[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":425},["ShallowReactive",2],{"slug-introducing-the-digital-health-course":3},{"post":4,"relatedPosts":175,"relatedBooks":334},{"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":36,"project_category":40,"contact_email_category":46,"yst_prominent_words":47,"class_list":54,"better_featured_image":74,"acf":110,"yoast_meta":119,"_links":122},40335,"2022-03-08T10:00:00","2022-03-08T09:00:00",{"rendered":9},"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F?post_id=40335&_wpnonce=e575323c23&status=auto-draft&type=post","2022-03-08T10:27:36","2022-03-08T09:27:36","introducing-the-digital-health-course","publish","post","https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fintroducing-the-digital-health-course",{"rendered":17},"Introducing ‘The Digital Health Course’!",{"rendered":19,"protected":20},"\n\u003Cp>We are so happy and proud to finally share with you the biggest project The Medical Futurist has ever worked on: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.thinkific.com\u002F\">The Digital Health Course\u003C\u002Fa>.\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\u002F03\u002Ftmfcourse_artboard_03-768x432.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40373\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F03\u002Ftmfcourse_artboard_03-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F03\u002Ftmfcourse_artboard_03-370x208.jpg 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F03\u002Ftmfcourse_artboard_03-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F03\u002Ftmfcourse_artboard_03-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F03\u002Ftmfcourse_artboard_03-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>We designed this course to provide a complete overview of digital health, guiding users through the technological aspects, and equipping them to be able to predict and forecast what’s coming next.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>From the basics and its definition to why it’s a cultural transformation that is happening now; how it is a paradigm shift of care; how you can spot trends in it and forecast the near future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The whole Medical Futurist team and I have put our hearts, brains and souls into the whole curriculum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Digital health is the paradigm change of healthcare\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>As this is the fundamental component of the whole course, let’s review what digital health really means to the delivery of care.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>You have probably heard it more than once from me that the doctor-patient relationship is going through a paradigm shift not seen for centuries. But what does it actually mean? Why is that so important? Let’s take a look into the nature of such shifts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Thomas Kuhn, in his 1962 classic The Structure of Scientific Revolutions mentions that\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp> “Perhaps science does not develop by the accumulation of individual discoveries and inventions, but that discovery commences with the awareness of anomaly, i.e., with the recognition that nature has somehow violated the paradigm-induced expectations that govern normal science”.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">We are at the point of detecting such anomalies in healthcare\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>For centuries, the dominant paradigm has been that patients do not and cannot know what needs to be done, or more precisely, cannot know anything worth knowing. Yet in story after story, patients today are bringing real value to their own cases, thus “violating the paradigm-induced expectations that govern” the culture of medicine.\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\u002Ftelemed-covid-1-768x432.png\" alt=\"How COVID catalyzed healthcare trends\" class=\"wp-image-30821\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F10\u002Ftelemed-covid-1-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F10\u002Ftelemed-covid-1-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F10\u002Ftelemed-covid-1.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>How COVID Catalyzed Healthcare Trends – Coronavirus has changed our relationship to healthcare and the importance of good healthcare systems is now incontestable. The question is not whether to use the solutions listed in the article, but HOW to use these – in practice.\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Kuhn wrote that when too many anomalies accumulate, a field goes into crisis until a new paradigm is developed and accepted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>We assert that this crisis stage has arrived, but as often happens, the causes of the anomalies are poorly understood, which leads to confusion and confused reporting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>No new paradigm can arise, letting the field advance, while confusion reigns.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Establishments die hard: in 1918, Max Planck was awarded the Nobel Prize in physics, and in his Scientific Autobiography he talked about the adoption of change by any establishment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“A new scientific truth does not win adoption by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but because its opponents eventually die. And a new generation comes up that is familiar with it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>With digital health, let’s avoid waiting that much. Let’s clear up the confusion and allow healthcare to progress through this paradigm shift.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>How can we facilitate digital health’s paradigm shift then?\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>15 years ago, I envisioned a new era of healthcare where patients and doctors work together using the latest technologies, and have been working for this goal ever since. We have come a long way, today, we believe in the value of digital health and in the idea that technology can make patients the point-of-care, receiving care, diagnosis and treatment, wherever they are. \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=\"Patient of the Future & Doctor of the Future - Smart Healthcare Meetup\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002FblPKy_oNdEo?list=PLtlZVl7Ia1JK6Dy1g9A7X8LXOk4qz3gH3\" 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>However, from the theory getting more and more accepted, for it to become our reality are many missing steps. Where are we heading? What are we missing? There is a short summary of \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Four-vision\">my thoughts here\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A course that can prepare you for all this\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The fact that you are reading this article makes it highly likely that you will be one of the agents of change. Every medical professional with an open mind, every patient with the feeling of competence, every regulator with the notion to make the system accessible and fair. The cultural change never comes from above, from outside, from studies or books, it has to be born from the notion of the societies. The more of us awaits it, the sooner it will come.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>At \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F\">The Medical Futurist\u003C\u002Fa> and \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ftmfinstitute.org\u002F\">The Medical Futurist Institute\u003C\u002Fa>, we designed this course to support those that want to be ahead of the curve or shape the curve themselves. It will provide you with a complete overview of digital health, guide you through the technological aspects, and equip you to be able to predict and forecast what’s coming next.\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>The COVID-19 pandemic has emphasised the inevitability of shifts and transformations. It has led to faster adoption of digital health technologies. It made telemedicine the main way of providing care in many areas; and accelerated the process of shifting the point-of-care from hospital buildings and practices to wherever patients are.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>But the required cultural transformation is still lagging behind and it becomes increasingly important to better determine future healthcare trends in order to prepare for them in time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Who is the course for?\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Those professionally or financially benefiting from better understanding current healthcare trends and from being able to better predict the next ones. \u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>People working in pharma, biotech, health insurance, medical technology companies, and also investors and policy makers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Also, the course is available to everyone with a desire to understand the context around digital health technologies and their impact on the near future of healthcare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Format and structure, platform and the table of content\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.thinkific.com\u002F\">course \u003C\u002Fa>has 7 main chapters and 55 lessons, it includes 2,5 hours of video content. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Every chapter has a similar format featuring the following elements of content.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\u003Cli>Video lectures from Dr. Bertalan Meskó, The Medical Futurist\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>Written summaries, stories and descriptions\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>Infographics\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>Interactive quizzes to test your knowledge and progress\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>Case studies\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>Recommended links and a further reading section\u003C\u002Fli>\u003C\u002Ful>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The course is available on \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.thinkific.com\u002F\">The Medical Futurist Thinkific platform\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>With all this said, let’s dive into what you can expect from the course, here is a brief summary of the table of contents.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\u003Cli>Welcome to the Digital Health course – Introduction and basics\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>What Is Digital Health – A general overview of the field and the current landscape\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>How Does Digital Health Reshape Healthcare? – The timeline, the technologies, and patient empowerment\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>Digital Health Technological Trends – What is a trend? 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Understand what the future brings, foresee the new trends and adapt!",{"self":123,"collection":129,"about":132,"author":135,"replies":138,"version-history":141,"predecessor-version":145,"wp:featuredmedia":149,"wp:attachment":152,"wp:term":155,"curies":171},[124],{"href":125,"targetHints":126},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F40335",{"allow":127},[128],"GET",[130],{"href":131},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts",[133],{"href":134},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Ftypes\u002Fpost",[136],{"embeddable":26,"href":137},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fusers\u002F6",[139],{"embeddable":26,"href":140},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcomments?post=40335",[142],{"count":143,"href":144},16,"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F40335\u002Frevisions",[146],{"id":147,"href":148},40381,"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F40335\u002Frevisions\u002F40381",[150],{"embeddable":26,"href":151},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fmedia\u002F40379",[153],{"href":154},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fmedia?parent=40335",[156,159,162,165,168],{"taxonomy":157,"embeddable":26,"href":158},"category","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcategories?post=40335",{"taxonomy":160,"embeddable":26,"href":161},"post_tag","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Ftags?post=40335",{"taxonomy":163,"embeddable":26,"href":164},"project_category","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fproject_category?post=40335",{"taxonomy":166,"embeddable":26,"href":167},"contact_email_category","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcontact_email_category?post=40335",{"taxonomy":169,"embeddable":26,"href":170},"yst_prominent_words","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fyst_prominent_words?post=40335",[172],{"name":173,"href":174,"templated":26},"wp","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.w.org\u002F{rel}",[176],{"id":118,"date":177,"date_gmt":178,"guid":179,"modified":181,"modified_gmt":182,"slug":183,"status":13,"type":14,"link":184,"title":185,"content":187,"excerpt":189,"author":143,"featured_media":191,"comment_status":25,"ping_status":25,"sticky":26,"template":27,"format":28,"meta":192,"categories":193,"tags":200,"project_category":218,"contact_email_category":221,"yst_prominent_words":222,"class_list":233,"better_featured_image":260,"acf":280,"yoast_meta":288,"_links":291},"2023-09-19T10:00:00","2023-09-19T08:00:00",{"rendered":180},"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F?post_id=34179&_wpnonce=c515b17ba8&status=auto-draft&type=post","2023-09-18T07:53:36","2023-09-18T05:53:36","digital-health-technologies","https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fdigital-health-technologies",{"rendered":186},"Digital Health Technologies That Are Too Futuristic To Be In Practice Now (If Ever)",{"rendered":188,"protected":20},"\n\u003Cp>An oncologist administering nanorobots that swim through a patient’s bloodstream to deliver drugs in a highly targeted way. A person on a specific diet scanning their meal with a single device to reveal all of its major nutritional elements. A clinic’s transplant department 3D-printing whole organs. These are scenarios that sound like snippets extracted from a science-fiction novel. But these are digital health technologies that we will have to get used to in the future. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fnanotechnology-in-medicine\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">Nanorobots\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fthe-future-of-food-the-food-of-the-future\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">food scanners\u003C\u002Fa>, and \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F3d-bioprinting-overview\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">bioprinting\u003C\u002Fa> are all existing digital health technologies that we’ve reported on The Medical Futurist. However, they are in the “too futuristic” category (even for The Medical Futurist!) as the future when they will be commonplace is several decades away and is something we might not even be around to experience.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>They are too futuristic not only because the underlying technology is still in its infancy, but also because the digital health field faces several challenges that must be overcome before addressing those technologies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Here we contemplate some of these too-futuristic digital health technologies that won’t get in the doctor’s room or in a patient’s home any time soon, how far off in the future they are, and what needs to happen before we get to see them in practice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Those distant digital health technologies\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>We often come across exciting digital health technologies that compel us to dive into the subject and present an article about it. At other times, we get the opportunity to review relevant products too. But over the years, some of those technologies have stagnated, with no significant developments even from major players in the respective field. Let’s take 5 examples to illustrate these.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. Food scanners\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>A couple of years ago, we had the opportunity to test Nima’s food scanners. The Silicon Valley-based company released two portable scanners: a \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Ftesting-food-gluten-home-nima-sensor-review\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">gluten sensor\u003C\u002Fa> and a \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Ffighting-against-a-small-enemy-the-nima-peanut-sensor-review\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">peanut sensor\u003C\u002Fa>. These enabled the user to scan for that respective content in a food sample on the spot. During our tests for those devices, we found them to be accurate and very practical to use. More importantly, such accuracy and convenience of use can literally prove to be life-saving for those suffering from food allergies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"I Tested Food For Gluten At Home With The Nima Sensor - The Medical Futurist\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002Fm8glmjXPAlk?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 since our review in 2018, Nima hasn’t released any new products, \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.linkedin.com\u002Fcompany\u002Fnima-labs\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">was acquired\u003C\u002Fa> by a medical device company in 2020 and after a while they went completely silent, rendering these devices useless without \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.goodforyouglutenfree.com\u002Fnima-sensor-out-of-business\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">test capsules\u003C\u002Fa>. While their technology was indeed disruptive, the devices were limited to scanning single components. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Moreover, there are patients suffering from more food allergies such as egg, soy or lactose who would benefit from such devices; or ideally, a single scanner that could detect multiple food elements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Other companies that entered the consumer market with food scanners of their own did not fare any better. SCio, whose handheld device could scan food and analyse its chemical constituents, shifted focus towards the farming industry rather than improving its existing product. TellSpec stopped issuing press releases in 2018 and failed to deliver the handheld food scanner \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.indiegogo.com\u002Fprojects\u002Ftellspec-what-s-in-your-food#\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">backed by 1700+ people on Indiegogo\u003C\u002Fa>, and also seems to have failed to refund the donations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>How far in the future will we have omnipotent food scanners?\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh4>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The technology has been around for around a decade and some consumer products are\u002Fwere already on the market. But their uses are\u002Fwere limited as is the number of players in the field. We should expect to see more scanners in the next decade or so but still with limited uses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. Nanorobots\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In 2016, we released an article dedicated to \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fnanotechnology-in-medicine\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">nanotechnology in medicine\u003C\u002Fa>. In it, we shared examples like “nanoswimmers” developed by researchers that could pave the way for programmed drug delivery. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"4 Ways Nanotechnology Will Change Our Lives\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002Fdn2UjBIsrcI?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>However, practically all of the nanorobots came from research labs with more proof-of-concepts than practical applications. \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.snexplores.org\u002Farticle\u002Fnanobots-can-now-enter-brain-cells-to-spy-on-what-theyre-doing\" target=\"_blank\">Recent news\u003C\u002Fa> around \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Femag.medicalexpo.com\u002Fnanorobotics-in-neurology-tiny-movements-towards-major-change\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">the technology\u003C\u002Fa> still \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nature.com\u002Farticles\u002Fs41467-023-40300-2\" target=\"_blank\">revolves around\u003C\u002Fa> the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nature.com\u002Farticles\u002Fs41565-023-01471-7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">theoretical\u002Fconceptual aspects\u003C\u002Fa>. But this is how digital health technologies often evolve: from conceptual stages in labs, through various iterations and testing stages before rolling out to a wider audience.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>How far in the future?\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh4>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>We’re still at the dawn of nanotechnology in medicine, but it doesn’t mean we won’t ever see it in practice. In the coming years, we will likely hear about more developments in the field. But to see those in regular practice, we’re looking at 4 or more decades down the line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. One-drop blood tests\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>This one will leave a sour taste in the mouths of Theranos’ investors. The startup amassed millions in investments following its promise to \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wired.com\u002F2014\u002F02\u002Felizabeth-holmes-theranos\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">run 30 lab tests on a single drop of blood\u003C\u002Fa>. This eventually turned out \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fwhere-does-blood-testing-stand-today\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">to be a scam\u003C\u002Fa>, but if you dial down expectations, several tests can be conducted on smaller blood samples instead of a single blood drop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F11\u002F045_bloodtesting-768x432.gif\" alt=\"Digital Health Technologies: Blood testing\" class=\"wp-image-22249\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F11\u002F045_bloodtesting-768x432.gif 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F11\u002F045_bloodtesting-370x208.gif 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F11\u002F045_bloodtesting-1536x864.gif 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F11\u002F045_bloodtesting-512x288.gif 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\u003Cp>For example, from a small blood volume, \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.genalyte.com\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">Genalyte’s technology\u003C\u002Fa> can run multiple, simultaneous, rapid tests and output a result within 30 minutes. Similarly, from a single blood sample that can potentially \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fnightingalehealth.com\u002Fnews\u002Fnightingale-health-rolls-out-remote-blood-collection-kit-for-medical-research-and-clinical-trials\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">be collected \u003C\u002Fa>at home, \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fnightingalehealth.com\u002Ftechnology\u002F?\" target=\"_blank\">Nightingale\u003C\u002Fa> can analyse numerous biomarkers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>How far in the future?\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh4>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Unless researchers devise an accurate way to amplify the volume of blood from a drop-sized initial sample or accurately perform tests on a single drop, we won’t see the coveted “one drop blood test”. It’s safer to bet on “small sample blood tests” in this case.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4. Nutrigenomics\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Nutrigenomics aims to understand how specific humans react differently to specific nutrients due to their individual genetic characteristics, and how we can utilise this knowledge for each individual. In simpler terms: a promise of an advancement that can provide you with scientifically backed data on what, how and when you should eat and what to avoid – based on your DNA.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>However fascinating, a science-backed nutrigenomics test I could finally lay my hands on is THE digital health technology I have been waiting for the longest and still had no chance to try. \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\u002Ftmf_article_345-01-768x432.png\" alt=\"nutrigenomics\" class=\"wp-image-48473\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F12\u002Ftmf_article_345-01-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F12\u002Ftmf_article_345-01-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F12\u002Ftmf_article_345-01-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F12\u002Ftmf_article_345-01-2048x1152.png 2048w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F12\u002Ftmf_article_345-01.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>We discussed the main reasons for the slow progress \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fwhy-is-nutrigenomics-the-biggest-flop-in-digital-health\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">in this article\u003C\u002Fa> in great detail, so let’s just summarize the headlines here. We listed these four main reasons: 1. It is extremely challenging to learn nutritionally guiding principles from genetic tests, 2. Pricing will be very tricky, 3. Nutrigenomics will not offer easy fixes for fast results, and 4. All you see is bogus, fake science everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>How far in the future?\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Of course, we are not giving up hope to be among the first ones to test a reliably working, accessible, DTC nutrigenomics test. It is quite tricky to forecast when this will happen. The technology seems to be available, however, there hasn’t been a single company that could deliver a viable product. While this time arrives, I will figuratively put nutrigenomics on my shelf of flops, right next to my – very solid – 3D printed cast. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">5) Contact lenses for detecting blood glucose\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Back in 2014, Google \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fpatentbolt.com\u002F2014\u002F03\u002Fgoogle-takes-their-google-glass-vision-to-smart-contact-lenses.html\" target=\"_blank\">submitted a patent\u003C\u002Fa> to the US Patent & Trademark Office that described a digital, multi-sensor contact lens for detecting blinking, with benefits like turning the page of an e-book with a “blink of an eye”. Later, \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FGoogle_Contact_Lens\" target=\"_blank\">more details\u003C\u002Fa> about the idea emerged, revealing a much more transformative use for the contact lens – measuring blood glucose from tears. It was one of the most groundbreaking, futuristic, and promising projects in digital health.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>However, \u003Cstrong>in November 2018, it turned out irrevocably that the project for manufacturing these contact lenses had failed. Alphabet’s company, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bloomberg.com\u002Fnews\u002Farticles\u002F2018-11-16\u002Falphabet-s-verily-halts-diabetes-detecting-contact-lens-project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Verily Life Sciences halted one of its longest-running projects with this announcement\u003C\u002Fa>. The company said that the reason for shutting down the initiative was that it couldn’t get the experimental lens, which measures glucose in tears, to deliver assessments of blood glucose with enough consistency to be used as a medical device\u003C\u002Fstrong>. Although we somewhat expected the disappointing news as there was no word about the undertaking for months, we still had a pinch of hope around the research. All-in-all, the initiative proved to be too much science fiction to be realized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>How far in the future?\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Smart contact lenses seem to surface in the news every now and then, with \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.sciencedaily.com\u002Freleases\u002F2023\u002F03\u002F230309082623.htm\">various use cases\u003C\u002Fa> and development directions, but some of the most serious players \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theverge.com\u002F2023\u002F1\u002F7\u002F23543224\u002Fmojo-vision-smart-contact-lens-microled\" target=\"_blank\">shift their focus\u003C\u002Fa> and give up on the concept. Commercially available smart contact lenses with advanced medical assessment capacities are still at least five years away. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>The future path to everyday practice\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>It might seem like it’s just a matter of time before we see such digital health technologies in practice. However, some promising and available technologies like \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fwhere-are-3d-printed-casts\u002F\">3D-\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fwhere-are-3d-printed-casts\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">printed casts\u003C\u002Fa> with their many advantages aren’t adopted due to several factors from the lack of scientific backing to their manufacturing cost. Others fail to take off because some companies, like Theranos and blood testing, set a negative precedent \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fdigital-health-ventures-that-flew-too-close-to-the-sun\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">at the expense of promising technologies\u003C\u002Fa>. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>But in reality, even if the polished versions were available now, they might not even be adopted. This is because digital health still has several challenges to address before even considering how to integrate those futuristic digital health technologies into everyday practice. How can we talk about nanorobots if we can’t easily access and download our own medical records from a healthcare institution? How can we get patients to use food scanners if it \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fcovid-19-was-needed-for-telemedicine-to-finally-go-mainstream\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">took a pandemic\u003C\u002Fa> to get them to adopt telemedicine? \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Many researchers and startups can come up with amazing engineering solutions, but those are further ahead of the line. They don’t address real-life patient, physician or policymaker needs, and thus those will not be used in practice; at least for now. From the need for a cultural transformation to understanding the implications of digital health, those are \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Flongevity-is-the-future-if-we-tackle-digital-health-first\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">some of the many issues\u003C\u002Fa> that stakeholders in the field need to address first. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cem>Written by Dr. Bertalan Meskó & Dr. Pranavsingh Dhunno\u003C\u002Fem>o\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\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"rendered":190,"protected":20},"\u003Cp>An oncologist administering nanorobots that swim through a patient’s bloodstream to deliver drugs in a highly targeted way. A person on a specific diet scanning their meal with a single device to reveal all of its major nutritional elements. A clinic’s transplant department 3D-printing whole organs. These are scenarios that sound like snippets extracted from a science-fiction novel. 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