[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":321},["ShallowReactive",2],{"slug-how-do-guatemalan-midwives-and-smartphones-come-together":3},{"post":4,"relatedPosts":203,"relatedBooks":320},{"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":20,"template":26,"format":27,"meta":28,"categories":29,"tags":34,"project_category":51,"contact_email_category":54,"yst_prominent_words":55,"class_list":63,"better_featured_image":92,"acf":137,"yoast_meta":146,"_links":149},21665,"2018-08-23T12:00:18","2018-08-23T10:00:18",{"rendered":9},"http:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F","2022-05-25T18:13:12","2022-05-25T16:13:12","how-do-guatemalan-midwives-and-smartphones-come-together","publish","post","https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fhow-do-guatemalan-midwives-and-smartphones-come-together",{"rendered":17},"How Do Guatemalan Midwives And Smartphones Come Together?",{"rendered":19,"protected":20},"\n\u003Ctable style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: #eee; border-top: 4px solid #444;\" cellpadding=\"5px\">\n\u003Ctbody>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Ctd style=\"width: 100%;\">\n\u003Cp style=\"color: #555;font-size: 12px;line-height: 14px\">THIS ARTICLE HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED SINCE 2018. THE INFORMATION SHARED IN THE ARTICLE WAS ACCURATE AT THE TIME OF ITS PUBLICATION, BUT IT MAY BE OUT OF DATE NOW. \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fmagazine\">BROWSE OUR LATEST ARTICLES HERE\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003C\u002Ftr>\u003C\u002Ftbody>\u003C\u002Ftable>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>A scarcity of infrastructure, a lack of resources for healthcare development or non-existent window opportunities for talented developers cement low-resource regions in their state for decades. The Medical Futurist argues that disruptive digital health innovations as technology transfers through collaborations are the safest and fastest way out. These are cheap and creative solutions with low-key infrastructural needs embedded into the socio-economic background, just like the examples below.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003C!--more-->\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Leap instead of gradual development\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Technology transfer means the adaptation of best practices and technical know-how to an environment where the given technology has no roots and context. While in the original setting, the specific innovation was the result of organic development and stemmed from unique socio-economic conditions, the technology to be transferred will constitute an alien solution in the new environment. Naturally, the process has its advantages and disadvantages in the scene where the given innovation will be adopted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>It does not have to go through the experimentation, trial-and-error phase which usually follows the innovation cycle. There will be a ready-to-use technology to be adapted to the local environment. That means leaving out many stages of development and jumping from a probably underdeveloped status into futuristic, high-tech scenarios. On the other hand, it will be entirely alien to the receiving socio-economic conditions, and its rejection is more likely if there’s no guidance to it. Thus, it has to be embedded into communities through up-skilling and partnerships.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Keeping the challenges of technology transfer in mind, \u003Cstrong>The Medical Futurist argues that in the area of healthcare, many low-resource regions are stuck in the state of poor infrastructure, lack of financial or human resources and opportunities, but \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fafrica-hotspot-digital-health\">high-tech solutions\u003C\u002Fa> with minimal infrastructural and learning needs could achieve positive and lasting change\u003C\u002Fstrong>. The following examples prove our point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-full wp-image-21666\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"645\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F08\u002FHealth-Innovations-in-Rural-India.jpg\" alt=\"digital health innovations\" class=\"wp-image-21666\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F08\u002FHealth-Innovations-in-Rural-India.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F08\u002FHealth-Innovations-in-Rural-India-768x569.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F08\u002FHealth-Innovations-in-Rural-India-512x380.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Source: www.manjarifoundation.in\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>1) Supporting midwives in Guatemala via smartphones\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Guatemala has one of the worst maternal mortality ratios in the world. According to \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.prb.org\u002Fmaternalmortalityinguatemalaapreventabletragedy\u002F\">a study of the US Population Reference Bureau\u003C\u002Fa>, in 2000, two women died from pregnancy-related causes every day in this Central American nation of 12 million people, where the total fertility rate is estimated at roughly five children per woman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>As the mobile phone penetration is over 100 percent, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\u002Fpubmed\u002F27696915\u002F\">researchers proposed a smartphone-based system\u003C\u002Fa> including peripheral sensors, such as a handheld Doppler for supporting illiterate birth attendants, e.g. by the identification of fetal compromise, to address the lack of decision support in rural Guatemala. The scheme uses pictograms, audio guidance, local and cloud processing, SMS alerts and voice calling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-full wp-image-21667\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"696\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F08\u002FUnderstanding-Guatemala.jpg\" alt=\"digital health innovations\" class=\"wp-image-21667\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F08\u002FUnderstanding-Guatemala.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F08\u002FUnderstanding-Guatemala-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F08\u002FUnderstanding-Guatemala-512x410.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Source: www.understandingtheguatemalanpatient.com\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>2) The Inuit\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Cstrong> community using telemedicine\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Ftop-telemedicine-solutions-bringing-patients-doctors-closer\">Telehealth platforms allow people living in remote areas to still get proper care\u003C\u002Fa> and only visit the GP if absolutely necessary. Moreover, medical professionals in rural towns and remote areas can have access to specialty services, and patients can be treated in their own communities. It’s a win-win scenario.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Ole Eichhorn, CTO of a Californian telehealth company, \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.intouchhealth.com\">InTouch Health\u003C\u002Fa> told The Medical Futurist that they have a physician group serving Inuit populations living in the Arctic. Many of these people live in cities which are entirely inaccessible except via dog sleds and seaplanes landing on ice. Bringing emergency medical expertise to these communities via telemedicine has been life-changing, and without exception, they have embraced it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-full wp-image-21668\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"580\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F08\u002FPeoples-of-the-North.jpg\" alt=\"digital health innovations\" class=\"wp-image-21668\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F08\u002FPeoples-of-the-North.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F08\u002FPeoples-of-the-North-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F08\u002FPeoples-of-the-North-512x341.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Source: www.northernforum.org\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>3) Mobil phone-based program for prenatal care in Nepal\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Nepal’s Health Ministry has been supporting mobile phone-based health interventions as similarly to Guatemala, the mobile phone ownership rate in the country is skyrocketing. Kathmandu indicated its support for \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicmobile.org\u002F\">Medic Mobile\u003C\u002Fa>, a digital health decision support provider, to scale up its feature-phone-based program to the already running female community health volunteer framework to better address both prenatal care and maternal health.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The project was launched last year with a \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nepalisansar.com\u002Fnews\u002Fhealthcare-nepal-goes-digital\u002F\">mobile application and SMS services\u003C\u002Fa>, and they aim to track pregnant mothers and to assist them in their regular antenatal visits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone wp-image-21669\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F08\u002FNepal-mobile-phones.jpg\" alt=\"digital health innovations\" class=\"wp-image-21669\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F08\u002FNepal-mobile-phones.jpg 640w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F08\u002FNepal-mobile-phones-512x341.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Young villagers charge their mobile phones from a generator in the destroyed village of Paslang near the epicenter of the massive earthquake in the Gorkha District of Nepal, April 28, 2015. (AP). Source: www.blogs.voanews.com\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>4) Making prosthetic limbs for amputees in Haiti with 3D printing\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Haiti has an unusually \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.humanosphere.org\u002Fglobal-health\u002F2017\u002F06\u002F3d-printer-technology-project-makes-prosthetic-limbs-for-amputees-in-haiti\u002F\">large number of amputees as a result of the 2010 earthquake\u003C\u002Fa>, which killed more than 200,000 people and caused injuries that required amputations in other 4,000 cases. In addition, the Central-American country completely lacks the infrastructure for providing the appropriate services alongside with the necessary prosthetic devices.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>A non-profit organization, LimbForge, wants to change the situation: it is training humanitarian NGOs and local clinicians to create affordable and culturally-appropriate prosthetics using a 3D printer. The prosthetics are produced from flexible plastic, which takes 16 to 20 hours to print and cost somewhere between $8 to $14 for the raw materials.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-full wp-image-21670\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"486\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F08\u002F3D-Printing-Umbilical-Cord-Clamps-in-Haiti.jpg\" alt=\"digital health innovations\" class=\"wp-image-21670\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F08\u002F3D-Printing-Umbilical-Cord-Clamps-in-Haiti.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F08\u002F3D-Printing-Umbilical-Cord-Clamps-in-Haiti-370x208.jpg 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F08\u002F3D-Printing-Umbilical-Cord-Clamps-in-Haiti-768x429.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F08\u002F3D-Printing-Umbilical-Cord-Clamps-in-Haiti-512x286.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>3D Printing Umbilical Cord Clamps in Haiti. Source: www.makezine.com\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>5) India is developing its medical drone delivery system\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fmedical-drones\">Medical drones are excellent solutions for delivering medication, blood or first aid kits\u003C\u002Fa> in regions where there are no roads for emergency services to drive through to patients or the normal way of transport would take too long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In 2016, \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fmoney.cnn.com\u002F2016\u002F10\u002F13\u002Ftechnology\u002Frwanda-drone-hospital\u002F\">the Rwandan government teamed up with Zipline, a medical drone manufacturing company\u003C\u002Fa> to deliver medical supplies to five of its hospitals, and they are constantly expanding their services. In July 2018, newspapers reported that \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.thehindu.com\u002Fnews\u002Fcities\u002FHyderabad\u002Fdrone-delivery-system-for-medicines\u002Farticle24484366.ece\">the Indian Institute of Public Health – Hyderabad (IIPH-H) is developing a drone delivery system\u003C\u002Fa> for medicines with a temperature-controlled payload box, which would surmount terrain hurdles and cut delivery time. The IIPH-H has partnered with the Johns Hopkins University, the Silicon Valley-based drone startup Dronadu, as well as Michigan-based drone manufacturer \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.vayu.us\u002F\">Vayu\u003C\u002Fa> to deliver its promises.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-full wp-image-21671\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"520\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F08\u002FDrones-in-India.jpg\" alt=\"digital health innovations\" class=\"wp-image-21671\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F08\u002FDrones-in-India.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F08\u002FDrones-in-India-768x459.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F08\u002FDrones-in-India-512x306.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Source: geospatialworld.net\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>As the above examples show, in many cases, digital health innovations are implemented in partnership with the local government – to adjust the technology to the environment adequately. Moreover, as these disruptive or frugal innovations are way faster and more efficient than the methods applied before – or the local conditions in general, it is better if policy-makers or NGOs in partnership with digital health companies help populations understand their application. 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The Medical Futurist argues that disruptive digital health innovations as technology transfers through collaborations are the safest and fastest way out. 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Let's see how.",{"self":150,"collection":156,"about":159,"author":162,"replies":166,"version-history":169,"predecessor-version":173,"wp:featuredmedia":177,"wp:attachment":180,"wp:term":183,"curies":199},[151],{"href":152,"targetHints":153},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F21665",{"allow":154},[155],"GET",[157],{"href":158},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts",[160],{"href":161},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Ftypes\u002Fpost",[163],{"embeddable":164,"href":165},true,"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fusers\u002F6",[167],{"embeddable":164,"href":168},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcomments?post=21665",[170],{"count":171,"href":172},16,"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F21665\u002Frevisions",[174],{"id":175,"href":176},46469,"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F21665\u002Frevisions\u002F46469",[178],{"embeddable":164,"href":179},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fmedia\u002F21675",[181],{"href":182},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fmedia?parent=21665",[184,187,190,193,196],{"taxonomy":185,"embeddable":164,"href":186},"category","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcategories?post=21665",{"taxonomy":188,"embeddable":164,"href":189},"post_tag","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Ftags?post=21665",{"taxonomy":191,"embeddable":164,"href":192},"project_category","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fproject_category?post=21665",{"taxonomy":194,"embeddable":164,"href":195},"contact_email_category","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcontact_email_category?post=21665",{"taxonomy":197,"embeddable":164,"href":198},"yst_prominent_words","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fyst_prominent_words?post=21665",[200],{"name":201,"href":202,"templated":164},"wp","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.w.org\u002F{rel}",[204],{"id":145,"date":205,"date_gmt":206,"guid":207,"modified":209,"modified_gmt":210,"slug":211,"status":13,"type":14,"link":212,"title":213,"content":215,"excerpt":217,"author":23,"featured_media":219,"comment_status":25,"ping_status":25,"sticky":20,"template":26,"format":27,"meta":220,"categories":221,"tags":222,"project_category":231,"contact_email_category":232,"yst_prominent_words":233,"class_list":235,"better_featured_image":245,"acf":274,"yoast_meta":275,"_links":278},"2017-01-12T18:34:16","2017-01-12T16:34:16",{"rendered":208},"http:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F?p=14723","2022-05-18T18:26:43","2022-05-18T16:26:43","medical-drones","https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fmedical-drones",{"rendered":214},"Medical Drones Will Thrive in Healthcare: A Safe Road to Health",{"rendered":216,"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>Time is crucial in healing, no matter whether it’s about a natural disaster, heart attack or an organ transplant. In future medical emergencies, where urgent response will be necessary, drones will mean the fastest answer\u003Cem>.\u003C\u002Fem> They will fly the extra mile in delivering drugs, vaccines, blood or organs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003C!--more-->\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Drones are the future of delivery\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>According to my geek calendar, 2017 will be the year of the drone. These advanced versions of model airplanes or unmanned aerial vehicles are everywhere on the rise. According to the \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.nytimes.com\u002Finteractive\u002F2015\u002Ftechnology\u002Fguide-to-civilian-drones.html\">estimates of the Consumer Technology Association\u003C\u002Fa>, 9.4 million units were projected to be sold in 2016 worldwide; and the number will soar in 2017. The use of drones in aerial photography or monitoring seems pretty obvious, but some fans are already organizing drone races and a \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fwatch?v=LiZH5eH5eDw\">less fortunate guy caught her cheating wife with it\u003C\u002Fa>. But it was certainly Amazon, which generated the biggest buzz last year by its announcement about delivering goods by drones; and that it actually \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.theverge.com\u002F2016\u002F12\u002F14\u002F13952240\u002Famazon-drone-delivery-launch-uk\">delivered the first packages with popcorn and fire TV to its customers in the UK in December\u003C\u002Fa>. And it’s not a surprise it was not in the US or China.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"582\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F01\u002Ffuture-of-delivery-by-drones.jpg\" alt=\"Future of Delivery - Medical Drones\" class=\"wp-image-14727\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F01\u002Ffuture-of-delivery-by-drones.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F01\u002Ffuture-of-delivery-by-drones-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F01\u002Ffuture-of-delivery-by-drones-512x343.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F01\u002Ffuture-of-delivery-by-drones-374x250.jpg 374w\" 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>What if cakes or books will fall from the sky?\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In 2014, when \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fabcnews.go.com\u002FUS\u002Ffaa-slaps-drone-beer-delivery-service-ice-fishermen\u002Fstory?id=22314625\">a Minnesota brewery decided to use a drone to fly beer\u003C\u002Fa> to ice fishers out on a frozen lake, the US authorities stepped in some days later due to safety concerns and violations of aviation codes. Something similar happened a year earlier in China, but instead of beer, the flying objects involved some cakes and pies. A \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.dailymail.co.uk\u002Fnews\u002Farticle-2380095\u002FChina-grounds-worlds-CAKE-DRONES-fears-fall-someones-head-novelty-delivery-service-goes-sweet-sour.html\">bakery in Shanghai decided to fly the sweet delicacies to their customers\u003C\u002Fa>, but the local aviation authorities grounded the drones due to lack of permits and safety issues.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Although regulators are catching up with drone technology, there are many concerns. The biggest issue is that drones or their packages could fall on passers-by. They could collide with aircraft, or according to The New York Times, slow down rescue operations. Drones capturing aerial footage of wildfires have \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.nytimes.com\u002F2015\u002F07\u002F20\u002Fus\u002Fhobby-drones-hinder-california-firefighting-efforts.html\">hindered efforts\u003C\u002Fa> by helicopter and airplane pilots to put out blazes. There are also concerns about use of drones to \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.eff.org\u002Fissues\u002Fsurveillance-drones\">violate privacy\u003C\u002Fa> and to \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.nytimes.com\u002F2015\u002F04\u002F23\u002Fus\u002Fdrones-smuggle-contraband-over-prison-walls.html\">smuggle\u003C\u002Fa> weapons or drugs into prisons.\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>It is obvious that law-makers have to craft appropriate, drone-related regulations as soon as possible, ideally before the wider spread of drones, especially those delivering lifesaving drugs or medical objects.\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003C\u002Fblockquote>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>We have a situation here, please, send us the drone aid!\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Drones have great potential in making the transport of drugs, vaccines or medical aids faster. They are able to help in circumstances when time is crucial; e.g. in situations requiring urgent responses, during disasters or medical emergencies. Google, the tech giant with a significant medical portfolio, \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fqz.com\u002F655314\u002Fgoogle-wants-to-call-drones-to-medical-emergencies-at-the-push-of-a-button\u002F\">patented a device that can call for a drone in emergency situations\u003C\u002Fa> to fly in with life-saving medical equipment on board. You would push a button, and a drone would appear on the spot. How amazing would that sound? And what about drones deliver automatic external defibrillators (AEDs) directly to people who have just suffered a heart attack? \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ffuturism.com\u002Flive-saving-medical-devices-could-soon-be-delivered-by-drone-to-heart-attack-victims\u002F\">Researchers from the University of Toronto are already experimenting with the idea\u003C\u002Fa> based on their inspiration from ambulance drones in the Netherlands.\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=\"Ambulance Drones Could Be Saving The World Soon\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002FsEPkHrQeDYk?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>But drones might not only be useful when urgent relief is necessary, but when ambulances are out of reach – e.g. due to bad road conditions or remote areas. It might also be the case when ambulances need urgent access to certain rare drugs or blood supplies. Here are the most common examples of drone-use in medicine and healthcare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Drones eagerly respond to disasters\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>One of the earliest medical utilization of these unmanned aerial vehicles were in catastrophes. Various \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mayoclinic.org\u002Fmedical-professionals\u002Fclinical-updates\u002Ftrauma\u002Fmedical-drones-poised-to-take-off\">drones successfully delivered small aid packages after the Haitian earthquake in 2012\u003C\u002Fa>. They were also able to help in humanitarian operations for collecting data and imagery where infrastructure was destroyed or already lacking; including \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.jems.com\u002Farticles\u002F2016\u002F06\u002Fdrones-tested-for-disaster-response.html\">in the Philippines after Typhoon Haiyan in 2013\u003C\u002Fa>. This year, after the Obama administration somewhat eased the use of small drones by real estate agents, farmers, filmmakers and countless other commercial operators, \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.jems.com\u002Farticles\u002F2016\u002F06\u002Fdrones-tested-for-disaster-response.html\">experts tested drones in New Jersey for disaster response\u003C\u002Fa>. In December, \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.emsworld.com\u002Fnews\u002F12286508\u002Ftelemedical-drone-project-debuts-in-miss\">two disaster drones delivered telemedical packages\u003C\u002Fa> to victims and rescue personnel in a simulated mass casualty event at an airport in Mississippi. I believe that within the next 3-5 years, technology and regulation will allow for the development of a more effective disaster response with the help of these small and agile helpers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F01\u002Fdisaster-relief-drones.jpeg\" alt=\"Disaster Relief Drones - Medical Drones\" class=\"wp-image-14729\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F01\u002Fdisaster-relief-drones.jpeg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F01\u002Fdisaster-relief-drones-768x461.jpeg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F01\u002Fdisaster-relief-drones-512x307.jpeg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F01\u002Fdisaster-relief-drones-417x250.jpeg 417w\" 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>Delivering vaccines to the jungles\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Disruptive health technologies might \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fthe-10-most-innovative-health-technologies-saving-millions-in-the-developing-world\u002F\">save millions of lives in the developing world\u003C\u002Fa> since they are creative, reliable, easy-to-use and cheap. Just as drone delivery. A \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.sciencedaily.com\u002Freleases\u002F2016\u002F06\u002F160621112101.htm\">research published in 2016\u003C\u002Fa> led by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Centre suggests the same. It also adds that using drones might also improve vaccination rates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Doctors Without Borders already used them in Papua New Guinea to transport dummy TB test samples from a remote village to the large coastal city of Kerema. In \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.digitaltrends.com\u002Fcool-tech\u002Fdrones-healthcare-madagascar\u002F\">Madagascar\u003C\u002Fa>, with the support of the government and USAID, these small flying vehicles were also able to collect some medical samples from remote villages in the rural area of the country for the first time in 2016. Drones are also currently being tested for medical supply deliveries in rural Virginia and Bhutan. UNICEF is testing the feasibility of using them to transport lab samples in Malawi. And in Tanzania, there are efforts afoot to transport blood and essential medications.\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=\"Vayu's Drones Deliver Healthcare in Rural Madagascar\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002Fg-Z0x0ZekTQ?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>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 deliver medical supplies to five of its hospitals. Within a year, they plan to expand the program to nearly half of the country’s 45 hospitals. The drones will make up to 150 deliveries a day – and reduce the previously 4-hour-long delivery to 15 minutes! It’s pretty easy: a health worker can place an order by text message. Within minutes, a drone is launched into the sky racing at 100 km\u002Fh. The medical products are then dropped off, landing gently and accurately at the health facility in an open area the size of a few parking spaces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Justin Hamilton, Zipline’s spokesman, told me that the reception of medical drones by the locals is amazing. Every day, we have hundreds of Rwandans lining up along the fence of the distribution center to watch operations. The whole crowd cheers for every single take-off and landing throughout the day. Some people show up at 6am to get good seats! He added, the company chose Rwanda due to the very high medical needs as well as the low complexity of navigating airspace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Hamilton is hopeful that in the coming years, they will move beyond just blood delivery and will include other essential and lifesaving medicines as well. He added, he believes in expanding across Rwanda, Africa and the whole wide world. I hope that Zipline will introduce medical drones in many more countries; and more developing countries will follow Rwanda’s lead in cooperating with the start-up!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"580\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F01\u002Fzipline-final-assembly-1.jpg\" alt=\"Zipline medical drone - Medical Drones\" class=\"wp-image-14780\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F01\u002Fzipline-final-assembly-1.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F01\u002Fzipline-final-assembly-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F01\u002Fzipline-final-assembly-1-512x341.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F01\u002Fzipline-final-assembly-1-375x250.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Be careful, transporting blood and antivenin for snake bites!\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Cornelius Thiels, a general surgery resident at Mayo Clinic’s campus in Rochester, Minnesota, thinks medical professionals will eventually put drones in practice to transport blood products to critical access hospitals, mass casualty scenes and even offshore ships with seriously injured passengers. The small flying vehicles might also be used for the transport of expensive and rarely used drugs, such as antivenin for snake bites.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>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. Thus, the start-up announced in August that it brings its system to rural and remote communities in Maryland, Nevada, and Washington, including some Native American reservations. But Zipline is certainly not without competitors. The world’s largest shipping company, UPS also started to develop its drone-fleet. In 2016, \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.popsci.com\u002Fups-tests-drone-deliveries-to-island\">it tested the delivery of medicine from Beverly to Children’s Island\u003C\u002Fa>. It is about three miles off the Atlantic coast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In Australia, \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fmashable.com\u002F2016\u002F10\u002F31\u002Fangel-drone-blood-transplants\u002F#vt4ss7Igyaqc\">a consortium aims even higher\u003C\u002Fa>. Their plan is to develop a system for drones being able to deliver blood and heart or other organ transplants to isolated parts of the country. They promise the launch of test flights next year. I’m curious how it will go!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.facebook.com\u002Fplugins\u002Fvideo.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fmedicalfuturist%2Fvideos%2F1311048482323117%2F&show_text=0&width=560\" width=\"560\" height=\"500\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">\u003C\u002Fiframe>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Is the limit for drones the sky full of stars?\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>I don’t think so. Currently, the technology as well as the above-mentioned regulatory restrictions set back the widespread use of drones in healthcare. The small aircraft can carry a 5-pound payload for 30 to 60 minutes of flight time. They have a range of about 20 to 60 miles. These features are quite limiting. Drones usually can sense and avoid obstacles, but it could certainly endure some more development. Until they are not fully automatic, regulators will definitely remain reluctant to allow them to fly around in the air space even with control beyond eyesight (\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.theverge.com\u002F2016\u002F12\u002F14\u002F13952240\u002Famazon-drone-delivery-launch-uk\">the UK is a refreshing exception\u003C\u002Fa>).\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Safety, accuracy and speed is even more important in healthcare since there are lives at stake! Not to mention special equipment for the transport of medical samples, blood or organs. For example, in the case of blood transport, coolers would be required to keep blood products at the proper temperature. Blood would also need to be packaged to prevent inadvertent exposure or tampering during transit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"580\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F01\u002Fflock-of-drones.jpg\" alt=\"Flock of Drones - Medical Drones\" class=\"wp-image-14734\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F01\u002Fflock-of-drones.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F01\u002Fflock-of-drones-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F01\u002Fflock-of-drones-512x341.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F01\u002Fflock-of-drones-375x250.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>And of course, drones flying around like a flock of angry birds does not improve the sense of security of people. We are not used to such sight. We might need more time to get accustomed to drones and their capabilities. 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