural areas. These applications very likely could find their way into state health systems, if there was enough data to back the preventive potential, the increased efficiency and the resulting financial benefits. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Virtual reality (VR) therapies outside pain management and phobias\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Medical VR is an area with fascinating possibilities. It has not just moved the imagination of science-fiction fans, but also clinical researchers and real-life medical practitioners. Although the field is relatively new, there are increasingly great examples of VR having a positive effect on patients’ lives and physicians’ work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>But VR seems to be slightly stuck in the areas of pain management and treating phobias, although there is immense potential for different medical uses, like in rehabilitation and elderly care on the patient side and preparing for complicated surgeries on the medical side – just to name a few examples. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The possibility of 3D printed medications for improving adherence\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>3D printing of medications improved vastly in the past few years, now it is possible to print a custom pill in under 10 seconds The technology allows a never-before-seen variety of shapes and sizes – allowing a variance in absorption speed and ease of swelling – and also customization of dosage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Despite the long list of potential benefits, do we know how patients would actually react to getting much more personalised medication? Would that boost treatment adherence? An intriguing question indeed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Patient design used in practice\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>One crucial element for properly designing future hospitals will be patient design, which involves patients’ input in designing these facilities. As the recipient of healthcare services, they are better placed to identify which areas need improvements.\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\u002F2021\u002F04\u002Ftmf_article_259-01-768x432.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33933\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F04\u002Ftmf_article_259-01-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F04\u002Ftmf_article_259-01-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F04\u002Ftmf_article_259-01-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F04\u002Ftmf_article_259-01.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Take, for example, the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department of Radboud University Medical Centre Nijmegen in the Netherlands. They redesigned the whole department’s rooms based on patients’ suggestions. This involved simple yet important changes that enabled a more balanced patient-doctor relationship and friendly atmosphere. They prioritised round tables over square ones for more friendly conversations and also suggested brightly lit rooms with friendly colours.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>These might seem like subtle changes, but how subtle are they in fact? It would be crucial to measure how the environment affects the patient-doctor relationship, the treatment adherence and the healing process – so we can design the best possible healthcare institutions in the future. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The integration of handheld and smartphone-connected technologies into the doctor-patient relationship\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Patients today generate tons of health data through a number of wearable devices and apps. But it is safe to bet that a vast majority of this patient-generated health data does nothing as of today. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>General practitioners rarely request looking at the statistics collected by our smartwatches, and ob-gyns don’t ask your permission to go through the years or decades of data you accumulated in your period tracker. And we could go on with examples of how healthcare today misses the potential of making use of this data. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>One of the most important challenges of the digital health era is mining this potential. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">If you need advice… \u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>This was our list of 10 topics The Medical Future Institute believes are interesting and important enough to pursue, should you have questions or need advice, you can always contact us, we are happy to help. \u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"rendered":740,"protected":15},"\u003Cp>We compiled a list of ten research topics we believe are promising for anyone wishing to find their calling in digital health research.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",47103,{"_acf_changed":15,"footnotes":7},[67,5,193,68,489,194,744,195,745,746,197],496,800,497,[748,749,750,751,624,208,752,753,199,754,755,756,492,757,201,758,759],445,804,450,844,144,7607,7611,227,7613,7615,7617,373,[],[],[763,225,227,229,764,219,503,765,766,767],4505,1693,2485,2923,3333,[769,53,75,76,77,78,79,80,81,233,82,506,234,770,235,771,772,237,773,774,775,776,646,247,777,778,238,779,780,781,508,782,240,783,784],"post-47095","category-health-sensors-trackers","category-healthcare-policy","category-portable-diagnostics","tag-virtual-reality","tag-empowered-patients","tag-vr","tag-diabetes-management","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-skin-checking-app","tag-research-in-digital-health","tag-emr","tag-continous-glucose-monitoring","tag-ecg-smartwatch","tag-3d-printed-medicine","tag-research",{"id":741,"alt_text":786,"caption":7,"description":7,"media_type":84,"media_details":787,"post":726,"source_url":809},"AI algorithm research topic digital health",{"width":515,"height":516,"file":788,"sizes":789,"image_meta":808},"2022\u002F08\u002Ftmf_article_331-01.png",{"medium":790,"large":793,"thumbnail":796,"medium_large":799,"1536x1536":800,"2048x2048":803},{"file":791,"width":262,"height":263,"mime-type":95,"source_url":792},"tmf_article_331-01-370x208.png","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F08\u002Ftmf_article_331-01-370x208.png",{"file":794,"width":267,"height":268,"mime-type":95,"source_url":795},"tmf_article_331-01-768x432.png","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F08\u002Ftmf_article_331-01-768x432.png",{"file":797,"width":272,"height":272,"mime-type":95,"source_url":798},"tmf_article_331-01-150x150.png","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F08\u002Ftmf_article_331-01-150x150.png",{"file":794,"width":267,"height":268,"mime-type":95,"source_url":795},{"file":801,"width":531,"height":532,"mime-type":95,"source_url":802},"tmf_article_331-01-1536x864.png","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F08\u002Ftmf_article_331-01-1536x864.png",{"file":804,"width":805,"height":806,"mime-type":95,"source_url":807},"tmf_article_331-01-2048x1152.png","2048","1152","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F08\u002Ftmf_article_331-01-2048x1152.png",{"aperture":111,"credit":7,"camera":7,"caption":7,"created_timestamp":111,"copyright":7,"focal_length":111,"iso":111,"shutter_speed":111,"title":7,"orientation":111},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F08\u002Ftmf_article_331-01.png",{"cta_type":278,"cta_color":7,"related_books":811,"related_posts_footer":815,"related_posts":15,"subtitle":7,"key_takeaways":819},[812,813,814],24765,24762,37033,[816,817,818],44579,13172,11902,[820,822],{"title":821},"\u003Cp>There are countless research topics that could and should be addressed. In no way, we can cover them all in this article.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"title":823},"\u003Cp>However, we hope we could provide examples of possible directions for meaningful research projects.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"yoast_wpseo_title":825,"yoast_wpseo_metadesc":826,"yoast_wpseo_canonical":734},"Top 10 Research Topics To Pursue In Digital Health - The Medical Futurist","We compiled a list of ten research topics we believe are promising for anyone wishing to find their calling in digital health research.",{"self":828,"collection":833,"about":835,"author":837,"replies":839,"version-history":842,"predecessor-version":845,"wp:featuredmedia":849,"wp:attachment":852,"wp:term":855,"curies":866},[829],{"href":830,"targetHints":831},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F47095",{"allow":832},[27],[834],{"href":132},[836],{"href":135},[838],{"embeddable":41,"href":138},[840],{"embeddable":41,"href":841},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcomments?post=47095",[843],{"count":61,"href":844},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F47095\u002Frevisions",[846],{"id":847,"href":848},58247,"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F47095\u002Frevisions\u002F58247",[850],{"embeddable":41,"href":851},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fmedia\u002F47103",[853],{"href":854},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fmedia?parent=47095",[856,858,860,862,864],{"taxonomy":11,"embeddable":41,"href":857},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcategories?post=47095",{"taxonomy":160,"embeddable":41,"href":859},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Ftags?post=47095",{"taxonomy":163,"embeddable":41,"href":861},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fproject_category?post=47095",{"taxonomy":166,"embeddable":41,"href":863},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcontact_email_category?post=47095",{"taxonomy":169,"embeddable":41,"href":865},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fyst_prominent_words?post=47095",[867],{"name":39,"href":40,"templated":41},{"id":869,"date":870,"date_gmt":871,"guid":872,"modified":874,"modified_gmt":875,"slug":876,"status":52,"type":53,"link":877,"title":878,"content":880,"excerpt":882,"author":61,"featured_media":884,"comment_status":63,"ping_status":63,"sticky":41,"template":7,"format":64,"meta":885,"categories":886,"tags":888,"project_category":889,"contact_email_category":890,"yst_prominent_words":891,"class_list":898,"better_featured_image":901,"acf":925,"yoast_meta":931,"_links":933},58707,"2025-04-24T09:58:24","2025-04-24T07:58:24",{"rendered":873},"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F?post_id=58707&_wpnonce=daae3761ed&status=auto-draft&type=post","2025-04-25T11:35:43","2025-04-25T09:35:43","mapping-the-future-of-healthcare-six-practical-foresight-methods-you-can-use-today","https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fmapping-the-future-of-healthcare-six-practical-foresight-methods-you-can-use-today",{"rendered":879},"Mapping the Future of Healthcare: Six Practical Foresight Methods You Can Use Today",{"rendered":881,"protected":15},"\n\u003Cp>In an era of exponential change, foresight isn’t a luxury—it’s a necessity. As technologies, systems, and societal expectations reshape medicine at an unprecedented speed, the ability to anticipate and prepare for the future has become an essential skill for healthcare professionals. That’s why I created “Map to the Future,” a practical guide that introduces six actionable futures methods tailored specifically for the healthcare field.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>It features case studies in medicine, healthcare and pharma too!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>This guide is not about abstract theory. It’s a toolkit to help you understand what lies ahead, make sense of disruption, and design better, more resilient systems. \u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fdrive.google.com\u002Ffile\u002Fd\u002F1TTASvCFVPQcnhA8Dv-EowdJwebFj64nQ\u002Fview?usp=sharing\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\u002F\u002Fdrive.google.com\u002Ffile\u002Fd\u002F1TTASvCFVPQcnhA8Dv-EowdJwebFj64nQ\u002Fview?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">You can access it for free here\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Here’s a brief tour of the six methods featured in the book\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Col class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Vision Writing\u003C\u002Fstrong>: Explore the future through storytelling\u003Cbr>This method uses narrative imagination to step into possible futures. By writing from the perspective of a person in a future scenario—such as a 2040 medical student attending VR-based clinicals—you build empathy and uncover insights about human challenges, emotional responses, and social consequences. Start with: a diary entry, news headline, or press release set in the future. Ask: what does daily life look like?\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Fol>\n\n\n\n\u003Col class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"2\">\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Forecasting\u003C\u002Fstrong>: Make data-driven predictions\u003Cbr>Forecasting leverages historical and current data to estimate the likelihood of future outcomes. Used widely in policy and public health, it supports probabilistic thinking over binary conclusions. Start with: a specific question and measurable timeframe. Assign probability estimates and update them as new information arises.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Fol>\n\n\n\n\u003Col class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"3\">\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Scenario Analysis\u003C\u002Fstrong>: Prepare for multiple futures\u003Cbr>Rather than predicting a single outcome, scenario analysis generates several plausible futures based on key drivers and uncertainties. This method enhances strategic agility and decision-making. Start with: defining one key driver and one major uncertainty. Then build four scenario narratives based on combinations of these factors.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Fol>\n\n\n\n\u003Col class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"4\">\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>The Futures Whee\u003C\u002Fstrong>l: Visualize ripple effects\u003Cbr>A great team tool, the futures wheel maps primary, secondary, and tertiary consequences of an event or trend. It promotes systems thinking and uncovers indirect outcomes. Start with: a central future event (e.g., autonomous ambulances). Brainstorm cascading consequences outward.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Fol>\n\n\n\n\u003Col class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"5\">\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Trend Analysis\u003C\u002Fstrong>: Spot patterns that shape the future\u003Cbr>This method identifies evolving signals across data sources, industries, and social behavior. Trend analysis is crucial for proactive planning and early response. Start with: scanning news, social media, journals, and reports. Look for repeated signals and early signs of broader shifts.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Fol>\n\n\n\n\u003Col class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"6\">\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Horizon Scanning\u003C\u002Fstrong>: Detect weak signals and wild cards\u003Cbr>For those aiming to prepare for the unexpected, horizon scanning seeks early, low-visibility signs of change and rare but disruptive events. Start with: unconventional sources, speculative papers, or niche innovations. Evaluate their potential long-term impact and relevance.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Fol>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Choosing the Right Method\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>A handy decision tree in the guide helps you match your purpose with the best method:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"436\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F04\u002FScreen-Shot-04-24-25-at-09.51-AM-768x436.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-58711\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F04\u002FScreen-Shot-04-24-25-at-09.51-AM-768x436.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F04\u002FScreen-Shot-04-24-25-at-09.51-AM.png 1513w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Your Next Step\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>This guide makes foresight practical, visual, and intuitive. Whether you’re a medical student, a healthcare leader, or simply future-curious, you can begin shaping the future today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Also, check out my new book on the topic, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.amazon.com\u002Fdp\u002FB0DP9K3FB7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Your Map to the Future\u003C\u002Fa>!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"rendered":883,"protected":15},"\u003Cp>In an era of exponential change, foresight isn’t a luxury—it’s a necessity. 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It’s a toolkit to help you understand what lies ahead, make sense of disruption, and design better, more resilient systems.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"title":930},"\u003Cp>It features case studies in medicine, healthcare and pharma too!\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"yoast_wpseo_title":932,"yoast_wpseo_metadesc":7,"yoast_wpseo_canonical":877},"Mapping the Future of Healthcare: Six Practical Foresight Methods You Can Use Today - The Medical Futurist",{"self":934,"collection":939,"about":941,"author":943,"replies":945,"version-history":948,"predecessor-version":952,"wp:featuredmedia":956,"wp:attachment":959,"wp:term":962,"curies":973},[935],{"href":936,"targetHints":937},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F58707",{"allow":938},[27],[940],{"href":132},[942],{"href":135},[944],{"embeddable":41,"href":138},[946],{"embeddable":41,"href":947},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcomments?post=58707",[949],{"count":950,"href":951},3,"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F58707\u002Frevisions",[953],{"id":954,"href":955},58717,"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F58707\u002Frevisions\u002F58717",[957],{"embeddable":41,"href":958},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fmedia\u002F58709",[960],{"href":961},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fmedia?parent=58707",[963,965,967,969,971],{"taxonomy":11,"embeddable":41,"href":964},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcategories?post=58707",{"taxonomy":160,"embeddable":41,"href":966},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Ftags?post=58707",{"taxonomy":163,"embeddable":41,"href":968},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fproject_category?post=58707",{"taxonomy":166,"embeddable":41,"href":970},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcontact_email_category?post=58707",{"taxonomy":169,"embeddable":41,"href":972},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fyst_prominent_words?post=58707",[974],{"name":39,"href":40,"templated":41},{"id":976,"date":977,"date_gmt":978,"guid":979,"modified":981,"modified_gmt":982,"slug":983,"status":52,"type":53,"link":984,"title":985,"content":987,"excerpt":989,"author":61,"featured_media":991,"comment_status":63,"ping_status":63,"sticky":41,"template":7,"format":64,"meta":992,"categories":993,"tags":1000,"project_category":1024,"contact_email_category":1026,"yst_prominent_words":1027,"class_list":1034,"better_featured_image":1066,"acf":1087,"yoast_meta":1099,"_links":1102},12808,"2025-04-22T09:06:47","2025-04-22T07:06:47",{"rendered":980},"http:\u002F\u002Fthemedicalfuturist.melkweg.hu\u002F?p=12808","2025-04-22T13:09:28","2025-04-22T11:09:28","technologies-that-will-shape-the-future-of-cancer-care","https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Ftechnologies-that-will-shape-the-future-of-cancer-care",{"rendered":986},"13 Technologies That Will Shape The Future Of Cancer Care",{"rendered":988,"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":990,"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",34685,{"_acf_changed":15,"footnotes":7},[994,5,193,995,68,489,194,996,744,195,196,997,998,746,197,999],6479,500,488,507,489,514,[1001,1002,1003,1004,1005,1006,1007,1008,1009,1010,1011,619,1012,1013,1014,1015,1016,1017,1018,1019,1020,1021,1022,1023],567,7169,606,7171,976,6041,658,7173,1137,7175,1463,7177,163,6999,7179,259,7157,260,7161,7163,7165,545,7167,[626,1025,212,213,214,215,627],948,[],[1028,1029,1030,227,1031,503,1032,1033],2967,5499,1621,1841,2255,2947,[1035,53,75,76,77,78,79,1036,81,233,1037,82,506,234,1038,770,235,236,1039,1040,772,237,1041,1042,1043,1044,1045,1046,1047,1048,1049,1050,1051,1052,641,1053,1054,1055,1056,1057,1058,1059,1060,1061,1062,1063,1064,647,1065,250,251,252,253,648],"post-12808","category-covid-19","category-biotechnology","category-genomics","category-nanotechnology","category-personalized-medicine","category-virtual-reality","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-precision-surgery","tag-cancer-2","tag-mrna","tag-quell","tag-genetic-testing","tag-poct","tag-genetics","tag-joe-biden","tag-cancer-moonshot","tag-barack-obama","tag-sensors","tag-fluid-biopsy","project_category-developers",{"id":991,"alt_text":7,"caption":7,"description":1067,"media_type":84,"media_details":1068,"post":1085,"source_url":1086},"The future of cancer care",{"width":515,"height":516,"file":1069,"sizes":1070,"image_meta":1084},"2021\u002F06\u002Ftmf_article_273-01.png",{"medium":1071,"large":1074,"thumbnail":1077,"medium_large":1080,"1536x1536":1081},{"file":1072,"width":262,"height":263,"mime-type":95,"source_url":1073},"tmf_article_273-01-370x208.png","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F06\u002Ftmf_article_273-01-370x208.png",{"file":1075,"width":267,"height":268,"mime-type":95,"source_url":1076},"tmf_article_273-01-768x432.png","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F06\u002Ftmf_article_273-01-768x432.png",{"file":1078,"width":272,"height":272,"mime-type":95,"source_url":1079},"tmf_article_273-01-150x150.png","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F06\u002Ftmf_article_273-01-150x150.png",{"file":1075,"width":267,"height":268,"mime-type":95,"source_url":1076},{"file":1082,"width":531,"height":532,"mime-type":95,"source_url":1083},"tmf_article_273-01-1536x864.png","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F06\u002Ftmf_article_273-01-1536x864.png",{"aperture":111,"credit":7,"camera":7,"caption":7,"created_timestamp":111,"copyright":7,"focal_length":111,"iso":111,"shutter_speed":111,"title":7,"orientation":111},34659,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F06\u002Ftmf_article_273-01.png",{"subtitle":7,"cta_type":278,"cta_color":7,"related_posts_footer":1088,"related_posts":15,"related_books":1092,"key_takeaways":1094},[1089,1090,1091],24858,51747,51875,[419,1093,420],34151,[1095,1097],{"title":1096},"\u003Cp>Early and precise cancer detection is being revolutionized through innovations like liquid biopsy and AI-powered tools.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"title":1098},"\u003Cp>These technologies are pushing towards making cancer a chronic, rather than life-ending, condition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"yoast_wpseo_title":1100,"yoast_wpseo_metadesc":1101,"yoast_wpseo_canonical":984},"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":1103,"collection":1108,"about":1110,"author":1112,"replies":1114,"version-history":1117,"predecessor-version":1121,"wp:featuredmedia":1125,"wp:attachment":1128,"wp:term":1131,"curies":1142},[1104],{"href":1105,"targetHints":1106},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F12808",{"allow":1107},[27],[1109],{"href":132},[1111],{"href":135},[1113],{"embeddable":41,"href":138},[1115],{"embeddable":41,"href":1116},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcomments?post=12808",[1118],{"count":1119,"href":1120},40,"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F12808\u002Frevisions",[1122],{"id":1123,"href":1124},58693,"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F12808\u002Frevisions\u002F58693",[1126],{"embeddable":41,"href":1127},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fmedia\u002F34685",[1129],{"href":1130},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fmedia?parent=12808",[1132,1134,1136,1138,1140],{"taxonomy":11,"embeddable":41,"href":1133},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcategories?post=12808",{"taxonomy":160,"embeddable":41,"href":1135},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Ftags?post=12808",{"taxonomy":163,"embeddable":41,"href":1137},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fproject_category?post=12808",{"taxonomy":166,"embeddable":41,"href":1139},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcontact_email_category?post=12808",{"taxonomy":169,"embeddable":41,"href":1141},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fyst_prominent_words?post=12808",[1143],{"name":39,"href":40,"templated":41},{"id":1145,"date":1146,"date_gmt":1147,"guid":1148,"modified":1146,"modified_gmt":1147,"slug":1150,"status":52,"type":53,"link":1151,"title":1152,"content":1154,"excerpt":1156,"author":61,"featured_media":1158,"comment_status":63,"ping_status":63,"sticky":41,"template":7,"format":64,"meta":1159,"categories":1160,"tags":1161,"project_category":1167,"contact_email_category":1168,"yst_prominent_words":1169,"class_list":1171,"better_featured_image":1178,"acf":1201,"yoast_meta":1213,"_links":1215},47089,"2025-03-25T08:59:59","2025-03-25T07:59:59",{"rendered":1149},"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F?post_id=47089&_wpnonce=1b7766f46e&status=auto-draft&type=post","how-will-a-i-penetrate-healthcare-through-your-skin-voice-and-cough","https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fhow-will-a-i-penetrate-healthcare-through-your-skin-voice-and-cough",{"rendered":1153},"3 Powerful Real-World AI Examples That Are Used by Patients in Healthcare",{"rendered":1155,"protected":15},"\n\u003Cp>There is certainly no shortage of research on artificial intelligence, machine and deep learning algorithms these days. You will come across a number of announcements every week reporting on fascinating findings, new methods, and breakthrough results.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Despite the unquestionable buzz, it is challenging to pinpoint examples that actually found their way into everyday medical practice, that became part of “standard” healthcare. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In this article, we will introduce three areas we believe will be the forerunners of the A.I. revolution in medicine and will discuss four principles that help to determine whether you can expect a certain technology to become mainstream soonish – or not.\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\u002F2019\u002F05\u002Ftmf_article_308-01-768x432.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37603\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F05\u002Ftmf_article_308-01-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F05\u002Ftmf_article_308-01-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F05\u002Ftmf_article_308-01-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F05\u002Ftmf_article_308-01.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>For the sake of understanding, let’s start with the three areas briefly: A.I. in skin checking apps, vocal biomarker analysis and cough analysis are technologies that – we think – are closest to becoming widely used in everyday healthcare. We’ll get back to them a bit later.  \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>For a given technology to penetrate healthcare, it has to check the following four boxes:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. Has to offer low-hanging fruits\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>To justify substantial investments, you need to see – at least the promise of – tangible results. This is especially true if we are spending taxpayers’ money, and thinking about implementing technologies on a nationwide scale. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In some cases calculating the benefits can be pretty abstract: you achieve x more efficiency by covering z more cases with the same amount of medical personnel, resulting in y amount of saving while providing better care for the patients. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Using AI algorithms to determine whether a skin lesion is worrisome and enhance the diagnostics capacities of dermatologists by shortlisting the most probable options based on patient-submitted images has benefits on many levels. Patients get a faster diagnosis, doctors can go through more cases, unnecessary medical appointments can be avoided, the process becomes more efficient, resulting in financial returns. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>And of course, these algorithms are ever improving, and will most likely recognize the rarest skin conditions with 100% accuracy in 20 years – but they deliver now, and all along the way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. Needs to provide definitive answers to specific medical questions\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>At this stage, one-trick ponies stand a better chance than intricate projects with a wide focus – if they do that one trick well. \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\u002F2021\u002F09\u002Ftmf_article_293-01-768x432.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-36397\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F09\u002Ftmf_article_293-01-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F09\u002Ftmf_article_293-01-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F09\u002Ftmf_article_293-01-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F09\u002Ftmf_article_293-01-2048x1152.png 2048w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F09\u002Ftmf_article_293-01.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Your general practitioner could benefit from an application that can accurately determine whether the cough of the patient is the result of gastroesophageal reflux, a viral infection or pneumonia – but he has no use for a complex deep learning algorithm that can model all possible protein structures in the universe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. Can be efficiently used without years of special training\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Any A.I.-backed technology that has the ambition to become mainstream in healthcare has to be easy to use – not adding to the burden of medical personnel, neither in lengthy training nor in significant investments. The more it resembles methods already in use, the more it relies on devices already in the practice – the better.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>A smartphone – already in the pocket of the doctor – running an app that can detect the first signs of Alzheimer’s disease through vocal biomarker analysis can be used by almost anyone. There will always be research projects and initiatives that will be impossible without in-depth specialist knowledge and years of training – but those, while might be also crucially important in the long run – will never become mainstream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4. It can be fairly easily regulated\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>No medical novelty can be implemented on a wide scale without being thoroughly regulated. But regulatory hurdles around healthcare A.I. algorithms are complicated enough, especially if we think about adaptive, constantly improving models – that are simply nightmarish from this point of view. How can you set the boundaries around something that might be completely different by tomorrow? \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>AI-based technologies and applications that are suitable for easy regulations stand a much better chance of infiltrating everyday practice – as these are the ones that actually can be regulated as of today. \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\u002F2020\u002F10\u002F214_tmf-01-1-768x432.png\" alt=\"algorithm, deep learning, tmf\" class=\"wp-image-30807\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F10\u002F214_tmf-01-1-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F10\u002F214_tmf-01-1-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F10\u002F214_tmf-01-1-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F10\u002F214_tmf-01-1.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The Medical Futurist Institute \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nature.com\u002Farticles\u002Fs41746-020-00324-0\">published a study in Nature Magazine\u003C\u002Fa> on the state of artificial intelligence-based FDA-approved medical devices and algorithms, you can find the constantly updated \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Ffda-approved-ai-based-algorithms\u002F\">online database\u003C\u002Fa> here. It currently includes 79 entries, and interestingly enough, based on the information content of these clearances only, you would be not informed about the given technology being A.I.-based in about half of the cases. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bet 1: Skin-checking apps\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fskin-checking-algorithms\u002F\">Skin-checking apps\u003C\u002Fa> are our first bets on the shortlist of possible AI pioneers penetrating healthcare. There are a number of existing applications, working very similarly. You take a picture with your smartphone of a suspicious skin lesion and submit it via the app. It first gets checked by an AI algorithm, providing a fast evaluation of whether it looks malignant, which will be followed by a conclusive diagnosis by a dermatologist. \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\u002F2021\u002F06\u002Ftmf_article_274-01-768x432.png\" alt=\"Emerging Trend Alert – Skin Checking Algorithms\" class=\"wp-image-34783\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F06\u002Ftmf_article_274-01-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F06\u002Ftmf_article_274-01-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F06\u002Ftmf_article_274-01-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F06\u002Ftmf_article_274-01.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Skin Checking Algorithms\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>If you wonder if these apps have real-life benefits, just click over to this recent experience of mine on \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.linkedin.com\u002Fposts\u002Fbertalanmesko_here-is-a-short-story-about-how-physicians-activity-6968119780750835714-CpaR?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop\">how we found a high-risk birthmark on the arm of my 15-year-old niece\u003C\u002Fa>, that was described as a “ticking time bomb” by my dermatologist and got removed since then. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Skin checking apps easily tick all four boxes above, address an area traditionally burdened by the shortage in the healthcare workforce, are very easy to use both for the patients and the physicians, answer definitive questions and are easy to regulate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bet 2: Vocal biomarkers\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>A “biological marker” or “biomarker” refers to medical signs which indicate the medical state observed from outside the patient. Vocal biomarkers are medical signs deducted from the features of your voice. The characteristics of your voice – or as medicine labels them, vocal biomarkers – reveal a lot about your health and help in detecting serious diseases and health risks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fvocal-biomarkers-new-opportunities-prevention\u002F\">field of vocal biomarkers\u003C\u002Fa> is developing steadily, with some very practical applications emerging recently. We especially like \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.frontiersin.org\u002Farticles\u002F10.3389\u002Ffcomp.2021.624694\u002Ffull\">this 2021 study\u003C\u002Fa> that introduces how automated, early Alzheimer’s detection is possible through the analysis of voice patterns. Again: plain benefits, definitive answers, ease of use and no major regulatory pitfalls. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bet 3: Cough\u002Fbreathing pattern analysis\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Similarly to vocal biomarkers, cough analysis and respiratory breathing pattern analysis are based on cough\u002Fbreathing audio patterns, which – given you have a large enough set of data to train the algorithm – also provide diagnostics opportunities to detect infections or chronic conditions. \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\u002F2021\u002F06\u002Ftmf_article_272-01-768x432.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34683\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F06\u002Ftmf_article_272-01-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F06\u002Ftmf_article_272-01-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F06\u002Ftmf_article_272-01-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F06\u002Ftmf_article_272-01.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>These initiatives target \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.sciencedirect.com\u002Fscience\u002Farticle\u002Fpii\u002FS0010482521007381\">remote analysis through mobile applications\u003C\u002Fa>, evaluating the cough and\u002For breathing patterns of the patients. Although COVID, in general, seems much less terrifying these days than it looked two years ago – still, any solution that offers remote diagnosis \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fthe-sober-state-of-artificial-intelligence-in-the-fight-against-covid-19\u002F\">for an infectious disease\u003C\u002Fa> is a welcome addition to the doctors’ tools. And again, cough analysis is in line with the principles above, making it possible to become widely used. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Many more to come\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>These three examples are just the tip of the iceberg, there is an \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fthe-7-must-haves-for-the-doctor-of-the-21st-century\u002F?fbclid=IwAR2R517xL55C_ove4HDSRS1_GmUEoXSsxxfaEocm_kZMwiz8U8NTh200E2Q\">abundance of already existing technologies\u003C\u002Fa> – algorithm-backed \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fwatch?v=YCaI26Li6BM\">smart stethoscopes\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fwatch?v=_MvImEQhUzM\">AI-guided ultrasounds\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.scientificamerican.com\u002Farticle\u002Falgorithm-that-detects-sepsis-cut-deaths-by-nearly-20-percent\u002F\">sepsis detection software\u003C\u002Fa> used in hospitals, and so on – not quite on the brink of becoming the new normal in healthcare, but showing how diagnostics and prevention possibilities in medicine are shifting. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>As AI is getting widely accepted in the medical community and among patients, penetration through the walls of the ivory tower will become smoother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"rendered":1157,"protected":15},"\u003Cp>It is challenging to pinpoint examples that actually found their way into everyday medical practice, that became part of “standard” healthcare. Here are our 3 bets for the pioneers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",47113,{"_acf_changed":15,"footnotes":7},[67,5,193,68,194],[1162,753,1163,1164,1165,208,752,199,203,1166],7605,1386,7609,1511,7529,[213],[],[229,219,502,1170],3807,[1172,53,75,76,77,78,79,80,81,233,82,234,1173,778,1174,1175,1176,247,777,238,242,1177,251],"post-47089","tag-medical-algorithm","tag-doctors","tag-cough-analysis","tag-vocal-biomarkers","tag-future-of-healthcare",{"id":1158,"alt_text":1179,"caption":7,"description":7,"media_type":84,"media_details":1180,"post":1145,"source_url":1200},"AI in healthcare skin checking voice cough analysis",{"width":515,"height":516,"file":1181,"sizes":1182,"image_meta":1199},"2022\u002F08\u002Ftmf_article_330-v2-01.png",{"medium":1183,"large":1186,"thumbnail":1189,"medium_large":1192,"1536x1536":1193,"2048x2048":1196},{"file":1184,"width":262,"height":263,"mime-type":95,"source_url":1185},"tmf_article_330-v2-01-370x208.png","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F08\u002Ftmf_article_330-v2-01-370x208.png",{"file":1187,"width":267,"height":268,"mime-type":95,"source_url":1188},"tmf_article_330-v2-01-768x432.png","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F08\u002Ftmf_article_330-v2-01-768x432.png",{"file":1190,"width":272,"height":272,"mime-type":95,"source_url":1191},"tmf_article_330-v2-01-150x150.png","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F08\u002Ftmf_article_330-v2-01-150x150.png",{"file":1187,"width":267,"height":268,"mime-type":95,"source_url":1188},{"file":1194,"width":531,"height":532,"mime-type":95,"source_url":1195},"tmf_article_330-v2-01-1536x864.png","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F08\u002Ftmf_article_330-v2-01-1536x864.png",{"file":1197,"width":805,"height":806,"mime-type":95,"source_url":1198},"tmf_article_330-v2-01-2048x1152.png","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F08\u002Ftmf_article_330-v2-01-2048x1152.png",{"aperture":111,"credit":7,"camera":7,"caption":7,"created_timestamp":111,"copyright":7,"focal_length":111,"iso":111,"shutter_speed":111,"title":7,"orientation":111},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F08\u002Ftmf_article_330-v2-01.png",{"cta_type":278,"cta_color":7,"related_books":1202,"related_posts_footer":1204,"related_posts":15,"subtitle":7,"key_takeaways":1208},[540,280,1203],30419,[1205,1206,1207],11923,15518,23247,[1209,1211],{"title":1210},"\u003Cp>Skin-checking apps, vocal biomarkers and cough analysis could be the first mainstream examples of patients using AI.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"title":1212},"\u003Cp>We analyze why these examples stand out and what would be required from every other example to become widely accepted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"yoast_wpseo_title":1153,"yoast_wpseo_metadesc":1214,"yoast_wpseo_canonical":1151},"It is challenging to pinpoint examples A.I. actually becoming part of \"standard\" healthcare. Here are our 3 bets for the pioneers.",{"self":1216,"collection":1221,"about":1223,"author":1225,"replies":1227,"version-history":1230,"predecessor-version":1234,"wp:featuredmedia":1238,"wp:attachment":1241,"wp:term":1244,"curies":1255},[1217],{"href":1218,"targetHints":1219},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F47089",{"allow":1220},[27],[1222],{"href":132},[1224],{"href":135},[1226],{"embeddable":41,"href":138},[1228],{"embeddable":41,"href":1229},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcomments?post=47089",[1231],{"count":1232,"href":1233},8,"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F47089\u002Frevisions",[1235],{"id":1236,"href":1237},58631,"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F47089\u002Frevisions\u002F58631",[1239],{"embeddable":41,"href":1240},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fmedia\u002F47113",[1242],{"href":1243},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fmedia?parent=47089",[1245,1247,1249,1251,1253],{"taxonomy":11,"embeddable":41,"href":1246},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcategories?post=47089",{"taxonomy":160,"embeddable":41,"href":1248},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Ftags?post=47089",{"taxonomy":163,"embeddable":41,"href":1250},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fproject_category?post=47089",{"taxonomy":166,"embeddable":41,"href":1252},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcontact_email_category?post=47089",{"taxonomy":169,"embeddable":41,"href":1254},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fyst_prominent_words?post=47089",[1256],{"name":39,"href":40,"templated":41},{"id":1258,"date":1259,"date_gmt":1260,"guid":1261,"modified":1263,"modified_gmt":1264,"slug":1265,"status":52,"type":53,"link":1266,"title":1267,"content":1269,"excerpt":1271,"author":61,"featured_media":1273,"comment_status":63,"ping_status":63,"sticky":41,"template":7,"format":64,"meta":1274,"categories":1275,"tags":1276,"project_category":1281,"contact_email_category":1282,"yst_prominent_words":1283,"class_list":1286,"better_featured_image":1292,"acf":1315,"yoast_meta":1326,"_links":1328},48521,"2025-01-28T08:42:52","2025-01-28T07:42:52",{"rendered":1262},"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F?post_id=48521&_wpnonce=870bb038e1&status=auto-draft&type=post","2025-01-31T13:24:32","2025-01-31T12:24:32","7-medical-technologies-we-are-looking-forward-to-seeing-more","https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F7-medical-technologies-we-are-looking-forward-to-seeing-more",{"rendered":1268},"7 Medical Technologies We Are Looking Forward To Seeing More In 2025",{"rendered":1270,"protected":15},"\n\u003Cp>As we just stepped over to this new year, it’s always good to take a moment and think about what lies ahead. We’ve already \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fthe-top-10-digital-health-stories-of-2022\" target=\"_blank\">spent some time\u003C\u002Fa> summarising \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fwatch?v=HtxuSwqAwrg&t=44s\" target=\"_blank\">recent advancements\u003C\u002Fa>, now let’s focus on what is going to come in. Here is a list of seven medical technologies I trust will be gaining momentum in 2025 – and will have a significant effect on healthcare in general.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Asynchronous telemedicine becoming mainstream\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fasynchronous-telemedicine-is-coming-and-here-is-why-its-the-future-of-remote-care\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Asynchronous telemedicine\u003C\u002Fa> is a natural answer to a major problem of healthcare systems all around the world: a shortage in personnel. We’ve mentioned it so many times in the past years that I can only hope you are not crazy bored with the WHO statistics predicting a shortfall of 10 million healthcare workers by 2030.\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\u002F2022\u002F11\u002Ftmf_article_341-01_asynchronous-telemedicine-768x432.png\" alt=\"doctor, telehealth, screen, device remote care, asynchronous telemedicine\" class=\"wp-image-48233\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F11\u002Ftmf_article_341-01_asynchronous-telemedicine-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F11\u002Ftmf_article_341-01_asynchronous-telemedicine-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F11\u002Ftmf_article_341-01_asynchronous-telemedicine-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F11\u002Ftmf_article_341-01_asynchronous-telemedicine-2048x1152.png 2048w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F11\u002Ftmf_article_341-01_asynchronous-telemedicine.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Asynchronous telemedicine can help us out. It comes in various forms, like forwarding a recorded video or audio message to a health practitioner for analysis and examination or sending a recorded health history to a specialist. Text messages and e-mails all belong to this category.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>More examples include patients sharing images of wounds\u002Fsymptoms with their doctors, and physicians sharing patient reports with other specialists. Also, symptom survey questionnaires and medical education quizzes belong here. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>If you’d like to read more about the upsides and the downsides, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fasynchronous-telemedicine-is-coming-and-here-is-why-its-the-future-of-remote-care\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">head over here\u003C\u002Fa>. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Creating synthetic medical records through GANs to fill in AI’s data gap\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>This is quite a complex one. \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fwatch?v=mkiDXTS6-mU&t=185s\" target=\"_blank\">AI does a lot of heavy lifting in medicine\u003C\u002Fa>, and its role will only increase in the coming years. However, most algorithms are only able to do things exceedingly well if they are trained on massive datasets. AI can only diagnose breast cancer (lung cancer, developing heart conditions, and so on) with sufficient accuracy if it is trained on large amounts of diverse data, to ensure it will lack biases. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Large amounts of diverse health data, however, are not easy to come by. They are sensitive personal info, to name the first obstacle. And often we just don’t have enough real-world data, to name a second. \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\u002F2022\u002F10\u002Ftmf_article_311-01-768x432.png\" alt=\"Generative Adversarial Networks GAN AI algorithm\" class=\"wp-image-47791\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F10\u002Ftmf_article_311-01-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F10\u002Ftmf_article_311-01-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F10\u002Ftmf_article_311-01-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F10\u002Ftmf_article_311-01-2048x1152.png 2048w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F10\u002Ftmf_article_311-01.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>This is where \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fthe-future-of-clinical-trials-artificial-patients-synthetic-data-and-real-time-analysis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">synthetic data\u003C\u002Fa> comes into the picture. Generative adversarial networks (we wrote about \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fgenerative-adversarial-networks-how-can-ai-learn-so-much-while-its-iq-remains-zero\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">what they are and what they do here\u003C\u002Fa>) can produce tons and tons of synthetic health data, which – in theory – mimics real-world data without the capacity or privacy issues. This, in turn, will result in algorithms that are better trained than ever before, and thus more capable to diagnose, forecast, or flag than ever before. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wearable health sensors in the form of skin patches\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Monitoring more health metrics than we used to \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F101-commandments-for-companies-developing-wearable-health-trackers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">with digital health devices\u003C\u002Fa> will result in better patient outcomes. The earlier we learn about a patient having atrial fibrillation, the better the chances that the development of serious conditions can be prevented. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>And the best way to get more, reliable health data is to make health monitoring easier, more comfortable and more available. To achieve this, making patients the point of care will serve us well. Wearable health sensors are \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fhow-to-choose-wearable-health-sensors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">not exactly new\u003C\u002Fa>, but many earlier attempts \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fomron-heartguide-blood-pressure-smartwatch-review\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fell short of expectations\u003C\u002Fa>. \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\u002F2022\u002F10\u002Ftmf_biobeat24-768x432.png\" alt=\"tmf_biobeat24\" class=\"wp-image-47671\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F10\u002Ftmf_biobeat24-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F10\u002Ftmf_biobeat24-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F10\u002Ftmf_biobeat24-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F10\u002Ftmf_biobeat24.png 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>This seems to have changed, and we might have arrived at a point where these devices can become mainstream. I have seen several great examples in the past year, like the BioBeat \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fa-24-hour-skin-patch-that-monitors-blood-pressure-the-biobeat-review\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">24-hour blood pressure monitor patch\u003C\u002Fa>, which I reviewed, and the rise of wearable glucose monitors that I plan to test. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Blood draw devices in clinical trials\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fdiy-blood-draw-could-patients-collect-blood-at-home\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">DIY-style blood drawing devices\u003C\u002Fa> allow patients to safely and conveniently collect liquid or dried blood samples at home, in about 10-15 minutes. While this method will be far from omnipotent for the foreseeable future, it might have its merits. The pandemic highlighted how avoiding contact with a large number of random patients can be a wise idea. Besides, home sampling of blood can provide a very efficient and convenient method for clinical trials, encouraging patient participation.\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\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>The DIY blood draw method was recently used in a clinical trial evaluating the efficiency of booster shots. Instead of having to visit a health facility multiple times, participants used DIY kits at home and mailed their samples to the lab. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Affordable vein scanners\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Phlebotomy – drawing blood of a patient – has been practised for centuries and is still one of the most commonly used invasive procedures in medicine. Although the process seems simple enough, it actually carries some risks for both patients and health workers. In fact, WHO has a 125-page guideline – summarising the “simple, but important steps” which can make phlebotomy safe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Drawing blood from a healthy, young, well-hydrated patient is rarely a challenge to a professional. On the other hand, older, dehydrated patients with their sunken or collapsed veins might make even the most experienced phlebotomist sweat a little. And giving it a second, third, and fourth go is a stressful experience for both parties. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"513\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F05\u002Fvein-scanner6-768x513.jpg\" alt=\"Aimvein Pro2.0 Vein Finder scanner device test review TMF\" class=\"wp-image-45289\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F05\u002Fvein-scanner6-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F05\u002Fvein-scanner6-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F05\u002Fvein-scanner6-2048x1367.jpg 2048w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F05\u002Fvein-scanner6.jpg 1618w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fnot-in-vein-the-aimvein-pro2-0-vein-finder-review\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">Vein scanners\u003C\u002Fa> make blood draws easy even with traditionally difficult patients, but their steep price ($2,000 for the cheapest model) prevented them from becoming mainstream. This has changed, and the ones we have tested recently are finally more affordable. And one department can use one device to save costs. I expect to see more and more of these in the coming years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Smart TVs become remote care platforms\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The concept of turning one’s TV into a remote care hub isn’t new. Back in 2012, \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\u002Fpmc\u002Farticles\u002FPMC3558392\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">researchers designed\u003C\u002Fa> a remote health assistance system for the elderly to use through a TV set. However, we are exploring this idea now as a major tech company has recently pushed for telehealth through TVs. \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fremote-care-through-smart-television\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">In early 2022, electronics giant LG announced\u003C\u002Fa> that its smart TVs will be equipped with the remote health platform Independa. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>And in just a few months (late November) \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedcitynews.com\u002F2022\u002F11\u002Flg-amwell-launch-new-healthcare-tv-kit-to-fight-burnout-and-workforce-shortages\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">came a follow-up\u003C\u002Fa>: a product called Carepoint TV Kit 200L, in beta testing now. Powered by Amwell’s Converge platform, the product is aimed at helping clinicians more easily engage with patients amid healthcare’s workforce shortage crisis.\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\u002F2020\u002F10\u002F216_tmf-01-768x432.png\" alt=\"telepsychology TV TMF television doctor\" class=\"wp-image-30867\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F10\u002F216_tmf-01-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F10\u002F216_tmf-01-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F10\u002F216_tmf-01-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F10\u002F216_tmf-01.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>And they are not the only ones: HealthTap, a virtual healthcare provider based in California, and Samsung have established a strategic agreement to offer virtual healthcare to Samsung Smart TVs in the United States. Again, we are beginning to see how an existing device (almost everyone has a TV after all) is beginning to offer new, health-related benefits. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Emotion AI and Ambient intelligence entering the stage\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmitsloan.mit.edu\u002Fideas-made-to-matter\u002Femotion-ai-explained\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Emotion AI\u003C\u002Fa> is a kind of artificial intelligence that monitors, interprets, mimics and reacts to human emotions. It is also often called artificial emotional intelligence. Its aim is to develop algorithms that are better at reflecting our emotional states.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.forbes.com\u002Fsites\u002Fnaveenjoshi\u002F2022\u002F01\u002F09\u002Fthe-myriad-applications-of-ambient-intelligence-in-healthcare\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ambient intelligence\u003C\u002Fa> is a related concept. It refers to electronic environments that are sensitive and responsive to the presence of people. What does it mean? Less loud beeps in a hospital environment, for example. It aims to provide less interference without sacrificing the capabilities of technologies.\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\u002F2022\u002F11\u002Ftmf_article_342-01_digital-health-hospital-768x432.png\" alt=\"hospital, digital health, device, doctor\" 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\u003Cp>It is quite easy to understand how much more relaxing a hospital unit would be without all those mechanical noises, beeps, and alerts. Also, alarm fatigue, which is a well-known phenomenon in hospitals, could be largely avoided by using ambient intelligence.  \u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"rendered":1272,"protected":15},"\u003Cp>Here is a list of seven technologies I trust will be gaining momentum in 2025 – and will have a significant effect on healthcare in general.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",48231,{"_acf_changed":15,"footnotes":7},[67,5],[1277,752,492,203,206,1022,1278,1279,1280],7573,552,596,7479,[213],[],[500,1030,1284,766,1285,228],2877,4043,[1287,53,75,76,77,78,79,80,81,1288,777,508,242,245,1063,1289,1290,1291,251],"post-48521","tag-vein-finder","tag-vein-scanners","tag-health-sensors","tag-gan",{"id":1273,"alt_text":1293,"caption":7,"description":1293,"media_type":84,"media_details":1294,"post":1313,"source_url":1314},"hospital, digital health, device, doctor TMF",{"width":1295,"height":1296,"file":1297,"sizes":1298,"image_meta":1312},1800,1012,"2022\u002F11\u002Ftmf_article_342-01_digital-health-hospital.png",{"medium":1299,"large":1302,"thumbnail":1305,"medium_large":1308,"1536x1536":1309},{"file":1300,"width":262,"height":263,"mime-type":95,"source_url":1301},"tmf_article_342-01_digital-health-hospital-370x208.png","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F11\u002Ftmf_article_342-01_digital-health-hospital-370x208.png",{"file":1303,"width":267,"height":268,"mime-type":95,"source_url":1304},"tmf_article_342-01_digital-health-hospital-768x432.png","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F11\u002Ftmf_article_342-01_digital-health-hospital-768x432.png",{"file":1306,"width":272,"height":272,"mime-type":95,"source_url":1307},"tmf_article_342-01_digital-health-hospital-150x150.png","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F11\u002Ftmf_article_342-01_digital-health-hospital-150x150.png",{"file":1303,"width":267,"height":268,"mime-type":95,"source_url":1304},{"file":1310,"width":531,"height":532,"mime-type":95,"source_url":1311},"tmf_article_342-01_digital-health-hospital-1536x864.png","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F11\u002Ftmf_article_342-01_digital-health-hospital-1536x864.png",{"aperture":111,"credit":7,"camera":7,"caption":7,"created_timestamp":111,"copyright":7,"focal_length":111,"iso":111,"shutter_speed":111,"title":7,"orientation":111},48189,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F11\u002Ftmf_article_342-01_digital-health-hospital.png",{"cta_type":278,"cta_color":7,"related_books":1316,"related_posts_footer":1317,"related_posts":15,"subtitle":7,"key_takeaways":1321},[539,420,812],[1318,1319,1320],48173,43541,48423,[1322,1324],{"title":1323},"\u003Cp>We listed 7 very specific digital health technological trends that the whole healthcare system would benefit from.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"title":1325},"\u003Cp>From asynchronous telemedicine to affordable vein scanners, these technologies could significantly contribute to healthcare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"yoast_wpseo_title":1268,"yoast_wpseo_metadesc":1327,"yoast_wpseo_canonical":1266},"Here is a list of seven medical technologies I trust will be gaining momentum in 2023 - and will have a significant effect on healthcare in general.",{"self":1329,"collection":1334,"about":1336,"author":1338,"replies":1340,"version-history":1343,"predecessor-version":1347,"wp:featuredmedia":1351,"wp:attachment":1354,"wp:term":1357,"curies":1368},[1330],{"href":1331,"targetHints":1332},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F48521",{"allow":1333},[27],[1335],{"href":132},[1337],{"href":135},[1339],{"embeddable":41,"href":138},[1341],{"embeddable":41,"href":1342},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcomments?post=48521",[1344],{"count":1345,"href":1346},11,"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F48521\u002Frevisions",[1348],{"id":1349,"href":1350},58457,"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F48521\u002Frevisions\u002F58457",[1352],{"embeddable":41,"href":1353},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fmedia\u002F48231",[1355],{"href":1356},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fmedia?parent=48521",[1358,1360,1362,1364,1366],{"taxonomy":11,"embeddable":41,"href":1359},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcategories?post=48521",{"taxonomy":160,"embeddable":41,"href":1361},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Ftags?post=48521",{"taxonomy":163,"embeddable":41,"href":1363},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fproject_category?post=48521",{"taxonomy":166,"embeddable":41,"href":1365},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcontact_email_category?post=48521",{"taxonomy":169,"embeddable":41,"href":1367},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fyst_prominent_words?post=48521",[1369],{"name":39,"href":40,"templated":41},{"id":1371,"date":1372,"date_gmt":1373,"guid":1374,"modified":1372,"modified_gmt":1373,"slug":1376,"status":52,"type":53,"link":1377,"title":1378,"content":1380,"excerpt":1382,"author":189,"featured_media":1384,"comment_status":63,"ping_status":63,"sticky":41,"template":7,"format":64,"meta":1385,"categories":1386,"tags":1387,"project_category":1401,"contact_email_category":1402,"yst_prominent_words":1403,"class_list":1416,"better_featured_image":1431,"acf":1457,"yoast_meta":1467,"_links":1469},34893,"2025-01-23T09:42:25","2025-01-23T08:42:25",{"rendered":1375},"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F?post_id=34893&_wpnonce=e2b9fdd9fc&status=auto-draft&type=post","5-certain-things-about-the-future-of-physicians-insights-from-a-new-e-book","https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F5-certain-things-about-the-future-of-physicians-insights-from-a-new-e-book",{"rendered":1379},"Future For Doctors: 5 Trends In Technology That Shape Medical Specialties",{"rendered":1381,"protected":15},"\n\u003Cp>In our latest e-book, \u003Cem>The Technological Future of Medical Specialties\u003C\u002Fem>, we reflect on the major impact digital health and related technologies will have on 20 medical practices. While technologies will play an important role in practically every medical specialty, they won’t all be as specifically intertwined with digital health technologies as those we focused on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>We individually analyse how advanced technologies will influence those 20 medical specialties and explore how patient empowerment will shape the medical profession and the required skills needed for everyone working in this industry. To dive into the transformative force that digital health technologies will bring to the roles of physicians and their toolset in the 21st century, we invite you to purchase a copy of the e-book, \u003Cem>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fleanpub.com\u002Ffuture-of-medical-specialties\" target=\"_blank\">The Technological Future of Medical Specialties\u003C\u002Fa>,\u003C\u002Fem> on LeanPub.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\">\u003Ca class=\"img\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fleanpub.com\u002Ffuture-of-medical-specialties\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F12\u002F1211_tmfs_ebook_2022_header-01-768x432.png\" alt=\"ebook medical specialties\" class=\"wp-image-48453\"\u002F\u003C\u002Fa srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F12\u002F1211_tmfs_ebook_2022_header-01-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F12\u002F1211_tmfs_ebook_2022_header-01-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F12\u002F1211_tmfs_ebook_2022_header-01-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F12\u002F1211_tmfs_ebook_2022_header-01.png 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Here we will be sharing 5 key insights from the e-book regarding aspects that digital health will certainly transform for the future of the medical profession.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>1. No physician will be able to work without advanced technologies\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>With diagnostic tools getting more compact and connected and patients having access to them, it is evident that advanced technologies will play a central role in virtually any medical specialty; so much so that no physician will be able to work without these.\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\u002F03\u002Fsmall-768x432.png\" alt=\"medical bag of the 21st century\" class=\"wp-image-26553\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F03\u002Fsmall-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F03\u002Fsmall-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F03\u002Fsmall-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F03\u002Fsmall-512x288.png 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F03\u002Fsmall.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>One in three Americans use wearable technology to monitor their health\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"\u002F\u002Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\u002Fpmc\u002Farticles\u002FPMC9031391\u002F\" target=\"_blank\"> according to the National\u003Cbr>Library of Medicine\u003C\u002Fa>, and the device penetration is rising steadily. Since these increasingly integrate a health tracking feature, patients will inevitably bring data from such devices to the hospital. Physicians will need to be able to get acquainted with those devices and interpret their readings. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>For example, given the convenience of taking ECG readings that devices like the credit card-sized \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Flets-put-the-best-to-the-test-our-kardiamobile6l-review\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">KardiaMobile6L\u003C\u002Fa> provide, patients with cardiac conditions will adopt those and turn to their cardiologist with the collected data.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Medical professionals will also get to use portable diagnostic tools to make their tasks more efficient. Nowadays, physicians can literally carry \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fthe-7-must-haves-for-the-doctor-of-the-21st-century\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">a department’s worth of diagnostic tools\u003C\u002Fa> in their briefcases. Handheld ultrasound devices such as the \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fwireless-and-scanning-the-clarius-portable-ultrasound-review\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">Clarius\u003C\u002Fa> and \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fthreshold-of-a-new-era-in-diagnostics-philips-lumify-portable-ultrasound-review\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">Philips Lumify\u003C\u002Fa> allow doctors and first responders to easily assess a critically ill patient and answer yes-or-no questions like whether they have intra-abdominal bleeding or not, no matter where they are. Similarly, emergency medicine specialists can now perform a 12-lead ECG assessment on the spot with the \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.smartheartpro.com\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">Smart Heart Pro\u003C\u002Fa> and a smartphone or tablet wirelessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>2. Not being great at soft skills will quickly stand out\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Even with the reliance on technologies in the future of medical professions, the human factor will equally, if not more, play a major role. This is because those technologies will essentially take away the repetitive components of the job and subsequently free up valuable time for medical professionals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>For instance, a highly interaction-based practice like psychiatry will continue to depend on soft skills even while chatbots handle tasks like triaging mental health patients and monitoring them before meeting a physician. Chatbots like \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwoebothealth.com\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">Woebot Health\u003C\u002Fa> can already help monitor and improve users’ emotional health, and psychiatrists can subsequently provide feedback and advice to patients regarding such tools.\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\u002F2018\u002F05\u002Fhealth_chatbot-768x432.png\" alt=\"health chatbots\" class=\"wp-image-25861\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F05\u002Fhealth_chatbot-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F05\u002Fhealth_chatbot-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F05\u002Fhealth_chatbot-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F05\u002Fhealth_chatbot-512x288.png 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F05\u002Fhealth_chatbot-2048x1152.png 2048w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F05\u002Fhealth_chatbot.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>As such advanced technologies take over mundane components, they will allow physicians to deal with patients more. Doctors will thus need to show more empathy and compassion when communicating with the latter; their lack of such skills will be even more apparent than is the case today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>3. Automation is far from replacing physicians\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>A question that often comes up is whether advanced technologies and \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F5-levels-of-automation-in-medicine\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">automation in medicine\u003C\u002Fa> will take over the medical profession altogether. Such concerns might make specialists skeptical about adopting new technologies. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>After all, we regularly hear news like how Google’s DeepMind algorithm can \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Ftop-artificial-intelligence-companies-in-healthcare\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">beat radiologists\u003C\u002Fa> to the punch when identifying cancerous lesions in medical images. At the same time, \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Ftech-giants-in-healthcare-2021\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">other tech giants\u003C\u002Fa> keep investing in medical AI. \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\u002F214_tmf-01-1-768x432.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30807\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F10\u002F214_tmf-01-1-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F10\u002F214_tmf-01-1-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F10\u002F214_tmf-01-1-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F10\u002F214_tmf-01-1.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>But even in a specialty like radiology, where automation will handle most of the many repetitive and data-based components, it will still require the input of human professionals as they will be better equipped to handle creative challenges.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>4. AI is the stethoscope of the 21st century\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>It cannot be overstated that automation and AI will have a major impact on the future of medicine. In fact, after patient empowerment, it will mark the next big milestone of medicine. Even if AI will not replace physicians, they will increasingly work alongside the technology and as such will need to adopt it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Consider \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Farterys.com\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">Arterys\u003C\u002Fa>’s FDA-cleared, deep learning AI-powered platform. It allows for faster radiology image examination, and reduces missed detections \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Ftop-artificial-intelligence-companies-in-healthcare\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">by up to 70%\u003C\u002Fa> while automating mundane tasks. Another company, \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 AI technology to aid pathologists in making quicker and more accurate diagnoses.\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\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\n\n\n\u003Cp>This is the type of cooperation that doctors can expect in the future for their careers, one that merges humans’ creativity and empathy with AI’s predictive prowess. Rather than competition, technology should be seen as cooperation that amplifies human performance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>5. Patients will take part in designing healthcare\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>As important as technology is for the future of individual medical specialties, patient involvement will also weigh heavily in shaping them in the years to come. As technologies are changing healthcare, they also \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fempowered-patients-in-the-digital-age\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">empower patients\u003C\u002Fa> to have their voices heard as they become more proactive in managing their health. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>As end-users of digital health tools and new treatment approaches, they can provide valuable feedback to help implement such solutions more effectively. No hospital will be able to function or operate without implementing patient design. As such, the future of medical specialties will require physicians to involve patients in an equal-level partnership.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F03\u002FPatient-Doctor-Partnership-768x360.png\" alt=\"empowered patient\" class=\"wp-image-23467\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F03\u002FPatient-Doctor-Partnership-768x360.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F03\u002FPatient-Doctor-Partnership-1536x721.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F03\u002FPatient-Doctor-Partnership-512x240.png 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F03\u002FPatient-Doctor-Partnership.png 1547w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>For more insights into the future of medical specialties and how digital health technologies will impact them, do consider getting a copy of \u003Cem>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fleanpub.com\u002Ffuture-of-medical-specialties\" target=\"_blank\">The Technological Future of Medical Specialties\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fem>. We hope that medical professionals will find it useful as they help bring healthcare to the 21st century.\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>. 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":1383,"protected":15},"\u003Cp>These 5 key aspects of digital health will certainly transform for the future of the medical profession.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",48451,{"_acf_changed":15,"footnotes":7},[5,193,68,194],[1388,1389,1390,1391,1392,1393,1394,622,1395,1396,1163,1397,207,1398,1399,1400],664,7275,734,7277,1019,6055,1076,1124,6907,7269,7271,631,7273,[213],[],[1404,219,226,1405,1406,503,1407,1408,1409,1410,1411,1412,1413,500,1414,225,1415,218],2975,1739,3829,4291,2017,5835,2019,2259,2261,2265,2267,2277,[1417,53,75,76,77,78,79,81,233,82,234,1418,1419,1420,1421,1422,1423,1424,644,1425,1426,1174,1427,246,1428,1429,1430,251],"post-34893","tag-kardia","tag-youper","tag-chatbots","tag-kardia-mobile6l","tag-lumify","tag-deepmind","tag-clarius","tag-medical-specialties","tag-e-book","tag-artery","tag-pathai","tag-patient-empowerment","tag-woebot-health",{"id":1384,"alt_text":1432,"caption":7,"description":7,"media_type":84,"media_details":1433,"post":1371,"source_url":1456},"ebook medical specialties",{"width":1295,"height":1434,"file":1435,"filesize":1436,"sizes":1437,"image_meta":1455},1013,"2022\u002F12\u002F1211_tmfs_ebook_2022_header.png",80418,{"medium":1438,"large":1442,"thumbnail":1446,"medium_large":1450,"1536x1536":1451},{"file":1439,"width":262,"height":263,"mime-type":95,"filesize":1440,"source_url":1441},"1211_tmfs_ebook_2022_header-370x208.png","40895","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F12\u002F1211_tmfs_ebook_2022_header-370x208.png",{"file":1443,"width":267,"height":268,"mime-type":95,"filesize":1444,"source_url":1445},"1211_tmfs_ebook_2022_header-768x432.png","106426","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F12\u002F1211_tmfs_ebook_2022_header-768x432.png",{"file":1447,"width":272,"height":272,"mime-type":95,"filesize":1448,"source_url":1449},"1211_tmfs_ebook_2022_header-150x150.png","14317","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F12\u002F1211_tmfs_ebook_2022_header-150x150.png",{"file":1443,"width":267,"height":268,"mime-type":95,"filesize":1444,"source_url":1445},{"file":1452,"width":531,"height":532,"mime-type":95,"filesize":1453,"source_url":1454},"1211_tmfs_ebook_2022_header-1536x864.png","265683","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F12\u002F1211_tmfs_ebook_2022_header-1536x864.png",{"aperture":111,"credit":7,"camera":7,"caption":7,"created_timestamp":111,"copyright":7,"focal_length":111,"iso":111,"shutter_speed":111,"title":7,"orientation":111},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F12\u002F1211_tmfs_ebook_2022_header.png",{"cta_type":278,"cta_color":7,"subtitle":7,"related_books":1458,"related_posts_footer":1459,"related_posts":15,"key_takeaways":1462},[420,813,1203],[817,1460,1461],10983,16166,[1463,1465],{"title":1464},"\u003Cp>How will the appearance of AI, sensors, wearables, VR\u002FAR or robots affect each medical specialty?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp> \u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"title":1466},"\u003Cp>How can physicians of the various professions successfully prepare for the sweeping changes coming with the waves of technology? 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Hi-tech big machines, physicians analysing data obtained from patients’ devices, LED screens greeting visitors by their names using facial recognition, virtual patient visits, and robots leading operations… Well, experts have pretty much the \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.mckinsey.com\u002Findustries\u002Fhealthcare-systems-and-services\u002Four-insights\u002Fhospital-care-in-2030\" target=\"_blank\">same idea\u003C\u002Fa>. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Recently, we have written a lot about the future of hospitals. We emphasised the importance of good design both \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fthe-future-of-hospital-design-inside-the-point-of-care\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">inside\u003C\u002Fa> and \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fthe-future-of-healthcare-design-outside-the-point-of-care\u002F\">outside\u003C\u002Fa> the point of care. We imagined that these institutions will become “\u003Cem>health centres for patients for preventing diseases, for acute care patients and for patients who need surgical procedures or large radiology machines\u003C\u002Fem>.” \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The following points about the ideal hospital might sound utopistic or even naive; however, each one has already been implemented in a hospital somewhere in the world, proving it’s indeed not some dreamy speculation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>The need for speed\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>On The Medical Futurist \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.patreon.com\u002Fthemedicalfuturist\" target=\"_blank\">Patreon channel\u003C\u002Fa>, Kimberly Powell, VP of NVIDIA \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.patreon.com\u002Fposts\u002Fbuilding-smart-37511442\" target=\"_blank\">talked\u003C\u002Fa> about how NVIDIA could build hospitals in a matter of days. She went on about how NVIDIA envisions these institutions. “\u003Cem>Hospitals will use AI cameras to automatically screen for elevated body temperature, use genomics sequencing to predict how lethal a virus or suspected condition could be for each patient, use AI in medical imaging for detection and predicting clinical outcomes, incorporate AI into everyday cameras and microphones to monitor and interact with patients.\u003C\u002Fem>”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"703\" height=\"689\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F04\u002Fnvidia.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33941\"\u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\u003Cp>In going a full 360 on hospitals, we decided to give you a full insight into how a hospital in 2030 should (and even could) look like. As you’ll see, it won’t take a leap into science fiction; instead, these are logical and unambiguous steps, leading to better patient experience, lowering healthcare costs and safe data handling. We have already seen some elements of the following in practice, but not all in one institution. Let’s have a look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>The ideal hospital is…\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. \u003Cstrong>…paperless\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Yes, it starts here. Patient data stored on paper is as old as medicine itself. Now is the time to get rid of paper entirely. There is no place for paper and handwriting in a well-functioning hospital. (Yes, this is also the end of illegible doctors’ notes.) Eliminating paper-based records is a huge undertaking – but achievable. For example, Bedfordshire Hospital NHS Trust has been successfully working with Xerox on reaching this goal. The hospital uses an electronic document management system for handling patient records, digitising paper records, thereby also adding to patient data security. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“\u003Cem>There was an area within the paediatric service with benching on the side,\u003C\u002Fem>” Josh Chandler, associate director of IT for the Trust explained in \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.itpro.co.uk\u002Fbusiness-strategy\u002Fdigital-transformation\u002F358958\u002Fhow-nhs-bedfordshire-is-building-a-paperless\" target=\"_blank\">this article\u003C\u002Fa>. “\u003Cem>It was always completely taken up with patient notes that had been tracked in for that day’s clinics. That’s now all completely empty because it’s all accessible through a computer\u003C\u002Fem>.” The next steps will be data intake and safe remote data management. That is still to come, for this particular hospital, but they set a good example for others. To see how to ensure a smooth transition, check out these \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmv.com.br\u002Fen\u002Fblog\u002F5-steps-to-a-paperless-hospital\" target=\"_blank\">five steps\u003C\u002Fa> to a paperless hospital.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. \u003Cstrong>…connected to the homes of patients\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>An ideal hospital aims for patients to spend as little time as possible within its walls. The place of treatment should be the patient’s home; just as well as the place of diagnostics and the place of rehabilitation. What is needed to achieve this is first and foremost good connection. Staff and data should be connected with the hospital and the patients’ homes. If a hospital has 5G with wi-fi in the wards, the data will run faster than people. This will allow faster decision-making and future-readiness. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>One of the world’s first 5G-enabled hospitals was the Veterans Affairs Department’s healthcare facility in Palo Alto, California. At the launch of the concept, the hospital \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nextgov.com\u002Femerging-tech\u002F2020\u002F02\u002Fveterans-affairs-launches-its-first-5g-enabled-hospital\u002F162949\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">stated\u003C\u002Fa> “\u003Cem>VA providers are presently tapping into virtual reality to treat patients with post-traumatic stress disorder and piloting exoskeleton devices to help vets with spinal cord injuries regain their mobility—both of which could possibly be enhanced through the budding technology.’\u003C\u002Fem> The team primarily used the capacities and the connectivity in medical education. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Moreover, with the pandemic, \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nextgov.com\u002Femerging-tech\u002F2020\u002F08\u002Fsix-months-vas-5g-enabled-hospital-project\u002F167593\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">the team also\u003C\u002Fa> “\u003Cem>recognised that the system also offered an opportunity to bring people who are meant to be social distancing together in a virtual environment and enable them to collectively interact.\u003C\u002Fem>”\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=\"Let’s Design The Hospital Of The Future! - The Medical Futurist\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002FGeYvybkoPLI?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\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>3. …designed, not built for a purpose\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Through its \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.architectmagazine.com\u002Fproject-gallery\u002Fpatient-room-2020-3166#:~:text=Patient%20Room%202020%20is%20a,patients%2C%20families%2C%20and%20caregivers.&text=The%20prototype%20hospital%20room%20is,Studio%20in%20New%20York%20City.\" target=\"_blank\">Patient Room 2020\u003C\u002Fa> project, non-profit design organisation NXT Health aimed to design the future of hospital rooms. It’s a high-achieving, inspiring project built with designers along with healthcare professionals with \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fhealthmanagement.org\u002Fc\u002Fhospital\u002Fissuearticle\u002Fthe-patient-room-2020-next-generation-in-patient-care\" target=\"_blank\">the aim\u003C\u002Fa> to “\u003Cem>both improve patient experience and optimise caregiver performance\u003C\u002Fem>.” It features a streamlined, patient-centered design, deployable bedside work area with embedded technology as well as various safety features. Unfortunately, the project has not (yet) been deployed anywhere, proving that even the best ideas can get stuck at viability. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>But indeed, the design of a hospital building should not facilitate the meeting of patients and doctors; it should be planned so that patients and doctors can meet there\u003Cem> in the best conditions.\u003C\u002Fem> We \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fthe-future-of-hospital-design-inside-the-point-of-care\" target=\"_blank\">recently wrote\u003C\u002Fa> about the specific hospital design both in- and outside the point of care in our articles. There we explained with our experts how interior spaces and patient rooms should be built; and pointed out four key elements for future (re)designs of medical institutions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>4. …would use patient design\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>We wrote about it over and over again: the ideal hospital is designed by patients. This is exactly what Professor Stefaan Bergé did. He \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fpeek-into-the-future-of-hospitals\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">redesigned\u003C\u002Fa> his whole department based on the book, \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Famzn.to\u002F1w0O3sx\" target=\"_blank\">The Guide to the Future of Medicine\u003C\u002Fa>, covering patients’ suggestions. It turned out that patients wanted the simplest things like more privacy and more information. But as hospital design \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bdcnetwork.com\u002Fblog\u002Fhealthcare-architect-turned-patient-what-i-learned-when-admitted-facility-i-helped-design\" target=\"_blank\">directly affects\u003C\u002Fa> how patients receive care and, ultimately, how they heal, the design of these institutions should also change. The spaces should help the best possible patient experience, should be compassionate, and should even decrease the stress of incoming patients. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Who else would know better how to create a human-centered hospital room than the patients themselves? We described this in detail in a scientific \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.jmir.org\u002F2022\u002F8\u002Fe39178\">paper\u003C\u002Fa>.\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=\"Why is Patient Design Essential in Healthcare? \u002F Episode 6 - The Medical Futurist\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002FhjPcpVaJ9xU?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\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">5. \u003Cstrong>…would have special places for telemedicine\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>COVID-19 has changed how we look at healing altogether. It helped us realise how many tasks could be conducted from afar, often with much greater efficiency. \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fcovid-19-was-needed-for-telemedicine-to-finally-go-mainstream\" target=\"_blank\">Telemedicine\u003C\u002Fa> came and conquered, and will stay with us even with the pandemic gone. The fact that patients don’t actually need to get to the hospital\u002Fclinic, and doctors don’t necessarily need to meet them in person decreases stress and time wasted – but the effectiveness of the consultation remains, at least in most cases. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Remote patient monitoring works well for example at UCLA Health in their post-surgical remote monitoring program. Their \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.uclahealth.org\u002Ftelehealth\u002Fremote-patient-monitoring\" target=\"_blank\">Cardiac Telehealth Program\u003C\u002Fa> is for patients who undergo heart surgery. Therein patients receive a cardiac telehealth kit upon leaving the hospital. This telehealth technology can send important health data over the internet to UCLA nursing staff, but patients can also contact their doctors using the tablet provided in the kit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Hospital design needs to follow this transformation; and even provide doctors with dedicated teleconsultation spaces with appropriate \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.cssspnql.com\u002Fdocs\u002Fdefault-source\u002Fcentre-de-documentation\u002Fdoc_telesante_salle_eng_web.pdf?sfvrsn=2\" target=\"_blank\">design\u003C\u002Fa>, devices, connection, lamps, and an acceptable hospital background for the video. Pretty much like a miniature studio within the hospital. It’s important to have proper patient rooms in the hospital; it should be just as important to have the right venue for remote care because that is the new norm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>6. …has places for healthcare personnel to relax\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The well-being of healthcare personnel also got exposed during the pandemic – and hospitals, in general, were falling short. Well-maintained and equipped common rooms and resting spaces should be provided for frontline personnel even outside a pandemic. The pressure for these people both physically and mentally is \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fwill-medical-workers-deal-with-ptsd-after-covid-19\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">so h\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fwill-medical-workers-deal-with-ptsd-after-covid-19\u002F\">igh\u003C\u002Fa> that hospitals need to create the opportunity for them to recharge. The ideal hospital should be a wellness centre for patients AND health personnel alike. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>A good example here is the Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. Here David Putrino, Ph.D., Co-Director of the Abilities Research Center and Director of Rehabilitation Innovation at the Mount Sinai Health System, has “converted his lab into recharge rooms for front-line healthcare workers.” Along with his team, he created “\u003Cem>multi-sensory experiences that can reduce stress in just 15 minutes\u003C\u002Fem>” – he explained in \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.mountsinai.org\u002Fabout\u002Fnewsroom\u002Fpodcasts\u002Froad-resilience\u002Frecharge-room\" target=\"_blank\">this podcast\u003C\u002Fa>. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"656\" height=\"496\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F04\u002Fptsd.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33943\"\u002F>\u003Cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: https:\u002F\u002Ftwitter.com\u002Fmiss_pilling\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>7. …should resolve the issue of alarm fatigue\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Even today’s institutions are packed with technology, and the hospital of the future will be even more so. All these devices have their own alarm systems. Caregivers can therefore become desensitised to alarm signs from the myriad of devices emitting a cacophony of beeps all day in the clinical setting. There are as many as \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\u002Fpmc\u002Farticles\u002FPMC4206416\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">187 alarms per bed per day\u003C\u002Fa>. 72% to 99% of these are \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fnurse.org\u002Farticles\u002Falarm-fatigue-statistics-patient-safety\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">false alarms\u003C\u002Fa>, it’s understandable that alarm fatigue came to exist. Healthcare practitioners are easily at risk of disregarding important alerts, which might even be fatal. A.I. could be a solution to this issue: researchers have developed an A.I. solution to help caregivers cope with auditory overload.\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\u002Falarm-fatigue-small-768x432.png\" alt=\"alarm fatigue\" class=\"wp-image-26271\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F02\u002Falarm-fatigue-small-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F02\u002Falarm-fatigue-small-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F02\u002Falarm-fatigue-small-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F02\u002Falarm-fatigue-small-512x288.png 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F02\u002Falarm-fatigue-small.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Chr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\u002F>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Describing \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\u002Fpmc\u002Farticles\u002FPMC402202\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">The Ideal Hospital of the Future\u003C\u002Fa> in 1932, authors argue that there is no need for radical change in hospital operations. Perhaps it wasn’t needed then, but it certainly is today. With the increasing use of digitisation, AI, other technologies, as well as the flourishing development of patient empowerment, the demands towards our hospitals are changing rapidly and radically. It is up to us to stand up for these changes to actually happen.\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":1523,"protected":15},"\u003Cp>The following points about the ideal hospital might sound utopistic or even naive; however, each one has already been implemented in a hospital somewhere in the world, proving it’s indeed not some dreamy speculation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",33933,{"_acf_changed":15,"footnotes":7},[5,193,194,195,745],[1528,205,1529,1530,207,1531,1532,1533,1534,1535,1536,619,1537,1538,621,1539,1540,1541,201,1542,1543,1544,1545,1546,615,1547],6945,6969,6947,6949,697,1221,6951,1385,6953,1434,6955,200,6957,6295,6959,6397,6963,6941,6965,6967,[626,1025,212,213,214,215,627],[],[1551,223,1552,1553,224,227,229,764,218,1554,503],2139,2607,2609,1803,[1556,53,75,76,77,78,79,81,233,234,235,771,1557,244,1558,1559,246,1560,1561,1562,1563,1564,1565,641,1566,1567,643,1568,1569,1570,240,1571,1572,1573,1574,1575,637,1576,647,1065,250,251,252,253,648],"post-33927","tag-paperless","tag-digitization","tag-josh-chandler","tag-bedfordhire-hospital","tag-hospital-design","tag-ehr","tag-xerox","tag-patients","tag-veteran-affairs","tag-health-records","tag-stefaan-berge","tag-design","tag-nijmegen","tag-alarm-fatigue","tag-the-guide-to-the-future-of-medicine","tag-epatients","tag-ucla-health","tag-patreon","tag-david-putrino","tag-mount-sinai",{"id":1524,"alt_text":7,"caption":7,"description":1578,"media_type":84,"media_details":1579,"post":1596,"source_url":1597},"If your imagination could run wild, how would you envisage the future of hospitals? These are our suggestions.",{"width":515,"height":516,"file":1580,"sizes":1581,"image_meta":1595},"2021\u002F04\u002Ftmf_article_259-01.png",{"medium":1582,"large":1585,"thumbnail":1588,"medium_large":1591,"1536x1536":1592},{"file":1583,"width":262,"height":263,"mime-type":95,"source_url":1584},"tmf_article_259-01-370x208.png","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F04\u002Ftmf_article_259-01-370x208.png",{"file":1586,"width":267,"height":268,"mime-type":95,"source_url":1587},"tmf_article_259-01-768x432.png","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F04\u002Ftmf_article_259-01-768x432.png",{"file":1589,"width":272,"height":272,"mime-type":95,"source_url":1590},"tmf_article_259-01-150x150.png","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F04\u002Ftmf_article_259-01-150x150.png",{"file":1586,"width":267,"height":268,"mime-type":95,"source_url":1587},{"file":1593,"width":531,"height":532,"mime-type":95,"source_url":1594},"tmf_article_259-01-1536x864.png","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F04\u002Ftmf_article_259-01-1536x864.png",{"aperture":111,"credit":7,"camera":7,"caption":7,"created_timestamp":111,"copyright":7,"focal_length":111,"iso":111,"shutter_speed":111,"title":7,"orientation":111},13003,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F04\u002Ftmf_article_259-01.png",{"subtitle":7,"cta_type":278,"cta_color":7,"related_posts_footer":1599,"related_posts":15,"related_books":1603,"key_takeaways":1604},[1600,1601,1602],26153,30683,33421,[420,539],[1605,1607],{"title":1606},"\u003Cp>We summarized the major features of an ideal hospital in the age of digital health and AI.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"title":1608},"\u003Cp>Some of these ideas have already been implemented in practice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"yoast_wpseo_title":1610,"yoast_wpseo_metadesc":1578,"yoast_wpseo_canonical":1517},"What Would The Ideal Hospital Look Like? - The Medical Futurist",{"self":1612,"collection":1617,"about":1619,"author":1621,"replies":1623,"version-history":1626,"predecessor-version":1630,"wp:featuredmedia":1634,"wp:attachment":1637,"wp:term":1640,"curies":1651},[1613],{"href":1614,"targetHints":1615},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F33927",{"allow":1616},[27],[1618],{"href":132},[1620],{"href":135},[1622],{"embeddable":41,"href":138},[1624],{"embeddable":41,"href":1625},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcomments?post=33927",[1627],{"count":1628,"href":1629},27,"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F33927\u002Frevisions",[1631],{"id":1632,"href":1633},58399,"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F33927\u002Frevisions\u002F58399",[1635],{"embeddable":41,"href":1636},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fmedia\u002F33933",[1638],{"href":1639},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fmedia?parent=33927",[1641,1643,1645,1647,1649],{"taxonomy":11,"embeddable":41,"href":1642},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcategories?post=33927",{"taxonomy":160,"embeddable":41,"href":1644},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Ftags?post=33927",{"taxonomy":163,"embeddable":41,"href":1646},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fproject_category?post=33927",{"taxonomy":166,"embeddable":41,"href":1648},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcontact_email_category?post=33927",{"taxonomy":169,"embeddable":41,"href":1650},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fyst_prominent_words?post=33927",[1652],{"name":39,"href":40,"templated":41},{"id":1654,"date":1655,"date_gmt":1656,"guid":1657,"modified":1659,"modified_gmt":1660,"slug":1661,"status":52,"type":53,"link":1662,"title":1663,"content":1665,"excerpt":1667,"author":61,"featured_media":1669,"comment_status":63,"ping_status":63,"sticky":41,"template":7,"format":64,"meta":1670,"categories":1671,"tags":1672,"project_category":1676,"contact_email_category":1677,"yst_prominent_words":1678,"class_list":1682,"better_featured_image":1687,"acf":1714,"yoast_meta":1721,"_links":1723},58359,"2025-01-15T12:18:36","2025-01-15T11:18:36",{"rendered":1658},"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F?post_id=58359&_wpnonce=8d43be1a08&status=auto-draft&type=post","2025-01-20T09:40:02","2025-01-20T08:40:02","top-10-healthcare-technology-trends-to-watch-in-2025","https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Ftop-10-healthcare-technology-trends-to-watch-in-2025",{"rendered":1664},"Top 10 Healthcare Technology Trends To Watch In 2025",{"rendered":1666,"protected":15},"\n\u003Cp>Every year, I share not predictions for the upcoming year but medical and healthcare technological trends it’s worth paying attention to. As my job as The Medical Futurist is analyzing every single major announcements, study and press release, and even more importantly, make sense of those for a worldwide audience, there are some exciting trends and developments that stand out.\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\u002F12\u002Ftmf_article_394-768x432.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54109\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2023\u002F12\u002Ftmf_article_394-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2023\u002F12\u002Ftmf_article_394-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2023\u002F12\u002Ftmf_article_394-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2023\u002F12\u002Ftmf_article_394.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>First, I comment on \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Ftop-6-medical-trends-to-watch-for\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">last year’s trends\u003C\u002Fa> then I share my hot takes for 2025. I hope you will find both useful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Col class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>The rise of generative AI platforms in healthcare\u003C\u002Fstrong>: I expected many patient-oriented ChatGPT-like tools and indeed a \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.frontiersin.org\u002Fjournals\u002Fmedicine\u002Farticles\u002F10.3389\u002Ffmed.2024.1477898\u002Ffull\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lot of them\u003C\u002Fa> have become accessible.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\n\n\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Multimodal large language models (M-LLMs) for hospitals\u003C\u002Fstrong>: It was too early to call this. The rise of M-LLMs is unquestionable, but I haven’t yet seen good examples at hospitals. \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.linkedin.com\u002Fposts\u002Fdavedrodge_chatgpt-health-rochegpt-activity-7111805972209090561-ATUk\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Roche has made one\u003C\u002Fa> for internal use though.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\n\n\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Blood testing reimagined\u003C\u002Fstrong>: Companies like \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fdiy-blood-draw-could-patients-collect-blood-at-home\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tasso \u003C\u002Fa>that develop at-home blood kits and Vitestro that is making a blood drawing robot have been publishing great results.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\n\n\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Evidence-based digital therapeutics\u003C\u002Fstrong>: Over 2000 papers and studies only in 2024. A booming field, however, mostly in mental health for now.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\n\n\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Blood pressure’s PPG revolution\u003C\u002Fstrong>: Even companies developing smartwatches are switching to PPG technology to measure blood pressure. It’s not as unimaginable when it was when \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fomron-heartguide-blood-pressure-smartwatch-review\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Omron came up\u003C\u002Fa> with the first BP smartwatch.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\n\n\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>AI digital twins\u003C\u002Fstrong>: On target but not for the purpose I had in mind. Instead, companies are creating at-home kits for biological digital twins.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Fol>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Besides analyzing the major news and announcements, I also use the futures method called \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.netsuite.com\u002Fportal\u002Fresource\u002Farticles\u002Fbusiness-strategy\u002Ftrend-analysis.shtml#:~:text=Trend%20analysis%20is%20a%20systematic,make%20more%20informed%20strategic%20decisions.\" target=\"_blank\">trend analysis\u003C\u002Fa>. Therefore, here are some trends that are worth highlighting for 2025:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Things I’m very positive about:\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>1) I start with my boldest statement: 2025 will be the year of practical longevity. \u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>What I mean by that is longevity finally becoming mainstream. Not the research part and the quest for increasing telomeres, but the part that is more than just healthy living and involves a lot of technologies, supplements, screenings, and habits to maximize our lifespan. Eric Topol will release a book about it while Bryan Johnson’s \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fdontdie.bryanjohnson.com\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">Don’t Die\u003C\u002Fa> is becoming a worldwide movement around the idea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>2) AI scribes on the rise: \u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>We started with \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fvoice-to-text-technologies-shape-the-future\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">voice-to-text applications\u003C\u002Fa> and now the field if maturing towards generative AI agents that can transform a patient-physician conversation into a medical record. Such tools could be the Holy Grails for physicians to be able to finally spend enough time with patients. Here we will extensively analyze their role in medicine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Things I hope to see:\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>3) Ozempic’s connection to digital health\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>I \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fozempic-and-other-weight-loss-drugs-will-only-work-with-digital-health\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">described in an analysis\u003C\u002Fa> why not investing in digital health technologies for companies developing GLP-1 agonist medications is a missed opportunity. These medications got regulatory approval only by following a calorie-reduced diet and exercising. The latter two are almost impossible to achieve without digital health support. Pharma companies should build on that.\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\u002F2024\u002F04\u002Ftmf_article_411ai-768x432.png\" alt=\"Ozempic, weight loss, injection, overweight, diet\" class=\"wp-image-55727\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2024\u002F04\u002Ftmf_article_411ai-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2024\u002F04\u002Ftmf_article_411ai-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2024\u002F04\u002Ftmf_article_411ai-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2024\u002F04\u002Ftmf_article_411ai.png 1820w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>4) CGMs for not only diabetic patients\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Continuous Glucose Monitors (CGM) have become an accessible technology for many patients with diabetes. However, I see an even bigger role such a technology could play in the lives of patients without diabetes. Being able to accurately measure your blood glucose constantly and get feedback on your lifestyle habits is priceless, as \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fsibionics-blood-glucose-sensor-review\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">I’ve experienced it myself\u003C\u002Fa>. For that, we need devices that are reliable and affordable globally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>5) Generative AI across the healthcare spectrum\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The FDA has over 1,000 AI-based, approved devices in its \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.fda.gov\u002Fmedical-devices\u002Fsoftware-medical-device-samd\u002Fartificial-intelligence-and-machine-learning-aiml-enabled-medical-devices\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">database\u003C\u002Fa> and it’s easy to expect that database to pass the milestone of 1,500 devices this year. But generative AI poses regulators a challenge on another, unprecedented level. Even \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.linkedin.com\u002Fposts\u002Fbertalanmesko_an-app-store-for-generative-ai-agents-in-activity-7283446908843376640-e9ay?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">generative AI marketplaces have appeared\u003C\u002Fa> for clinicians where they can use basic models to build upon them instead of them developing AI themselves. I only hope regulators will follow the FDA’s lead in this and in regulating adaptive algorithms too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>6) SLMs bring AI to the masses\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fusing-chatgpt-offline-the-emergence-of-small-language-models\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Small Language Models\u003C\u002Fa> (SLMs) have relatively small number of parameters, and can, for example, run on an average mobile phone, without internet access. This technology could bring not only AI, but generative AI, to the masses, even to low-resource regions.\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\u002F2024\u002F03\u002Ftmf_article_404-768x432.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-55149\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2024\u002F03\u002Ftmf_article_404-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2024\u002F03\u002Ftmf_article_404-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2024\u002F03\u002Ftmf_article_404-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2024\u002F03\u002Ftmf_article_404-2048x1152.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>7) Futures methods becoming mainstream\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nature.com\u002Farticles\u002Fs41746-024-01365-5\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nature.com\u002Farticles\u002Fs41746-024-01365-5\">The era\u003C\u002Fa> when researchers and clinicians share their opinions about the future without using established futures methods with which they could analyze potential futures accurately with easy must come to an end. And I’m not saying this because \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.amazon.com\u002Fdp\u002FB0DP9K3FB7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">I wrote a book on the subject\u003C\u002Fa>. However, because crucial decisions should not be based on highly subjective analyses, but practical methods everyone can learn.\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\u002F2024\u002F12\u002FYour_map_to-the-Future-promo-01-768x432.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-58295\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2024\u002F12\u002FYour_map_to-the-Future-promo-01-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2024\u002F12\u002FYour_map_to-the-Future-promo-01-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2024\u002F12\u002FYour_map_to-the-Future-promo-01-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2024\u002F12\u002FYour_map_to-the-Future-promo-01-2048x1152.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Just some observations:\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>8) Wearables hit a roadblock\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>It seems it’s not enough to measure vital signs and health parameters anymore, but some companies might want to transform their products into digital therapeutics if they can prove their claims in peer-reviewed studies. \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.hyfe.com\u002Fnews\u002Fcough-dtx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hyfe comes to mind\u003C\u002Fa>, a global leader in AI-powered cough detection, tracking and classification, as they announced that they would be expanding into chronic cough treatment with the world’s first digital therapeutic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>9) The new medical team\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>During the digital health and AI paradigm shifts in healthcare, new medical teams have started to form. Teams that include the patient, a healthcare professional, and an AI technology. Skinvision could be a good example and I’m the reason why. As my genetic risk for skin cancer is high, I have a dermatologist, Skinvision’s AI, and myself in the medical team. Similar formats can be expected from companies developing AI for health purposes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>10) Companies with expensive hardware have a hard time\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Companies that develop hardware such as virtual reality devices, robotic exoskeletons or 3D printing technologies have vanished in the past year. It seems others working on algorithmic solutions might have an advantage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In the meantime, we at The Medical Futurist, will be here to analyze everything that matters in healthcare and medicine for you. \u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"rendered":1668,"protected":15},"\u003Cp>I comment on last year’s 6 healthcare technology trends and then share 10 new ones for 2025.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",58361,{"_acf_changed":15,"footnotes":7},[5,194],[1673,203,1674,752,199,492,1675,201],289,425,271,[],[],[367,503,1679,1284,500,1680,225,1681,229,219],2317,1613,1681,[1683,53,75,76,77,78,79,81,234,1684,242,1685,777,238,508,1686,240],"post-58359","tag-innovation","tag-technology-2","tag-health",{"id":1669,"alt_text":7,"caption":7,"description":7,"media_type":84,"media_details":1688,"post":1654,"source_url":1713},{"width":1689,"height":1690,"file":1691,"filesize":1692,"sizes":1693,"image_meta":1711},2000,1125,"2025\u002F01\u002Ftmf_article_433.png",272031,{"medium":1694,"large":1698,"thumbnail":1702,"medium_large":1706,"1536x1536":1707},{"file":1695,"width":93,"height":94,"mime-type":95,"filesize":1696,"source_url":1697},"tmf_article_433-370x208.png",28531,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F01\u002Ftmf_article_433-370x208.png",{"file":1699,"width":100,"height":389,"mime-type":95,"filesize":1700,"source_url":1701},"tmf_article_433-768x432.png",72552,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F01\u002Ftmf_article_433-768x432.png",{"file":1703,"width":106,"height":106,"mime-type":95,"filesize":1704,"source_url":1705},"tmf_article_433-150x150.png",16382,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F01\u002Ftmf_article_433-150x150.png",{"file":1699,"width":100,"height":389,"mime-type":95,"filesize":1700,"source_url":1701},{"file":1708,"width":399,"height":400,"mime-type":95,"filesize":1709,"source_url":1710},"tmf_article_433-1536x864.png",177761,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F01\u002Ftmf_article_433-1536x864.png",{"aperture":111,"credit":7,"camera":7,"caption":7,"created_timestamp":111,"copyright":7,"focal_length":111,"iso":111,"shutter_speed":111,"title":7,"orientation":111,"keywords":1712},[],"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F01\u002Ftmf_article_433.png",{"cta_type":7,"cta_color":7,"subtitle":7,"key_takeaways":1715,"related_books":15,"related_posts_footer":15,"related_posts":15},[1716,1718,1719],{"title":1717},"\u003Cp>Every year, I share not predictions for the upcoming year but medical and healthcare technological trends it’s worth paying attention to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"title":1668},{"title":1720},"\u003Cp>Using established futures methods could empower healthcare leaders to do similar analyses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"yoast_wpseo_title":1722,"yoast_wpseo_metadesc":7,"yoast_wpseo_canonical":1662},"Top 10 Healthcare Technology Trends To Watch In 2025 - The Medical Futurist",{"self":1724,"collection":1729,"about":1731,"author":1733,"replies":1735,"version-history":1738,"predecessor-version":1742,"wp:featuredmedia":1746,"wp:attachment":1749,"wp:term":1752,"curies":1763},[1725],{"href":1726,"targetHints":1727},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F58359",{"allow":1728},[27],[1730],{"href":132},[1732],{"href":135},[1734],{"embeddable":41,"href":138},[1736],{"embeddable":41,"href":1737},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcomments?post=58359",[1739],{"count":1740,"href":1741},4,"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F58359\u002Frevisions",[1743],{"id":1744,"href":1745},58383,"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F58359\u002Frevisions\u002F58383",[1747],{"embeddable":41,"href":1748},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fmedia\u002F58361",[1750],{"href":1751},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fmedia?parent=58359",[1753,1755,1757,1759,1761],{"taxonomy":11,"embeddable":41,"href":1754},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcategories?post=58359",{"taxonomy":160,"embeddable":41,"href":1756},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Ftags?post=58359",{"taxonomy":163,"embeddable":41,"href":1758},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fproject_category?post=58359",{"taxonomy":166,"embeddable":41,"href":1760},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcontact_email_category?post=58359",{"taxonomy":169,"embeddable":41,"href":1762},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fyst_prominent_words?post=58359",[1764],{"name":39,"href":40,"templated":41},{"id":1766,"date":1767,"date_gmt":1768,"guid":1769,"modified":1771,"modified_gmt":1772,"slug":1773,"status":52,"type":53,"link":1774,"title":1775,"content":1777,"excerpt":1779,"author":189,"featured_media":1781,"comment_status":63,"ping_status":63,"sticky":41,"template":7,"format":64,"meta":1782,"categories":1783,"tags":1784,"project_category":1792,"contact_email_category":1793,"yst_prominent_words":1794,"class_list":1800,"better_featured_image":1809,"acf":1837,"yoast_meta":1848,"_links":1851},34041,"2024-08-29T11:43:13","2024-08-29T09:43:13",{"rendered":1770},"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F?post_id=34041&_wpnonce=7a602e7496&status=auto-draft&type=post","2024-09-04T08:58:05","2024-09-04T06:58:05","top-digital-health-trends","https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Ftop-digital-health-trends",{"rendered":1776},"The Top 20 Digital Health Trends For The Near Future: Here Is The 2024 Ebook",{"rendered":1778,"protected":15},"\n\u003Cp>What is going to happen in the future of medicine? What will healthcare look like? And how will our roles change as healthcare goes increasingly digital? Which digital health trends are worthy of attention and which will prove to be just hype? These are some of the questions most often asked by healthcare professionals and industry experts. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>In the 2024 update of \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fleanpub.com\u002Ftop-20-digital-health-trends\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">The Top 20 Digital Health Trends For The Near Future\u003C\u002Fa> we highlighted 20 developments likely to happen in the upcoming 2-5 years. They are based on our analyses of trends and relevant technologies that we have been constantly monitoring.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>We would encourage you to get a copy on LeanPub for our exclusive insights into those 20 trends that we believe will have the most significance in shaping the digital health landscape in the near future. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>If you are still on the fence, we prepared this article with 3 trends discussed in the e-book, which provides a glimpse of what is further elaborated in it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">“Around the pill” strategies indicate the future business model for the pharmaceutical industry\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Get a prescription, take your medication, report any side effects to your physician and repeat those steps for the whole duration of the treatment, which in some cases means a lifetime. This has been the traditional relationship between patients and the drug industry but is an obsolete one in the digital age.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>To revamp this stale dynamic, \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fhbr.org\u002F2015\u002F07\u002Fhow-pharma-can-offer-more-than-pills\" target=\"_blank\">“around the pill” strategies\u003C\u002Fa> could be an adequate solution. They involve pairing a pharmacological product with a digital health service as a package for the patient, rather than selling the product as-is. Pharma giant Roche had such a strategy in mind when it acquired startup \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.mysugr.com\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">mySugr\u003C\u002Fa>. Roche \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.businesstimes.com.sg\u002Fconsumer\u002Froches-sinking-diabetes-unit-looks-towards-a-monster-for-a-boost\" target=\"_blank\">paired mySugr’s innovative diabetes management app\u003C\u002Fa> with their existing Accu-Chek Guide glucose meter to create the mySugr Bundle. This bundle augmented diabetics’ management of their condition. They further continued to integrate the app with other devices like \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.mobihealthnews.com\u002Fnews\u002Froches-mysugr-app-integrate-novo-nordisks-smart-insulin-pens\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Novo Nordisk’s smart insulin pens in 2021\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Other companies like Partners Healthcare Center and Japanese drug maker Daichii-Sankyo also partnered for \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.mobihealthnews.com\u002F40991\u002Fwhy-partners-and-daiichi-sankyo-partnered-on-an-afib-remote-patient-monitoring-pilot\" target=\"_blank\">an “around the pill” digital offering\u003C\u002Fa> of their own for cardiac patients; and this approach is one that pharma companies, providers and payers alike will favour in the coming years given how it makes the offering more attractive to all parties involved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Portable diagnostic device manufacturers might want to follow the path of handheld ECG companies\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Bringing clinical-grade portable diagnostic devices that populate the digital health landscape from the concept stage into clinical practice relies on regulatory measures. Traditionally, this can represent several years if not decades-long processes. To accelerate these in an effective manner, companies could look at the path taken by manufacturers of portable ECG monitors like \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.alivecor.com\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">AliveCor\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Since releasing its first FDA-approved portable ECG device in 2012, the company has pushed to have its devices tested in clinical trials while refining their design. By 2022, AliveCor’s products were tested in \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nature.com\u002Farticles\u002Fs41746-020-00333-z\" target=\"_blank\">more than 60 clinical studies\u003C\u002Fa>, integrated technologies like AI and had their device \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.jacc.org\u002Fdoi\u002Ffull\u002F10.1016\u002Fj.jacc.2018.03.003\" target=\"_blank\">deemed comparable\u003C\u002Fa> to a traditional (and bulky) 12-lead ECG by a study.\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\u002F12\u002F128_tmf_illu-768x432.png\" alt=\"Kardia ECG evolution\" class=\"wp-image-25529\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F12\u002F128_tmf_illu-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F12\u002F128_tmf_illu-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F12\u002F128_tmf_illu-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F12\u002F128_tmf_illu-512x288.png 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F12\u002F128_tmf_illu.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\u003Cp>As such devices have the longest track record of regulatory approvals and studies in digital health, companies developing other technologies might want to follow in their footsteps. They could similarly lead the regulatory race and have an edge over their competitors while helping create a more regulated landscape for secure adoption.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Generative AI could be the ultimate interface between physicians and AI\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In the past two years, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fgenerative-ai-explained-its-impact-and-future-in-healthcare\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">generative AI\u003C\u002Fa> has swept across the globe like a whirlwind, bringing about astonishing advancements. The most striking breakthrough is that suddenly, almost anyone in the world can use artificial intelligence, which was previously the plaything of only a very few.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Based on the \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fchatgpt-in-healthcare-what-the-science-says\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">first published studies\u003C\u002Fa>, three main areas of focus for ChatGPT emerged, namely 1. clinical use, 2. answering medical questions and assisting in education, and 3. scientific writing and research. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>But to grasp the full scope of generative AI potential, we need to talk about another key concept that will play a significant role in the transformation of medicine: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fwhy-it-is-important-to-understand-multimodal-large-language-models-in-healthcare\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">multimodality\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Flh7-rt.googleusercontent.com\u002Fdocsz\u002FAD_4nXf-CuXVM7tUJVcnAphZy0QDWEflziJOjYN0m1VTl50M9S0b_cAhf8u54v1gUursjgolK0UjiXHsu0I6Gmh8ifyG1GRCJ94YZ32UZzbuobAaglk0G-klwFlTzjkcei5z4Ax-ZNWTLvS97VQkwsuxdH3k-wVo?key=fnJ6ggDn3AF2QRwDD5s_hw\" style=\"width: 1800px;\">\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>A multimodal system can process and interpret multiple types of input data, such as text, images, audio, and video, simultaneously. Current medical AIs only process one type of data, for example, text or X-ray images. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The development of multimodal large language models (M-LLMs) is crucial for the future of medicine as they can process and interpret multiple types of data simultaneously, unlike current unimodal AI systems. This will enable comprehensive analysis in medicine, helping communication between healthcare providers and patients speaking different languages, and serve as a central hub for various unimodal AI applications in hospitals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>There is still a long way to go before these generative AI tools can safely assist physicians in diagnostic work or can indeed serve as a central hub in a clinic. “Everyday” models are not suitable for this purpose; algorithms specifically trained for medical use will be needed, tested and regulated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Healthcare-defining trends\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>We hope that these 3 glimpses gave you an idea of what more to expect out of the full e-book on the healthcare-defining trends for the near future. Across each of its 20 sections, we further walk you through that area with relevant descriptions and examples that we find interesting. Moreover, we include reading suggestions at the end of every section, which you can turn to so as to dive deeper into the subject. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>We also hope that reading the\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fleanpub.com\u002Ftop-20-digital-health-trends\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> e-book\u003C\u002Fa> will help provide more context around digital health developments and where the field is headed in the coming years. And do share your feedback with us once you’ve read it through!\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":1780,"protected":15},"\u003Cp>Our exclusive insights into those 20 trends that we believe will have the most importance in shaping the digital health landscape in the near 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We All Have To Become Biologically Enhanced Superhumans?",{"rendered":1905,"protected":15},"\n\u003Cp>Okay, hands up who can tell who’s the most famous biologically enhanced superhuman in the world? True, it’s a quite close call between Captain America and The Incredible Hulk (sorry Spidey, you’re not even close). But are human-invented superhumans just a thing of a \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FStan_Lee\" target=\"_blank\">Stan Lee comic\u003C\u002Fa>, or is it an actual scientific idea from a real laboratory?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>As a matter of fact, enhancing human capabilities has been on the minds of people for ages, but it has come a long way from ancient training methods to exoskeletons. Enhancing our abilities, be it permanently or temporarily is a tempting but risky matter. Will it be possible in the not-too-far future to gear up superhuman powers so we don’t lag behind the others? Let’s dive in and see how (and if) we can be our better selves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"489\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F09\u002FSuperhero.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21851\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F09\u002FSuperhero.png 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F09\u002FSuperhero-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F09\u002FSuperhero-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F09\u002FSuperhero-512x288.png 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Superhuman – with the help of technology\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A brief history of human enhancement\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>First, we need to ask what ‘enhancement’ exactly is. Throughout history, the enhancement of humans by various tools from physical addendums (remember \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.primaryancientgreeks.com\u002Fcontent\u002Fdaidalos-ikaros\" target=\"_blank\">Icaros\u003C\u002Fa>?) to drugs (from ferocious Viking “\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.historyextra.com\u002Fperiod\u002Fviking\u002Fthe-truth-about-viking-berserkers\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">berserkers\u003C\u002Fa>” to the Nazi army or East German swimmers – or many of the cyclists still today), or even love (just google ‘\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSacred_Band_of_Thebes\" target=\"_blank\">Sacred Band of Thebes\u003C\u002Fa>’) have been on the minds of leaders, military chiefs or inventors alike. Or \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fwatch?v=bxiKqA-u8y4&ab_channel=TheSchoolofLife\" target=\"_blank\">philosophers\u003C\u002Fa>, as a matter of fact. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The urge to live forever has not passed with our predecessors, let’s take a look at Bryan Johnson’s Blueprint project with its straightforward goal: \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fprotocol.bryanjohnson.com\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">don’t die\u003C\u002Fa>. Granted, most of us don’t have 30 doctors and \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bloomberg.com\u002Fnews\u002Ffeatures\u002F2023-01-25\u002Fanti-aging-techniques-taken-to-extreme-by-bryan-johnson?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTY3NDc1MjE5MiwiZXhwIjoxNjc1MzU2OTkyLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJSUDFGV0xEV1JHRzQwMSIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJFNUUzM0M0NzlCOTA0MjU2OTRGRTU1NTg5OTQ4N0FBOSJ9.cWlkQxMxDlCY3A2nkIt6Fy2fciMLM0nsY8uS2T7Vhug&sref=nPlhheXZ\" target=\"_blank\">millions of dollars\u003C\u002Fa> to spend on enhancing ourselves in all possible ways. On top of that, I feel a slight contrast between his efforts and the initiative to sell extra virgin olive oil as the omnipotent elixir to the less fortunate. But we can’t deny he has gone the extra mile in every possible way to make the most of what money and science offer today and I truly appreciate the dedication here. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>However, biological enhancement is a much deeper issue.  \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The dawn of digital health brought an era of technological advancements and within, the recreation of the human body or body parts or -functions came within reach. It started as a restoration of a certain human function, like \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.asrs.org\u002Fretina-times\u002Fdetails\u002F131\u002Ffda-approves-world-first-artificial-retina\" target=\"_blank\">eyesight\u003C\u002Fa> or \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.uclhospitals.brc.nihr.ac.uk\u002Fresearch\u002Fprogrammes\u002Fdeafness-hearing-problems\" target=\"_blank\">hearing\u003C\u002Fa>, or the replacement of a missing limb. Technologies like CRISPR gene editing, nanotechnology and even the revolution of wearables and sensors brought new possibilities in human enhancement, and although longevity is still far away for many, living longer and possibly healthier is a de facto case for the human race. (That is, if we survive the climate catastrophe we created.) \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The science of it also has a philosophical backing called \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FTranshumanism\" target=\"_blank\">transhumanism\u003C\u002Fa>; a movement that “\u003Cem>advocates the enhancement of the human condition by developing and making widely available sophisticated technologies that can greatly enhance longevity and cognition.\u003C\u002Fem>” The concept states that humankind will evolve into a new intelligent species. That is yet to be seen, however: current affairs indicate no such evolution. But \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bbc.com\u002Fnews\u002Fuk-scotland-49893869\" target=\"_blank\">transhumanists\u003C\u002Fa> live and\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.forbes.com\u002Fsites\u002Fcalumchace\u002F2023\u002F02\u002F01\u002Fpioneering-transhumanism-a-conversation-with-natasha-vita-more\u002F\" target=\"_blank\"> strive among us\u003C\u002Fa>. And sometimes episodes of the series \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fthe-future-of-our-brains-health-in-black-mirror\" target=\"_blank\">Black Mirror\u003C\u002Fa> have more links to reality than we wish. To know more, read our \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fzoltan-istvan-and-the-jesus-singularity\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">in-depth interview\u003C\u002Fa> with one of the world’s most influential transhumanists, Zoltan Istvan!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"489\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F11\u002F039_blackmirror-1.png\" alt=\"Black Mirror\" class=\"wp-image-22306\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F11\u002F039_blackmirror-1.png 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F11\u002F039_blackmirror-1-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F11\u002F039_blackmirror-1-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F11\u002F039_blackmirror-1-512x288.png 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>There is a variety of fields where a superhuman feature could potentially be created. And that will not be the result of a single discipline but of the \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fobamawhitehouse.archives.gov\u002Fsites\u002Fdefault\u002Ffiles\u002Fmicrosites\u002Fostp\u002Fbioecon-%28%23%20023SUPP%29%20NSF-NBIC.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">convergence\u003C\u002Fa> of multiple scientific fields. Currently, these have a restorative focus rather than a developmental one, although each can evolve towards that in the future. \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Ffrom-human-to-cyborg\" target=\"_blank\">In this article\u003C\u002Fa>, we split the possible directions into 3 main categories:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Col class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Removable cyborg extensions\u003C\u002Fstrong> – the tools enhancing the individual can easily be put away at the end of use\u003C\u002Fli>\n\n\n\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Cyborg-humans\u003C\u002Fstrong> – technologies causing lasting, but not irreversible transformation like prosthetic limbs, digital tattoos and bionic implants\u003C\u002Fli>\n\n\n\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Technologies changing humans forever\u003C\u002Fstrong> – genetic editing (such as CRISPR) is the one that raises the most ethical and \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fthe-most-pressing-issues-in-bioethics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">moral questions\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Fol>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>This time we categorize the possibilities for enhancements horizontally and have a look at 5 fields where human enhancements would be possible.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. Brainpower\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>A microchip in the brain that will enhance our cognitive functions by a zillion – how we all could use such a thing during exams! The concept was first raised back in 1968 by architect Nicholas Negroponte at MIT, and it has come a long way since. Hacking the human brain is more difficult than we could imagine and cannot be solved with a single microchip implant. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>But Elon Musk’s \u003Cem>other\u003C\u002Fem> company, \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fneuralink.com\u002Fapproach\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">Neuralink\u003C\u002Fa> aims to do just that. The idea is to have a chip implanted in one’s brain; that neural implant will let you control a computer or mobile device anywhere you go. A lot of water has passed under the bridge since Musk \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fwatch?v=CLUWDLKAF1M\" target=\"_blank\">presented the pigs with the implants\u003C\u002Fa> and in 2023 the company is \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theverge.com\u002F2023\u002F9\u002F19\u002F23880861\u002Fneuralink-human-clinical-trial-n1-implant\" target=\"_blank\">recruiting human candidates\u003C\u002Fa> with quadriplegia for a six-year clinical trial. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>But seeing what Elon Musk did to that poor pig, it did not at all look like the future. We at The Medical Futurist often say that before the digital health transformation, a cultural shift is inevitable. But having a neural implant somehow gives me the creeps – even if it could give me superpowers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. Brain-computer interface\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>With less media hype, Synchron, a company that has developed a minimally invasive brain-computer interface is further along the way. Their implant actually has been working in at least two patients for quite a long time and has now enrolled six patients with severe quadriparesis. The current trial runs in three clinical trial sites in the US. The Synchron implant does not require open brain surgery as it is implanted in the blood vessel on the surface of the motor cortex of the brain via the jugular vein, through a minimally-invasive endovascular procedure. \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=\"A Brain Implant That Turns Your Thoughts Into Text | Tom Oxley | TED\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002F7Fiaew7nDmE?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>Once implanted, it is designed to detect and wirelessly transmit motor intent out of the brain, intended to restore the capability for severely paralysed patients to control personal devices with hands-free point-and-click.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Researchers have been investigating the possibilities of brain-computer interfaces or BCIs for quite a while now. At first, these were thought to be tools on one hand to provide constant monitoring of the brain’s electrical activity; this could support a wide range of applications from monitoring epilepsy or ADHD to pain management and sleep assessment. On the other hand, the concept was thought to be a \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fhbr.org\u002F2020\u002F10\u002Fwhat-brain-computer-interfaces-could-mean-for-the-future-of-work\" target=\"_blank\">solution for paralysed people\u003C\u002Fa> to move and control things around them with only thoughts… Taking it onto the next level, such an implant could also be used as an external hard drive for the mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Enhancing cognitive performance would be able to change the lives of millions suffering from memory loss, and neurological or psychological disorders. Restorative processes like stroke rehabilitation would also gain from the technology. Or, as a matter of fact, these can help reduce the \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.frontiersin.org\u002Farticles\u002F10.3389\u002Ffnins.2020.00692\u002Ffull\" target=\"_blank\">cognitive effects of ageing\u003C\u002Fa>. No wonder there are many studies that focus on the possibilities such technology can provide \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\u002Fpmc\u002Farticles\u002FPMC7339951\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">for seniors\u003C\u002Fa>. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. Muscle strength and robotic exoskeletons\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>There is a huge cultural acceptance issue with technological solutions for restoration vs. tech for boosting performance. According to a \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblogs.scientificamerican.com\u002Fobservations\u002Fwhat-americans-think-of-human-enhancement-technologies\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">study on the matter\u003C\u002Fa>, the public almost unanimously agrees with technological enhancement if it’s used for restorative purposes: 95% support physical restorative applications, and 88% support cognitive restorative applications. But when it comes to the enhancement of human capabilities for the reason of boosting performance – well, that’s a big no-no, according to the study. Only 35% of respondents agree with the concept.\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=\"Paralysed Man Completes London Marathon 2018\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002FaB0pfAL6MdU?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>Robotic exoskeletons are also becoming more and more common. \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.sciencedirect.com\u002Ftopics\u002Fengineering\u002Fexoskeleton-robotics\" target=\"_blank\">Paralyzed\u003C\u002Fa> people or those who lost a limb have now the chance to move again with such technological advancements. Certain industries like \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fdozr.com\u002Fblog\u002Fconstruction-exoskeletons\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">construction\u003C\u002Fa> also make use of the extra power robotics can give. The next step will be the \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fthe-future-of-prosthetics-depends-on-a-i\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">AI-powered prosthesis\u003C\u002Fa>; or ones that can supplement healthy individuals with additional limbs. Not to mention a future where we \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fyoutu.be\u002FWTdfTupF7fs\" target=\"_blank\">share bodies and senses\u003C\u002Fa> with machines.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>But what are advanced technologies worth if only the wealthiest can afford them? That has been the case with many exoskeletons therefore it’s so great to see \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.therobotreport.com\u002Frewalk-robotics-announces-solidified-medicare-coverage-for-personal-exoskeleton\u002F\">more and more covered by health insurance\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In 2023 October ReWalk Robotics, Inc. announced that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized a rule benefitting its exoskeleton technology. “Earlier this year, CMS released a proposal aiming to establish new regulatory definition of “brace.” Adding the definition of brace would expedite coverage and payment for newer technology and powered devices, according to CMS. This potentially enables faster access to the newer technologies, like those made by ReWalk and Myomo as well.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The new CMS proposal includes personal exoskeletons in the Medicare benefit category for braces meaning that benefits would extend to exoskeletons which allow paralyzed patients to stand and walk. This follows a \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.therobotreport.com\u002Fexoskeletons-qualify-for-direct-disability-compensation-in-germany\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">similar announcement from Germany\u003C\u002Fa> from 2022. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4. Enhancing the senses\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>What if technology could aid humans to have better hearing than bats? What if we could filter out the smell of urban decay and only experience pleasant odours? Or what if implants could let us see microscopic objects? Or special features, such as the heat map of an abandoned terrain? These questions led us to list how technology could help augment human senses in our previous article. One exciting example of this was the AI-supported hearing aid presented at the 2021 CES. This device features an onboard deep neural network that gives people with hearing loss a better experience. And there are many more examples of that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Supercharging human senses with \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.medgadget.com\u002F2023\u002F11\u002Fglasses-provide-audible-prompts-for-blind-wearers.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">technology for the blind\u003C\u002Fa> or the deaf are entirely feasible enhancements. When a person loses a sense, the area of the brain that was responsible for handling that sensory information does not go unused. The \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.jneurosci.org\u002Fcontent\u002F32\u002F28\u002F9626.abstract?sid=554f9c9c-ec7e-4c33-87a0-3f2416e52e24\" target=\"_blank\">brain rewires itself\u003C\u002Fa> and uses that area to process other senses. This is \u003Cem>neuroplasticity\u003C\u002Fem>, the ability of the brain to change with experience. Researchers “just” need to find out how to use this natural superpower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Temporary or long-term sensory enhancements are also not limited to the ones with certain disabilities: the technology goes beyond that. In the \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Flink.springer.com\u002Freferenceworkentry\u002F10.1007%2F978-94-007-4707-4_106\" target=\"_blank\">Handbook of Neuroethics\u003C\u002Fa>, the authors explain that the enhancement tools “\u003Cem>could be implemented in mainly two ways: either via the application of digital technology or by genetic engineering of the human body\u003C\u002Fem>.” \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ericsson.com\u002Fen\u002Fblog\u002F2018\u002F7\u002Faugmented-reality-gives-us-super-human-abilities-and-a-sixth-sense\" target=\"_blank\">Augmented reality\u003C\u002Fa> just takes this realm a step further.\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: Augmented Reality - The Medical Futurist\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002FxUaBrgsHkPs?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>Augmented reality is not only \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Faugmented-reality-in-healthcare-will-be-revolutionary\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">revolutionary\u003C\u002Fa> but can also give us real superpowers. It is one of the most promising digital health technologies, from \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.timesofisrael.com\u002Fin-global-first-shaare-zedek-spine-surgeon-combines-augmented-reality-with-robotics\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">operations\u003C\u002Fa> to providing \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fyoutu.be\u002FWg6jN-audEM\" target=\"_blank\">information\u003C\u002Fa> and \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fyoutu.be\u002FPzPKdlFbvYM\" target=\"_blank\">education\u003C\u002Fa>. Heightened capabilities of our vision by AR, VR, digital contact lenses or even retina chips have been bugging the minds of researchers for the past decade. And although many of the concepts \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Ffrom-theranos-to-google-glass-the-biggest-flops-in-digital-health\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">have failed\u003C\u002Fa> (remember Google’s glass or glucose-level measuring contact lenses?), these flops don’t necessarily mean the concepts are wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">5. Genetic engineering – a brave new world?\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>A lot of research is underway in gene therapies. CRISPR editing was a huge step in this direction. While its original vision, to serve as a tool offering \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.technologyreview.com\u002F2023\u002F03\u002F07\u002F1069475\u002Fforget-designer-babies-heres-how-crispr-is-really-changing-lives\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">gene therapies for patients\u003C\u002Fa> is noble and just, there is a significant, primarily moral and ethical resistance against the method. For example, researchers in Oxford’s Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.ox.ac.uk\u002Fresearch\u002Fresearch-impact\u002Frestoring-sight-gene-therapy\" target=\"_blank\">help restore eyesight\u003C\u002Fa> to patients with genetic vision defects with gene therapy, which seems acceptable as a method; while genetic engineering \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fnuffieldbioethics.org\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">on an embryo-level\u003C\u002Fa> is more of a moral issue than a scientific one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>While CRISPR therapies are still considered experimental, and none have been approved, and some even have been unsuccessful, we’ve also seen \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.technologyreview.com\u002F2023\u002F03\u002F10\u002F1069619\u002Fmore-than-200-people-treated-with-experimental-crispr-therapies\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">some success stories\u003C\u002Fa> and several \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.technologyreview.com\u002F2023\u002F10\u002F25\u002F1082306\u002Fgene-editing-crispr-hiv-experiment\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">creepier announcements\u003C\u002Fa>. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Editing DNA can become a powerful tool in the diagnosis and the treatment of diseases. The European Union is trying to add the ethical component on the first level of its scientific programme in the genetic engineering leg of its human enhancement project. \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fsienna-project.eu\u002Fgenomics\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">Sienna\u003C\u002Fa>, and other such organisations and projects also raise and include ethical issues in their projects. However, with such technologies becoming more available, cases like the creation of first \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wsj.com\u002Farticles\u002Fhow-a-chinese-scientist-broke-the-rules-to-create-the-first-gene-edited-babies-11557506697\" target=\"_blank\">designer babies in China\u003C\u002Fa> appear. After this scandal, the WHO launched a global registry to track research on human genome editing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Transhumanists predict that with the convergence of new technologies in science, we could create healthier, smarter and stronger humans. They think it’s our duty to evolve into something beyond ourselves. But as much as I love science, my idea of a happier life does not begin with being faster and stronger. It begins with the core values of humankind: empathy, tolerance and kindness. And if we can cure something or someone with the help of science, we should do that. But my brave new world shall not take place in \u003Cem>Gattaca\u003C\u002Fem>. \u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Read more about these concepts in my book \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.amazon.com\u002FMy-Health-Revolutionary-Technologies-Healthier\u002Fdp\u002F6158026107\" target=\"_blank\">My Health Upgraded\u003C\u002Fa>, elaborating on where health care and medicine is heading in the future. \u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh5>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Ca class=\"img\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.amazon.com\u002FMy-Health-Revolutionary-Technologies-Healthier\u002Fdp\u002F6158026107\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F05\u002Flive-better-with-technology-myhealthupgraded-promo-768x350.png\" alt=\"Live better using technology - 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\u003C\u002Fp>\n",32183,{"_acf_changed":15,"footnotes":7},[5,193,1911,1912,995,1913,68,489,996,744,745,196,1821,490,999],493,511,506,[1915,1916,1917,1918,1919],1120,1332,6525,231,639,[213,627],[],[1923,1924,1925,500,225,1681,1926,1408,1927],2329,2541,3347,1719,2215,[1929,53,75,76,77,78,79,81,233,1930,1931,1037,1932,82,506,1038,770,771,236,1933,507,1041,1934,1935,1936,1937,1938,251,648],"post-32197","category-augmented-reality","category-bioethics","category-cyborgization","category-robotics","tag-bci","tag-transhumanism","tag-neuralink","tag-exoskeleton","tag-brain-computer-interface",{"id":1908,"alt_text":7,"caption":7,"description":1940,"media_type":84,"media_details":1941,"post":1958,"source_url":1959},"Becoming superhuman ",{"width":515,"height":516,"file":1942,"sizes":1943,"image_meta":1957},"2021\u002F01\u002Ftmf_article_236-01.png",{"medium":1944,"large":1947,"thumbnail":1950,"medium_large":1953,"1536x1536":1954},{"file":1945,"width":262,"height":263,"mime-type":95,"source_url":1946},"tmf_article_236-01-370x208.png","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F01\u002Ftmf_article_236-01-370x208.png",{"file":1948,"width":267,"height":268,"mime-type":95,"source_url":1949},"tmf_article_236-01-768x432.png","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F01\u002Ftmf_article_236-01-768x432.png",{"file":1951,"width":272,"height":272,"mime-type":95,"source_url":1952},"tmf_article_236-01-150x150.png","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F01\u002Ftmf_article_236-01-150x150.png",{"file":1948,"width":267,"height":268,"mime-type":95,"source_url":1949},{"file":1955,"width":531,"height":532,"mime-type":95,"source_url":1956},"tmf_article_236-01-1536x864.png","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F01\u002Ftmf_article_236-01-1536x864.png",{"aperture":111,"credit":7,"camera":7,"caption":7,"created_timestamp":111,"copyright":7,"focal_length":111,"iso":111,"shutter_speed":111,"title":7,"orientation":111},32095,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F01\u002Ftmf_article_236-01.png",{"cta_type":278,"cta_color":7,"subtitle":7,"related_posts_footer":1961,"related_posts":15,"related_books":1965,"key_takeaways":1966},[1962,1963,1964],53187,52933,53089,[812,420,280],[1967,1969,1971],{"title":1968},"\u003Cp>Human enhancement has evolved from ancient methods to advanced technologies like exoskeletons and genetic editing, blurring the lines between science fiction and reality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"title":1970},"\u003Cp>Current advancements in human enhancement, such as brain-computer interfaces and sensory augmentation, promise to revolutionize not just health but everyday human capabilities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"title":1972},"\u003Cp>The ethical and philosophical considerations of human enhancement, especially in transhumanism, highlight the need to balance technological progress with fundamental human values and moral.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp> \u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"yoast_wpseo_title":1903,"yoast_wpseo_metadesc":1974,"yoast_wpseo_canonical":1901},"Enhancing human capabilities has been on the mind of people for ages, but superhumans came a long way from ancient training methods to 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Scenarios Of How Your Health Data Can Be (Or Was Already) Stolen",{"rendered":2030,"protected":15},"\n\u003Cp>I really don’t want to sound like Aunt Karen, suspecting a culprit hiding behind every bush, but chances are your health data was or will be stolen. This is a strong statement and might sound paranoid. But, as the old joke goes: being paranoid doesn’t mean someone is not after you. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"463\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F09\u002Fhealthcare-privacy-768x463.png\" alt=\"healthcare privacy tmf hacker laptop computer data \" class=\"wp-image-47163\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F09\u002Fhealthcare-privacy-768x463.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F09\u002Fhealthcare-privacy-1536x926.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F09\u002Fhealthcare-privacy.png 1792w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Here we will introduce five general scenarios of how unknown third-party actors can access your health data without your knowledge (and consent). We introduce these to paint a clearer picture of how medical data can change hands and help you prepare to avoid it – as much as possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>You had a genetic test done\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>You ordered a direct-to-consumer genetic test. It’s less than a hundred bucks and you gain valuable insights into your risks and tendencies. You and your primary care professional will use the results to fine-tune your lifestyle and dietary choices. Great value! \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcglife.com\u002Fblog\u002F23andme-sold-your-genetic-data-to-gsk-personalized-medicine-ethics\u002F\">you might have forgotten to read the fine print\u003C\u002Fa>, and agreed to share your data for research purposes upon registering before you actually ordered the test kit. Or, you were cautious, read the fine print, and refused to share your data. However, the testing company believes they are able to completely anonymise the data (which they can’t) and decided to sell it to a third party without your knowledge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Or let’s say, you did everything right and the company did not sell your data, but you decided to register to a website in the hope of finding distant relatives and \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fonezero.medium.com\u002Fthe-dna-database-containing-data-from-23-me-and-ancestry-is-vulnerable-to-attack-6fe5df2497b3\">their database gets hacked\u003C\u002Fa>, providing access to a million DNA profiles. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>You’ll have a cataract surgery\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>You are preparing for cataract surgery and your doctor has ordered a retina scan. The hospital completes the scan, it is stored in their system, together with the rest of your health data. Your operation goes as planned, you are happy with the result. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>And you will most likely never learn that the hospital decided to give away your data \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bbc.com\u002Fnews\u002Ftechnology-36713308\">to an A.I. developer company\u003C\u002Fa> – without your consent, as it happened when London hospitals were found to share various patient data – without patient consent – with Google DeepMind, including one million eye scans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>You order a device from a country that has more lenient data protection standards\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>You decided you need to monitor your heart health more closely and ordered a smart, portable ECG device from a foreign country, so you and your doctor will have more data to analyse without needing to set up more frequent appointments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>What you may not be aware of is the fact that your data – stored on the company’s cloud servers and analysed by the company’s algorithms – \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wiley.law\u002Falert-Personal-Health-Data-at-Risk-of-Foreign-Exploitation\">can find its way to the faraway country’s government\u003C\u002Fa>, as according to their regulations, companies are obliged to share big-population data if requested by state authorities. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Medical data protection standards \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fflex.flinders.edu.au\u002Ffile\u002Fc81182bb-2896-48da-95b8-bb943d3f7722\u002F1\u002FPrivacy%20and%20Security%20Issues%20of%20Wearables%20in%20Healthcare.pdf\">vary widely among countries\u003C\u002Fa>, another problem is that many of these devices \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ndss-symposium.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F09\u002Fndss2017_03A-1_Eberz_paper.pdf\">can be hacked as well\u003C\u002Fa>.  \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>You log in to access your medical data from home\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>It is really handy that you can access your medical records online, and even better that you have the option to contribute and upload data from wearables yourself. It helps you and your psychiatrist to keep your depression under control. \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\u002F05\u002Ftmf_article_308-01-768x432.png\" alt=\"hospital health data connected\" class=\"wp-image-37603\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F05\u002Ftmf_article_308-01-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F05\u002Ftmf_article_308-01-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F05\u002Ftmf_article_308-01-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F05\u002Ftmf_article_308-01.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>What is not so great is that your hospital failed to invest enough in cyber-security, and \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.hipaajournal.com\u002Fhealthcare-data-breach-statistics\u002F\">their system was breached\u003C\u002Fa>, resulting in a data leak affecting all of their patients, yourself included.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Or, your hospital did invest in cyber security, but one of the staff members \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fhealthitsecurity.com\u002Ffeatures\u002Fcommon-types-of-social-engineering-phishing-attacks-in-healthcare\">was not vigilant enough\u003C\u002Fa>, assisting that nice new guy from IT to test the system and typing in their passwords – only to learn a week later that IT never hired anyone in the past couple months and \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.trendmicro.com\u002Fvinfo\u002Fit\u002Fsecurity\u002Fnews\u002Fcyber-attacks\u002Fhealthcare-under-attack-stolen-medical-records\">an unknown third party stole the full database\u003C\u002Fa>. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>You will most likely never even hear about these issues, and will not connect the dots why your insurance company – to whom the unknown third party sold all the data – \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Finformationrightsandwrongs.com\u002F2014\u002F02\u002F24\u002Fhospital-records-sold-to-insurance-companies-in-breach-of-the-data-protection-act\u002F\">suddenly raises your premium\u003C\u002Fa>. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>You asked for personal dietary advice based on your microbiome analysis\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>You asked for personalised dietary advice from the company offering direct-to-consumer microbiome testing. You are not aware that the company sells \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fresearch.unc.edu\u002F2020\u002F05\u002F01\u002Fde-identified-coded-or-anonymous-how-do-i-know\u002F\">de-identified data\u003C\u002Fa>, which, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwi.mit.edu\u002Fnews\u002Fscientists-expose-new-vulnerabilities-security-personal-genetic-information\">under most circumstances\u003C\u002Fa> is \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nature.com\u002Farticles\u002Fs41467-019-10933-3\">not terribly difficult to re-identify\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>A third-party buyer could be a social media platform, able to match your genetic profile to your stored cookies. You never gave your consent to the sale of your sensitive health data, but that never happened – argues the test provider, after all, the data they sold did not include your name or social security number. However, the targeted ads you start receiving could not have a different origin than the results of your microbiome test.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>You might also wonder how suddenly all social media platforms seem to target you with ads related to fertility treatments – curiously enough, just when you started to think about these issues. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Can your phone really listen to your conversations? Is your search history a goldmine for social media companies? Well, maybe you just booked an appointment with a fertility specialist in your hospital, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theverge.com\u002F2022\u002F6\u002F16\u002F23170886\u002Fhospital-websites-meta-pixel-tracker-facebook-hipaa\">and their website also ran Meta Pixel\u003C\u002Fa>, and they simply recorded your IP address and what treatments you are seeking. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Can you ever be safe?\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Probably no. This data-loaded, algorithms-supported era brings enormous health benefits. You never before could have learned about your higher melanoma risk without a DNA test, or would never be able to catch those first irregular heart rhythms without your smartwatch – potentially allowing you and your cardiologist to prevent a stroke or a heart attack. Digital health is impossible without your data, and missing out means losing its potential benefits. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Some of these scenarios are entirely out of your control, loose cyber security measures at healthcare institutions can happen, but you still might need to go to a hospital sometimes, and they will have your data regardless. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>You can, on the other hand, make informed decisions. You can be aware of the importance of reading the fine print, of understanding the difference between de-identified and anonymous data, you can be aware of the major differences countries require in privacy protection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Digital health and loss of \u003Cem>some \u003C\u002Fem>privacy go hand in hand, but we need to understand what we are willing to sacrifice and what we can gain in exchange. If you feel like diving deeper into this topic, grab a copy of our \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fleanpub.com\u002Fprivacy-in-digital-health\">Hackers, Breaches, and the Value of Health Data\u003C\u002Fa> ebook, discussing all the different levels and facets of health data and privacy issues. \u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"rendered":2032,"protected":15},"\u003Cp>Chances are your health data was already stolen or will be at some point. This is how it happens. \u003C\u002Fp>\n",47191,{"_acf_changed":15,"footnotes":7},[5,193,745,2036],799,[],[],[],[500,225,764,2041,2042,766,2043],1727,2027,2933,[2045,53,75,76,77,78,79,81,233,771,2046],"post-47157","category-security-privacy",{"id":2033,"alt_text":2048,"caption":7,"description":2048,"media_type":84,"media_details":2049,"post":2018,"source_url":2063},"TMF health data privacy stolen patient",{"width":256,"height":257,"file":2050,"sizes":2051,"image_meta":2062},"2022\u002F09\u002Ftmf_article_333-v2-01.png",{"medium":2052,"large":2055,"thumbnail":2058,"medium_large":2061},{"file":2053,"width":262,"height":263,"mime-type":95,"source_url":2054},"tmf_article_333-v2-01-370x208.png","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F09\u002Ftmf_article_333-v2-01-370x208.png",{"file":2056,"width":267,"height":268,"mime-type":95,"source_url":2057},"tmf_article_333-v2-01-768x432.png","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F09\u002Ftmf_article_333-v2-01-768x432.png",{"file":2059,"width":272,"height":272,"mime-type":95,"source_url":2060},"tmf_article_333-v2-01-150x150.png","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F09\u002Ftmf_article_333-v2-01-150x150.png",{"file":2056,"width":267,"height":268,"mime-type":95,"source_url":2057},{"aperture":111,"credit":7,"camera":7,"caption":7,"created_timestamp":111,"copyright":7,"focal_length":111,"iso":111,"shutter_speed":111,"title":7,"orientation":111},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F09\u002Ftmf_article_333-v2-01.png",{"cta_type":278,"cta_color":7,"related_books":2065,"related_posts_footer":2066,"related_posts":15,"subtitle":7},[813,1203,280],[2067,2068,2069],15693,22360,24930,{"yoast_wpseo_title":2028,"yoast_wpseo_metadesc":2071,"yoast_wpseo_canonical":2026},"Chances are your health data was already stolen or will be at some point. This is how it happens, and whar you can do about it.",{"self":2073,"collection":2078,"about":2080,"author":2082,"replies":2084,"version-history":2087,"predecessor-version":2090,"wp:featuredmedia":2094,"wp:attachment":2097,"wp:term":2100,"curies":2111},[2074],{"href":2075,"targetHints":2076},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F47157",{"allow":2077},[27],[2079],{"href":132},[2081],{"href":135},[2083],{"embeddable":41,"href":138},[2085],{"embeddable":41,"href":2086},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcomments?post=47157",[2088],{"count":1232,"href":2089},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F47157\u002Frevisions",[2091],{"id":2092,"href":2093},47275,"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F47157\u002Frevisions\u002F47275",[2095],{"embeddable":41,"href":2096},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fmedia\u002F47191",[2098],{"href":2099},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fmedia?parent=47157",[2101,2103,2105,2107,2109],{"taxonomy":11,"embeddable":41,"href":2102},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcategories?post=47157",{"taxonomy":160,"embeddable":41,"href":2104},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Ftags?post=47157",{"taxonomy":163,"embeddable":41,"href":2106},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fproject_category?post=47157",{"taxonomy":166,"embeddable":41,"href":2108},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcontact_email_category?post=47157",{"taxonomy":169,"embeddable":41,"href":2110},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fyst_prominent_words?post=47157",[2112],{"name":39,"href":40,"templated":41},[2114],{"id":17,"date":2115,"date_gmt":2116,"guid":2117,"modified":2119,"modified_gmt":2120,"slug":2121,"status":52,"type":53,"link":2122,"title":2123,"content":2125,"excerpt":2127,"author":189,"featured_media":2129,"comment_status":63,"ping_status":63,"sticky":41,"template":7,"format":64,"meta":2130,"categories":2131,"tags":2132,"project_category":2142,"contact_email_category":2143,"yst_prominent_words":2144,"class_list":2162,"better_featured_image":2173,"acf":2195,"yoast_meta":2200,"_links":2203},"2020-06-09T10:00:00","2020-06-09T08:00:00",{"rendered":2118},"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F?post_id=28535&_wpnonce=4a0d4ef43a&status=auto-draft&type=post","2020-06-08T14:39:31","2020-06-08T12:39:31","learn-forecasting","https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Flearn-forecasting",{"rendered":2124},"Learn Forecasting: How Can You Get Your Own Crystal Ball?",{"rendered":2126,"protected":15},"\n\u003Cp>As a \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fhealthcare-keynote-speaker\">keynote speaker\u003C\u002Fa>, I get a wide array of questions thrown at me. These range from thought-provoking ones through sarcastic remarks to more original queries. However, a significant number of those questions revolve around futurists’ work. For instance, a physician once asked me about how futurists see their forecasts. While interviewing me, another journalist blamed futurists for always coming up with wrong predictions. The common factor to both of these examples is that they don’t understand what futurists actually do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Many think that futurists spend their days hunched over a crystal ball with a tinfoil hat and report on whatever wild thought that crosses their mind. These misconceptions are justified by the numerous far-fetched ideas publicized but were only to grab media attention. However, futurists employ more scientific methods than the coveted crystal ball.\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\u002F06\u002Fforecasting-crystal-ball-768x432.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28539\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F06\u002Fforecasting-crystal-ball-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F06\u002Fforecasting-crystal-ball-370x208.jpg 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F06\u002Fforecasting-crystal-ball-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F06\u002Fforecasting-crystal-ball.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Source: https:\u002F\u002Fwww.lynda.com\u002F\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>This article will help you better understand how futurists come up with forecasts; the challenges that come with crafting those; and resources that you can use right now to become a futurist yourself and get your very own “crystal ball”! On a more serious note, by understanding or even using the same methods that futurists do, anyone can distinguish hype from the actual trends that deserve attention because it might soon become a necessary skill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>More science, less crystal ball\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Even though futurists often describe abstract concepts such as “\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.telegraph.co.uk\u002Fobituaries\u002F2016\u002F06\u002F30\u002Falvin-toffler-futurologist--obituary\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">computer-telecommunications hook-ups\u003C\u002Fa>” (an early forecasting of online communication), they base their analyzes on actual science. “Futures Studies” is the science in question, and universities even \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.utu.fi\u002Fen\u002Fstudy-at-utu\u002Fmasters-degree-programme-in-futures-studies?utm_source=masterstudies&utm_medium=keystone&utm_campaign=web_site\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">teach it at Master’s level\u003C\u002Fa>. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>As a branch of social sciences, Futures Studies is comparable to its sister branch, Archeology. Archeologists uncover past history to better understand societies and human activity, and how it led to where we are now. Futurists do the same but in the opposite direction. We spend our time thinking about the future, analyzing trends and building potential scenarios that could be useful today. To do so, we employ several well-known methods such as \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.investopedia.com\u002Fterms\u002Fs\u002Fscenario_analysis.asp\" target=\"_blank\">scenario analysis\u003C\u002Fa> for analyzing the future and possible outcomes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"401\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F06\u002Ffuture-analysis-768x401.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28537\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F06\u002Ffuture-analysis-768x401.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F06\u002Ffuture-analysis.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Source: https:\u002F\u002Fwww.salesforce.com\u002F\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, we don’t own the DeLorean from \u003Cem>Back to the Future \u003C\u002Fem>to fetch data from or even see the future. Hence, the task of futurists is considerably challenging, leading to many forecasts going off track. As \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fer.educause.edu\u002Farticles\u002F2019\u002F3\u002Ffive-principles-for-thinking-like-a-futurist\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Marina Gorbis\u003C\u002Fa>, Executive Director of the Institute for the Future (IFTF), a non-profit research and consulting organization based in Silicon Valley, says: “\u003Cstrong>If somebody tells you they can predict the future, don’t believe them.\u003C\u002Fstrong> Nobody can predict large socio-technical transformations and what exactly these are going to look like.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Indeed, futurists don’t predict the future but rather think about possible upcoming scenarios by systematically studying trends and data available. The terms might get intermingled, but the condensed version of what we do is trend analysis and scenario building. But if no one can predict the future, then why think about it and make forecasts at all?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>We should all be a little bit of a futurist\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Science fiction writer William Gibson famously said that “the future is already here, it’s just not very evenly distributed.” The current world is full of signs that hint to where we’re heading. Detecting those signs is what interests futurists in order to better analyze them. Gorbis correctly mentions that “often these are things or developments that are on the margins”.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>For example, at The Medical Futurist, we lay emphasis on the importance of artificial intelligence in healthcare. It shows promise in dealing with issues across the medical spectrum from \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fartificial-intelligence-could-solve-alarm-fatigue-in-hospitals\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">alarm fatigue\u003C\u002Fa> to crises like \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fthe-sober-state-of-artificial-intelligence-in-the-fight-against-covid-19\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">COVID-19\u003C\u002Fa>. Even if the technology’s adoption isn’t currently widespread, it will find its place among doctors and they must prepare to collaborate with it. Therein lies one of the fundamental functions of a futurist: \u003Cstrong>preparedness\u003C\u002Fstrong>.\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\u002FAI-and-COVID-small-768x432.png\" alt=\"artificial intelligence and COVID\" class=\"wp-image-27609\" srcset=\"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-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F04\u002FAI-and-COVID-small-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F04\u002FAI-and-COVID-small.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In a world full of advanced technologies, policies and changes taking place daily, forecasting is becoming a key skill not only for futurists. \u003Cstrong>You have to become a bit of a futurist yourself. \u003C\u002Fstrong>By analyzing trends and coming up with possible outcomes, we can better strategize around these topics once they materialize or you might already build a strategy during your forecast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“Systematic thinking about the future is absolutely essential for helping people make better choices today, whether you are an individual or a member of an educational institution or government organization,” says Marina Gorbis. “We view short-termism as the greatest threat not only to organizations but to society as a whole.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>How to star\u003C\u002Fstrong>t forecasting\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, forecasting like a futurist is an acquirable skill for anyone. Amy Webb, a quantitative futurist and professor of strategic foresight at the New York University Stern School of Business, says that her task revolves around \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.technologyreview.com\u002F2016\u002F12\u002F28\u002F243894\u002Fhow-to-think-like-a-futurist\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">asking the right questions\u003C\u002Fa>. In fact, \u003Cstrong>half of a good forecast involves asking the right question\u003C\u002Fstrong>; it has to have a purpose, certain parameters and some uncertainty. Let’s take an example to illustrate the concept.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Let’s say you are at a wedding and someone asks about the newlyweds’ chance of getting a divorce. Most people would think there’s a low chance of this happening because they seem happy here and now. However, every couple is (hopefully) happy on their wedding day. A good forecaster on the other hand would ask where they got married and thereafter look for divorce rates in that country or region. Then they’ll make an assumption about the probability for a divorce. This systematic, data-driven method is how we proceed on a forecast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>As for scenario building, I recommend aspiring medical futurists to expose themselves to science-fiction content during my \u003Cem>Lessons In Digital Health \u003C\u002Fem>course at Semmelweis University. Whether they are books, movies or video games, this genre has inspired futurists since the term was coined and gives a glimpse of what issues we could face in the future.\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\u002F2018\u002F05\u002Fartificial-intelligence-helping-doctors-768x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17901\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F05\u002Fartificial-intelligence-helping-doctors-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F05\u002Fartificial-intelligence-helping-doctors-512x341.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F05\u002Fartificial-intelligence-helping-doctors-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F05\u002Fartificial-intelligence-helping-doctors.jpg 870w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Source: newscientist.com\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>For instance, the 1997 movie \u003Cem>Gattaca \u003C\u002Fem>highlighted the inequalities brought about when designer babies are the norm. \u003Cem>Star Trek \u003C\u002Fem>on the other hand introduced the concept of a tricorder, or an all-in-one medical diagnosing device that \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Ffirst-medical-tricorder-viatom-checkme-pro-review\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">we are now getting close to\u003C\u002Fa> in real life. Even if those sci-fi media don’t offer solutions and often depict dystopian alternatives, they do offer a “what if” scenario which is helpful to build on your own forecasted outcomes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In fact, picturing “what if” scenarios when we come across a new technology or development on a daily basis is the simplest way of becoming more future-oriented. “What if it becomes the next best thing?” “What if it snowballs into an ethical nightmare?” “How will stakeholders handle this?” “How will I deal with it?” Through such daily practice, you gradually train yourself to have a futurist’s mindset.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Getting good with the Good Judgement Project\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Indeed, data and sci-fi insights are sexy to futurists; but where to practice some more of this other than crashing weddings or watching movies? For this, I highly recommend the \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fgoodjudgment.com\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">Good Judgement Project\u003C\u002Fa> (GJP). \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Professors from the University of Pennsylvania founded GJP in 2011 for a forecasting tournament. It then grew to become one of the most popular forecasting services employed by governments and decision makers to obtain foresight into various topics. Some reports put the GJP’s members, or Superforecasters, as \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.npr.org\u002Fsections\u002Fparallels\u002F2014\u002F04\u002F02\u002F297839429\u002F-so-you-think-youre-smarter-than-a-cia-agent\" target=\"_blank\">30% more accurate than intelligence analysts\u003C\u002Fa> who have access to classified information.\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\u002F2020\u002F06\u002Fforecasting-practice-768x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28541\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F06\u002Fforecasting-practice-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F06\u002Fforecasting-practice.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>source: https:\u002F\u002Fwww.saleshacker.com\u002F\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In 2015, a spin-off, the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gjopen.com\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Good Judgement Open\u003C\u002Fa>, was launched for the public to freely participate in. It engages its community in forecasts for a wide range of topics from the unemployment rate in Australia for August 2020 to whether Apple will announce a ridesharing partnership with a major automaker by the end of the year. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>They even have \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gjopen.com\u002Ftraining\" target=\"_blank\">video tutorials\u003C\u002Fa> to start forecasting. These help you break down questions to make informed estimates and hone your forecasting skills \u003Cem>sans \u003C\u002Fem>crystal ball! If your forecasts get close to the actual results, you might even get invited to become a Superforecaster for GJP like I did! \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Equipping a new skill\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“If you are a futurist, you will get into the practice of looking for signals all the time,” \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fer.educause.edu\u002Farticles\u002F2019\u002F3\u002Ffive-principles-for-thinking-like-a-futurist\" target=\"_blank\">notes Marina Gorbis\u003C\u002Fa>. “When you wake up in the morning and read the news, you will look at everything through the lens of these signals. You will naturally ask about events: “Is this a signal of something? Why?” This kind of curiosity and the ability to continually sense while also sharing with others are very important.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Having such a mindset when looking at current events will not only help you analyze them with a new outlook, but it will help you get better prepared for upcoming changes. If one of your forecasted possibilities comes to fruition, you are better prepared to manage the subsequent changes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"410\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F04\u002Fcrowdsourcing-ideas-768x410.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27471\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F04\u002Fcrowdsourcing-ideas-768x410.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F04\u002Fcrowdsourcing-ideas.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Source: https:\u002F\u002Fwww.linkedin.com\u002F\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Futurist Alvin Toffler, who \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bbc.com\u002Fnews\u002Fworld-us-canada-36675260\" target=\"_blank\">correctly predicted\u003C\u002Fa> the rise of the internet and genetic engineering; \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nbcnews.com\u002Fnews\u002Fus-news\u002Falvin-toffler-future-shock-author-who-predicted-disconnection-modern-world-n601501\" target=\"_blank\">defined “future shock”\u003C\u002Fa> as a phenomenon where there is “too much change in too short a period of time”. As technological disruption upends our lives and becomes an integral part of it, we must prepare for such an eventuality. Technology is here to help us, more so in the medical field. By being curious about them, we readily embrace the change that technology brings rather than be disoriented by it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>At The Medical Futurist, our team of futurists will keep you up-to-date with the latest developments in healthcare and share our forecasts so that you can make informed decisions and have less of a future shock. Maybe you’ll join us in thinking about the future and once you do so, share your forecasts with us!\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"rendered":2128,"protected":15},"\u003Cp>As a keynote speaker, I get a wide array of questions thrown at me. 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