[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":330},["ShallowReactive",2],{"slug-healthcare-should-be-invisible":3},{"post":4,"relatedPosts":201,"relatedBooks":329},{"id":5,"date":6,"date_gmt":7,"guid":8,"modified":10,"modified_gmt":11,"slug":12,"status":13,"type":14,"link":15,"title":16,"content":18,"excerpt":21,"author":23,"featured_media":24,"comment_status":25,"ping_status":25,"sticky":26,"template":27,"format":28,"meta":29,"categories":30,"tags":33,"project_category":49,"contact_email_category":50,"yst_prominent_words":51,"class_list":64,"better_featured_image":88,"acf":136,"yoast_meta":145,"_links":148},17868,"2018-05-22T15:00:05","2018-05-22T13:00:05",{"rendered":9},"http:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F?p=17868","2022-05-25T17:45:42","2022-05-25T15:45:42","healthcare-should-be-invisible","publish","post","https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fhealthcare-should-be-invisible",{"rendered":17},"Healthcare Should Be Invisible",{"rendered":19,"protected":20},"\n\u003Ctable style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: #eee; border-top: 4px solid #444;\" cellpadding=\"5px\">\n\u003Ctbody>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Ctd style=\"width: 100%;\">\n\u003Cp style=\"color: #555;font-size: 12px;line-height: 14px\">THIS ARTICLE HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED SINCE 2018. THE INFORMATION SHARED IN THE ARTICLE WAS ACCURATE AT THE TIME OF ITS PUBLICATION, BUT IT MAY BE OUT OF DATE NOW. \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fmagazine\">BROWSE OUR LATEST ARTICLES HERE\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003C\u002Ftr>\n\u003C\u002Ftbody>\n\u003C\u002Ftable>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>What if healthcare worked as an unseeable fairy mother with a swarm of digital helpers? In the background, many digital tools, smart algorithms, health trackers and wearables would work for your well-being discreetly, so you could be sure that you are taken care of, but you would only sense that on rare occasions. How would you fancy the invisible healthcare system? The Medical Futurist believes that we should move in that direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003C!--more-->\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Healthcare should be what Zorg showed us in The Fifth Element\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Do you remember the scene from the brilliant Luc Besson movie, The Fifth Element, where Gary Oldman as one of the leading antagonists, the evil Mr. Zorg, explains to his adversary, Father Vito Cornelius, why he aims at creating chaos? As an illustration of his monologue, he tosses a glass of water off the table smashing it to pieces. A small door opens, and dozens of little robots buzz around to sweep up the glass shards, to clean the floor and provide another glass of water as if nothing happened. Although the overall message of the scene goes entirely against the notion of providing care and healing, the idea that all the little helpers appear exclusively when they are needed, that’s something to embrace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Imagine if \u003Cstrong>healthcare worked similarly. You would only feel its presence when you had a problem. Otherwise, it would be completely invisible\u003C\u002Fstrong>. In the background, smart algorithms would process the data coming from your health sensors and wearables constantly monitoring your vital signs. From time to time, you would receive notifications about your health status, but it would be very discreet and diplomatic. However, in case of an emergency or a grim prediction, a swarm of notifications would be sent to every possible caregiver. Emergency services or your doctor would come to you as the point-of-care to examine your status, and you would be taken care of as soon as possible. Diseases would be caught in their early phase or even before they happen. How far do you think we are from this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Fifth Element - Zorg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002FkrcNIWPkNzA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen>\u003C\u002Fiframe>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>What does healthcare look like today?\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Since the dawn of medicine, the ultimate goal of physicians was to measure health parameters somehow and to record measurements somehow to set up a diagnosis and offer treatment. When patients experienced symptoms, usually in their heavily burdening form, they had to go to a point-of-care to receive some care.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In the last couple of years, the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fdigital-health-manifesto\u002F\">fundamental principles of healthcare seem to be under massive attack from technology\u003C\u002Fa>. \u003Cstrong>While in the past, the question was how to measure vital signs, currently, the problem is how to measure them more accurately and easily\u003C\u002Fstrong>. Medical devices follow a general trend to produce more and more miniaturized, digitized and connected objects for personal use. \u003Cstrong>Telemedicine, portable diagnostics, medical drones or 3D printing push patients to become the point-of-care, while genomics and artificial intelligence offer a move from reactive to preventive medicine\u003C\u002Fstrong>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone wp-image-16859 size-full\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"481\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002Fhealthcare_progress_2016-768x481.jpg\" alt=\"digital health stories\" class=\"wp-image-16859\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002Fhealthcare_progress_2016-768x481.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002Fhealthcare_progress_2016-768x481-512x321.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002Fhealthcare_progress_2016-768x481-399x250.jpg 399w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Source: www.shutterstock.com\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Still, the latest technologies are merely promises for a rosier future. Even in the 21st century, a simple tool such as telemedicine seems to be science fiction while in fact, it is just digital communication. After 2000 years of progress (evidence-based medicine, quality control, advanced technologies from radiology to oncology, better diagnostics, more precise treatments, better targeted public health methods, etc.), we still\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\u003Cli style=\"text-align: justify;\">use big, clunky devices to measure vital signs only physicians can interpret;\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli style=\"text-align: justify;\">go to healthcare institutions for help;\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli style=\"text-align: justify;\">try to figure out what’s wrong only when we already have symptoms and diseases;\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli style=\"text-align: justify;\">don’t comply with the therapy we are prescribed – at least \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.who.int\u002Fchp\u002Fknowledge\u002Fpublications\u002Fadherence_full_report.pdf\">WHO reports\u003C\u002Fa> that only around 50 percent of people typically follow their doctors’ orders when it comes to taking prescription drugs;\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli style=\"text-align: justify;\">we get medications that usually work for our population, and not personalized for our own organism; and\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli style=\"text-align: justify;\">our lifestyle, genetic background, and opinions are rarely involved in decision-making.\u003C\u002Fli>\u003C\u002Ful>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Technologies could make healthcare invisible\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Digital technologies could help \u003Cstrong>make patients the point-of-care for diagnostics, bring healthcare from a proactive to a preventive field, provide personalized care for the people not for populations\u003C\u002Fstrong>. Through arriving at this stage, healthcare would become invisible in practice, and people would only feel its presence when there is genuinely a need for it – meaning a preventive measure to avoid a full-blown disease or an immediate intervention in case of an urgency.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Here, we enlisted the digital tools that could make healthcare invisible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter\">\u003Cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F05\u002F010_invisible_healthcare.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17941\"\u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>1) Digital tattoos for measuring vital signs and parameters\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Tiny, elastic \u003Cstrong>skin patches could measure medical information discreetly\u003C\u002Fstrong>. \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.technologyreview.com\u002Fs\u002F601064\u002Fcontrolling-diabetes-with-a-skin-patch\u002F\">Researchers have already created an electronic skin patch\u003C\u002Fa> that senses excess glucose in sweat and automatically administers drugs by heating up microneedles that penetrate the skin. In a groundbreaking experiment, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fredirect?q=https%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2F10.1002%2Fadma.201707495&redir_token=pTg2UD3tE1UY3s8eQgdN9uqf9z18MTUyNjMzNzk5OUAxNTI2MjUxNTk5&v=DTXqUrmr3FQ&event=video_description\">researchers from the University of Minnesota even managed to 3D print a digital tattoo\u003C\u002Fa> on a human hand!\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=\"3D printing electronics on a moving hand\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002FDTXqUrmr3FQ?start=7&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>2) Deep learning algorithms for interpreting the data, providing personalized care and preventing diseases\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Deep learning algorithms are already used to make sense of huge chunks of medical data as well as to provide connections within databases that humans are not able to distill. The flagship artificial intelligence platforms, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ibm.com\u002Fwatson\u002Fhealth\u002F\">IBM Watson\u003C\u002Fa> or \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fdeepmind.com\u002F\">Google Deepmind\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Cstrong>analyze millions of data points per second, can help interpret data, suggest treatment paths – or provide accurate predictions\u003C\u002Fstrong>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>For example, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fa-i-predicts-cardiovascular-risk-from-retinal-images\u002F\">Google researchers predicted cardiovascular risk factors\u003C\u002Fa> not previously thought to be quantifiable in retinal images using artificial intelligence. And this is just the beginning!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone wp-image-14584 size-full\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"489\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F12\u002Fibm-watson-in-oncology.jpg\" alt=\"IBM Watson in Oncology - Medical Technologies of 2017\" class=\"wp-image-14584\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F12\u002Fibm-watson-in-oncology.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F12\u002Fibm-watson-in-oncology-370x208.jpg 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F12\u002Fibm-watson-in-oncology-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F12\u002Fibm-watson-in-oncology-512x288.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F12\u002Fibm-watson-in-oncology-445x250.jpg 445w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Source: https:\u002F\u002Fwatsononcology.manipalhospitals.com\u002F\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>3) Virtual reality for making painful or scary experiences more pleasant\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Virtual reality could mask the entire healthcare reality for patients, which is often full of pain, discomfort, and fears. Or, as Churchill said in his famous speech, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwinstonchurchill.org\u002F\">blood, toil, tears and sweat\u003C\u002Fa>. VR can \u003Cstrong>support better management of chronic pain, can treat anxieties and phobias or help survive medical events, from as painful as childbirth until vaccination\u003C\u002Fstrong>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>For example, not only does virtual reality make \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.jpost.com\u002FIsrael-News\u002FSports\u002FA-virtual-breakthrough-in-sports-rehabilitation-480664\">rehabilitation from neck, spinal or other injuries faster and easier\u003C\u002Fa>, but \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bloomberg.com\u002Fnews\u002Farticles\u002F2016-08-29\u002Fhospitals-try-giving-patients-a-dose-of-vr\">you could escape the confinement of your hospital room\u003C\u002Fa> and travel to Iceland.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone wp-image-15504 size-full\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"579\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F04\u002Fvirtual-reality-in-healthcare.jpg\" alt=\"Virtual Reality in Healthcare\" class=\"wp-image-15504\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F04\u002Fvirtual-reality-in-healthcare.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F04\u002Fvirtual-reality-in-healthcare-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F04\u002Fvirtual-reality-in-healthcare-512x341.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F04\u002Fvirtual-reality-in-healthcare-376x250.jpg 376w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Source: https:\u002F\u002Fwww.kindvr.com\u002Fnews\u002F\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>4) Gamified apps and sensors for living a healthy lifestyle with fun\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In a healthcare made invisible, various wearables and health trackers would serve the purpose of taking care of the individual. \u003Cstrong>Tiny sensors would send information to our smartphones about our health parameters and vital signs continuously and without the need of our surveillance\u003C\u002Fstrong>. Certain sensors would only activate their measurements in specific cases – for example, tiny portable diagnostic devices in emergency situations or in case of alerts coming from other wearables.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Other trackers would take a step further. They would not only offer insights into our organism, but they would gently \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Ftop-examples-of-gamification-in-healthcare\u002F\">push users towards living a healthy lifestyle through gamification\u003C\u002Fa>. \u003Cstrong>Challenges, competitions, discounts or games would serve as incentives for living a healthier life\u003C\u002Fstrong>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone wp-image-16049 size-full\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"510\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F07\u002Fgamification-in-healthcare.jpg\" alt=\"Gamification in Healthcare\" class=\"wp-image-16049\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F07\u002Fgamification-in-healthcare.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F07\u002Fgamification-in-healthcare-768x450.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F07\u002Fgamification-in-healthcare-512x300.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F07\u002Fgamification-in-healthcare-427x250.jpg 427w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Source: www.elearninglearning.com\u002Fgamification\u002Fleadership\u002F\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>5) Nutrigenomics for the best food at every meal\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>After having your DNA sequenced (perhaps already at home!), a smart app could let you know which food you should eat and what you should avoid at all cost. \u003Cstrong>As we are all genetically different, our diet should be personalized\u003C\u002Fstrong>. That’s nutrigenomics in a nutshell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>For example, the California-based start-up, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fhabit.com\u002F\">Habit\u003C\u002Fa>, plans to use genetic markers to identify the ideal meal for each of its customers and send that meal directly to their doors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone wp-image-14349 size-full\">\u003Cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F10\u002Fnutrigenomics.jpg\" alt=\"Nutrigenomics - Future of Food\" class=\"wp-image-14349\"\u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Source: www.habit.com\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>6) AR for providing information about drugs or treatments immediately\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Augmented reality could \u003Cstrong>bring essential information to the sight of doctors as well as patients whenever it’s necessary\u003C\u002Fstrong>. For example, if you are in the Netherlands, with the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.layar.com\u002F\">Layar reality browser\u003C\u002Fa> combined with the \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.aed4.eu\u002F\">AED4EU\u003C\u002Fa> app, you can project the exact location of the nearest defibrillators on the screen of your phone, and it would take a minute to find them and help those in need. Moreover, patients can see how the drug works in 3D in front of their eyes instead of just reading long descriptions on the bottle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone wp-image-16237 size-full\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F08\u002Faugmented-reality.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16237\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F08\u002Faugmented-reality.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F08\u002Faugmented-reality-768x348.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F08\u002Faugmented-reality-512x232.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F08\u002Faugmented-reality-458x207.jpg 458w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Source: www.tepia.co\u002Fservices\u002Faugmented-reality\u002F\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>7) Telemedicine for accessing care wherever we are\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Ftop-telemedicine-solutions-bringing-patients-doctors-closer\u002F\">Telehealth solutions\u003C\u002Fa> allow anyone to get in touch, ask and receive responses to questions that need to be answered instantly at any time they arise. They might eradicate the term “waiting time”entirely from our dictionaries – and might make healthcare invisible through making it as efficient as possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Telemedicine essentially \u003Cstrong>enables individuals having more straightforward questions to reach a doctor easily and gives a chance for people living in remote areas to still get proper care\u003C\u002Fstrong> and only visit the GP if necessary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-full wp-image-17860\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"435\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F05\u002Ftelemedicine.jpg\" alt=\"work environment\" class=\"wp-image-17860\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F05\u002Ftelemedicine.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F05\u002Ftelemedicine-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F05\u002Ftelemedicine-512x256.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F05\u002Ftelemedicine-458x229.jpg 458w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Source: www.coherentnews.com\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>8) Chatbots could become the first line in primary care\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Beyond telemedicine, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fchatbots-health-assistants\u002F\">chatbots will also make healthcare more invisible\u003C\u002Fa> through radically reducing waiting time. Chatbots are essentially \u003Cstrong>applications powered by smart algorithms; they help patients track and make sense of their health data, support medication management and disperse simple medical advice\u003C\u002Fstrong>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>For example, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.messenger.com\u002Ft\u002Fizzyperiod\">Izzy\u003C\u002Fa> helps women track their period and serves as a birth control pill reminder. Bots like \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.messenger.com\u002Ft\u002F109653792416142\">HealthTap\u003C\u002Fa> or Your.Md aim to help patients find a solution to the most common symptoms. In the future, chatbots could become the first contact point of patients with healthcare – anytime, anywhere, so they could never feel being left alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-full wp-image-17869\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"580\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F05\u002Fchatbots-for-health.jpeg\" alt=\"invisible healthcare\" class=\"wp-image-17869\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F05\u002Fchatbots-for-health.jpeg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F05\u002Fchatbots-for-health-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F05\u002Fchatbots-for-health-512x341.jpeg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F05\u002Fchatbots-for-health-375x250.jpeg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Source: www.chatbotsmagazine.com\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>9) Medical drones for delivering aid to emergency situations\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In future medical emergencies or in territories where the transportation infrastructure is broken or scarce, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fmedical-drones\u002F\">medical drones will mean the fastest answer\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cem>.\u003C\u002Fem> They will \u003Cstrong>fly the extra mile in delivering drugs, vaccines, blood or organs.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>One of the finest examples on the market is the Silicon Valley start-up, Zipline. In 2016, \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fmoney.cnn.com\u002F2016\u002F10\u002F13\u002Ftechnology\u002Frwanda-drone-hospital\u002F\">the Rwandan government teamed up with the company\u003C\u002Fa> to operate the first national scale drone delivery service for medical supplies. After its Rwandan success, \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.theverge.com\u002F2016\u002F8\u002F2\u002F12350274\u002Fzipline-drone-delivery-us-launch-blood-medicine\">the White House reached out to Zipline\u003C\u002Fa>. They expressed interest in delivering medicine and blood to rural parts of the US.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-full wp-image-17870\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"489\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F05\u002Fmedical-drones.jpg\" alt=\"Invisible Healthcare\" class=\"wp-image-17870\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F05\u002Fmedical-drones.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F05\u002Fmedical-drones-370x208.jpg 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F05\u002Fmedical-drones-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F05\u002Fmedical-drones-512x288.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F05\u002Fmedical-drones-444x250.jpg 444w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Source: www.zipline.com\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>10) 3D printers for creating anything from casts to tissues on-site\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In the future, \u003Cstrong>3D printing could ensure that all the necessary medical equipment is near the patient whenever it’s needed\u003C\u002Fstrong>. Do you need \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F3d-printing-in-medicine-and-healthcare\u002F\">finger splints or plaster casts\u003C\u002Fa> in remote areas of the Amazonas jungle? It’s already possible! Ian McHale, a senior at the US Steinert High School, \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002F3dprintingindustry.com\u002Fnews\u002Fhigh-school-senior-3d-prints-finger-splint-12561\u002F\">created a blueprint\u003C\u002Fa> for producing finger splints. A low-end 3D printer can print his splint quickly and affordably, about 2¢ worth of ABS plastic in about ten minutes!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>However, it’s not just about medical equipment. We can already print out drugs! Imagine that your doctor would prescribe you some pain medication and by the time you arrive home, your 3D printer created it in the right dosage. Would be amazing, isn’t it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-full wp-image-17871\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"489\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F05\u002Fmedical-3d-printing.jpg\" alt=\"Invisible Healthcare\" class=\"wp-image-17871\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F05\u002Fmedical-3d-printing.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F05\u002Fmedical-3d-printing-370x208.jpg 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F05\u002Fmedical-3d-printing-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F05\u002Fmedical-3d-printing-512x288.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F05\u002Fmedical-3d-printing-444x250.jpg 444w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Source: https:\u002F\u002Fhbr.org\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>The Medical Futurist could also imagine a good healthcare system as a good referee in a football game. If you don’t realize they are there, they probably do a good job.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Now if something is wrong with our health, all our life turns upside down, and we have to deal with it with an immense power and dedication. Instead, digital health could make it invisible in the future, so you don’t even know you are being cared for.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ctable style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: #eee; border-top: 4px solid #444;\" cellpadding=\"10px\">\n\u003Ctbody>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Ctd style=\"width: 100%;\">\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>At The Medical Futurist, we are building a community for making a bold vision about the future of healthcare reality today.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002FFIbMejImnxs\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\">\u003C\u002Fiframe>\n\u003Cp>If you’d like to support this mission, we invite you to \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.patreon.com\u002Fthemedicalfuturist\">join The Medical Futurist Patreon Community\u003C\u002Fa>. A community of empowered patients, future-oriented healthcare professionals, concerned health policymakers, sensible health tech developers, and enthusiastic medical students. If there were ever a time to join us, it is now. Every contribution, however big or small, powers our research and sustains our future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.patreon.com\u002Fthemedicalfuturist\">\u003Cstrong style=\"background-color: #e71d3299; color: #000;\">Click here to support The Medical Futurist from as little as $3\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fa> – it only takes a minute. 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>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Feepurl.com\u002FZejiT\">\u003Cb>Subscribe To The Medical Futurist℠ Newsletter\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\u003Cli>News shaping the future of healthcare\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>Advice on taking charge of your health\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>Reviews of the latest health technology\u003C\u002Fli>\u003C\u002Ful>\n",false,{"rendered":22,"protected":20},"\u003Cp>What if healthcare worked as an unseeable fairy mother with a swarm of digital helpers? In the background, many digital tools, smart algorithms, health trackers and wearables would work for your well-being discreetly, so you could be sure that you are taken care of, but you would only sense that on rare occasions. How would you fancy the invisible healthcare system? 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The Medical Futurist believes that we should move in that direction.",{"self":149,"collection":155,"about":158,"author":161,"replies":164,"version-history":167,"predecessor-version":171,"wp:featuredmedia":175,"wp:attachment":178,"wp:term":181,"curies":197},[150],{"href":151,"targetHints":152},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F17868",{"allow":153},[154],"GET",[156],{"href":157},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts",[159],{"href":160},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Ftypes\u002Fpost",[162],{"embeddable":26,"href":163},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fusers\u002F6",[165],{"embeddable":26,"href":166},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcomments?post=17868",[168],{"count":169,"href":170},26,"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F17868\u002Frevisions",[172],{"id":173,"href":174},46089,"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F17868\u002Frevisions\u002F46089",[176],{"embeddable":26,"href":177},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fmedia\u002F17941",[179],{"href":180},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fmedia?parent=17868",[182,185,188,191,194],{"taxonomy":183,"embeddable":26,"href":184},"category","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcategories?post=17868",{"taxonomy":186,"embeddable":26,"href":187},"post_tag","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Ftags?post=17868",{"taxonomy":189,"embeddable":26,"href":190},"project_category","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fproject_category?post=17868",{"taxonomy":192,"embeddable":26,"href":193},"contact_email_category","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcontact_email_category?post=17868",{"taxonomy":195,"embeddable":26,"href":196},"yst_prominent_words","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fyst_prominent_words?post=17868",[198],{"name":199,"href":200,"templated":26},"wp","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.w.org\u002F{rel}",[202],{"id":144,"date":203,"date_gmt":204,"guid":205,"modified":207,"modified_gmt":208,"slug":209,"status":13,"type":14,"link":210,"title":211,"content":213,"excerpt":215,"author":23,"featured_media":217,"comment_status":25,"ping_status":25,"sticky":26,"template":27,"format":28,"meta":218,"categories":219,"tags":222,"project_category":227,"contact_email_category":228,"yst_prominent_words":229,"class_list":238,"better_featured_image":246,"acf":277,"yoast_meta":284,"_links":287},"2017-10-06T07:54:48","2017-10-06T05:54:48",{"rendered":206},"http:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F?p=16405","2022-05-17T19:08:45","2022-05-17T17:08:45","digital-health","https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fdigital-health",{"rendered":212},"Digital Health Is A Cultural Transformation Of Traditional Healthcare Through Disruptive Technologies",{"rendered":214,"protected":20},"\n\u003Ctable style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: #eee; border-top: 4px solid #444;\" cellpadding=\"5px\">\n\u003Ctbody>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Ctd style=\"width: 100%;\">\n\u003Cp style=\"color: #555;font-size: 12px;line-height: 14px\">THIS ARTICLE HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED SINCE 2017. THE INFORMATION SHARED IN THE ARTICLE WAS ACCURATE AT THE TIME OF ITS PUBLICATION, BUT IT MAY BE OUT OF DATE NOW. \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fmagazine\">BROWSE OUR LATEST ARTICLES HERE\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003C\u002Ftr>\u003C\u002Ftbody>\u003C\u002Ftable>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Advanced medical technologies, disruptive innovations hand-in-hand with people willing to change will transform traditional healthcare into a modern healthcare system fit for the 21st century, says the first peer-reviewed paper covering the subject published by The Medical Futurist Institute. The thought-provoking article lays down the foundation for digital health with its accurate definition and frames the paradigm shift happening in healthcare. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003C!--more-->\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>We Need To Define Digital Health\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The authors of the \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fmhealth.amegroups.com\u002Farticle\u002Fview\u002F16494\u002F16602\">paper\u003C\u002Fa> argue that digital health means a qualitative change on the horizon of healthcare transforming its very nature. And while it comes down to the countless disruptive technological innovations that are flooding the medical field in the last couple of years, \u003Cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the essence of this change is not technological, but cultural\u003C\u002Fspan>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Technological transitions have taken place in healthcare before, explains the paper, but this is the very first time that they lead to a meaningful transformation of the status quo. When personal computers became widely available in the 1990s, e-health emerged. When such computers could be connected into networks, telemedical services appeared. The rise of social media networks gave space to medicine 2.0 and health 2.0; while penetration of mobile phones and later smartphones summoned mobile health. But from the 2010s, the rate at which disruptive technologies appear is inducing a qualitative change for both the patients and their caregivers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The paper calls this new phenomenon “digital health”, and define as\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\u003Cp style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u003Cem>the cultural transformation of how disruptive technologies that provide digital and objective data accessible to both caregivers and patients leads to an equal level doctor-patient relationship with shared decision-making and the democratization of care.\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003C\u002Fblockquote>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The authors describe that the use of technology only leads to better health outcomes if the related cultural challenges are acknowledged and the new needs of patients are met. That’s why we needed this definition – as part of acknowledging the changes around us.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter\">\u003Ca class=\"img\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fmhealth.amegroups.com\u002Farticle\u002Fview\u002F16494\u002F16602\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"408\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F10\u002F16494-pb3-r1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16424\"\u002F\u003C\u002Fa srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F10\u002F16494-pb3-r1.png 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F10\u002F16494-pb3-r1-768x360.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F10\u002F16494-pb3-r1-512x240.png 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F10\u002F16494-pb3-r1-458x215.png 458w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>What Will The Future Of Healthcare Look Like?\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>With the rise of digital technologies, such as artificial narrow intelligence, robotics, virtual reality\u002Faugmented reality, telemedicine, 3D-printing, portable diagnostics, health sensors, wearables, etc. the entire structure of healthcare, as well as the roles of patients and doctors, will fundamentally shift from the current status quo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In the infographics below, I summarized the cornerstones of the coming changes comparing the current, traditional healthcare system, its structure and its roles with the modern healthcare system characterized by digital health.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"327\" height=\"870\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F10\u002Fdigital-health-_25010598-2.png\" alt=\"Define Digital Health\" class=\"wp-image-16422\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F10\u002Fdigital-health-_25010598-2.png 327w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F10\u002Fdigital-health-_25010598-2-192x512.png 192w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F10\u002Fdigital-health-_25010598-2-94x250.png 94w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F10\u002Fdigital-health-_25010598-2-768x2042.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 327px) 100vw, 327px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Digital Health Raises Challenging Questions\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The transformation of traditional healthcare leads to some serious ethical considerations and challenges policy-makers in unprecedented ways. Who should have access to health data? Is it lawful if employers or insurers want to gather data from their employees’ direct-to-consumer genetic testing results? What if someone hacks medical devices? How will we deal with medical robots? Whose responsibility will it be if it makes a mistake during surgery? What about gene editing and the possibility of designer babies? Should someone have the chance to pre-plan a human embryo?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Policy-makers, medical professionals and basically every responsible person should contemplate about the possible responses to pressing ethical questions and the challenges digital health means. As the waves of technologies are already flooding patients, the faster the appropriate answers come from the regulatory side, the better for the whole society. The reluctance and lack of incentives for physicians as well as policy-makers in this cultural transformation make patients the leading driving force in initiating changes. Although there are positive examples as \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fliving-with-an-artificial-pancreas\u002F\">the story of the FDA approving an artificial pancreas\u003C\u002Fa> as the result of the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.healthline.com\u002Fhealth\u002Fdiabetesmine\u002Finnovation\u002Fwe-are-not-waiting\">#WeAreNotWaiting movement\u003C\u002Fa>, individual entrepreneurship skills should not define patients’ health outcomes in the long run.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"545\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F12\u002Fhealthcare-progress-2016.jpg\" alt=\"Define Digital Health\" class=\"wp-image-14664\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F12\u002Fhealthcare-progress-2016.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F12\u002Fhealthcare-progress-2016-768x481.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F12\u002Fhealthcare-progress-2016-512x321.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F12\u002Fhealthcare-progress-2016-399x250.jpg 399w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Medical Professionals & Policy-Makers Should Be The Guiding Lights\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>No matter how difficult it is, medical professionals and policy-makers should always be one step ahead of technology. They must take up the role of guiding patients through the myriad of digital health technologies – but it is only possible if they are up-to-date and open-minded. On the one hand, they must ensure patients don’t turn to non-proven services or technological solutions, on the other, they must involve patients as partners in designing care and decision making.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>As disruptive technologies have the potential of taking away repetitive and monotonous tasks from physicians, they will be able to dedicate their focus to the patients as guides through digital health. Moreover, medical professionals will be able to go back to the very basics of healthcare. They could provide empathy, social care and the human touch which seems to be so scarce in traditional medicine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>And what other goals could digital health possibly have than healing patients with empathy and the best of knowledge?\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",{"rendered":216,"protected":20},"\u003Cp>Advanced medical technologies, disruptive innovations hand-in-hand with people willing to change will transform traditional healthcare into a modern healthcare system fit for the 21st century, says the first peer-reviewed paper covering the subject published by The Medical Futurist Institute. 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