[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":318},["ShallowReactive",2],{"slug-marie-kondo-and-digital-health":3},{"post":4,"relatedPosts":193,"relatedBooks":317},{"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":32,"project_category":49,"contact_email_category":50,"yst_prominent_words":51,"class_list":61,"better_featured_image":85,"acf":128,"yoast_meta":137,"_links":140},23036,"2019-02-16T11:00:34","2019-02-16T09:00:34",{"rendered":9},"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F?post_id=23036&_wpnonce=71c3d45e13&status=auto-draft&type=post","2022-05-24T16:43:09","2022-05-24T14:43:09","marie-kondo-and-digital-health","publish","post","https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fmarie-kondo-and-digital-health",{"rendered":17},"Marie Kondo And Digital Health",{"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 2019. THE INFORMATION SHARED IN THE ARTICLE WAS ACCURATE AT THE TIME OF ITS PUBLICATION, BUT IT MAY BE OUT OF DATE NOW.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\n\n\n\u003Cp>The Japanese art of decluttering and tidying up could show medical professionals what they could get rid of in healthcare so the surroundings of patients and care processes could become agreeable. Here, the aim is not to “spark joy” but to make all the activities in healthcare invisible and seamless – no waiting times, no (necessary) medical visits, less administration – to cause as little concern to patients as possible. Let’s see how digital health could help make medicine neat! \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>A fragile Japanese woman and the art of tidying up\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>After Netflix introduced its latest reality show about Marie Kondo, the cute Japanese fairy entering messy U.S. households and helping their inhabitants on their journey to decluttering and tidying their homes, the KonMari method swept through the entire universe, it seems. Of course, the show had great timing – at the beginning of the year people are eager to bring change in their lives – but \u003Cstrong>its rising popularity also shows a human need much deeper than that. If we believe in the philosophy that our environments, our “outsides” reflect on the processes within ourselves on the “insides”, then these simple efforts towards domestic order also mirror our wishes for simplicity, transparency, and tidiness in ourselves in general\u003C\u002Fstrong>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>When Marie Kondo says that we have to take our clothes, books, papers, personal belongings out of the drawers, and only keep the ones that “spark joy”, she encourages us to examine our surroundings with a fresh eye and be more mindful to the material things that support our daily life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"288\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F02\u002FMarie-Kondo_2-512x288.jpg\" alt=\"Marie Kondo\" class=\"wp-image-23040\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F02\u002FMarie-Kondo_2-512x288.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F02\u002FMarie-Kondo_2-370x208.jpg 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F02\u002FMarie-Kondo_2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F02\u002FMarie-Kondo_2.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Source: www.apartmenttherapy.com\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Healthcare\ndoesn’t spark joy\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>What could Marie Kondo bring to healthcare? Could her\nphilosophy be applied anywhere in the medical arena? That’s not inevitable at\nfirst, but the general idea of transparency, simplicity and clear processes\ncould be used anywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>When you have pain in your stomach, when you cannot\nlift your arm, when you feel dizzy, you\nwant to end up in a place that will heal you as fast as possible, and you want\nto be in the hands of people who will treat your case with utmost\nprofessionalism and empathy. However, most of the times, something goes haywire.\n\u003Cstrong>For a starter, you have to wait for\nhours to get to a doctor – or even weeks, if you want to secure an appointment\nat a specific physician -, then you have some medication with side effects,\nperhaps a painful operation and an unpleasant recovery.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>So,\nwhat if Marie Kondo asked us to throw out the clutter from healthcare? What\nwould you throw out to have a more pleasant\npatient journey and a more viable working environment for physicians?\u003C\u002Fstrong> \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>1) Cut back on waiting times\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The first and most annoying phenomenon in healthcare is waiting. \u003Cstrong>You have to wait for the doctor, for your X-ray and CT scan, for the medication or the follow-up appointment. In a Hungarian hospital, patients \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fonkonetwork-drastically-reduces-pre-treatment-waiting-time-oncology-patients\">had to wait 196 days (I repeat it: 196 days!) from the discovery of a cancerous tumor until the oncology team session decided\u003C\u002Fa> about treatment before they introduced a new patient management system\u003C\u002Fstrong>. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Since the introduction of special software and optimization of patient management practices in November 2015, in the Hungarian county of Kaposvár, the average time from the discovery of a cancerous disease until the actual medical consultation about the treatment plan has been reduced drastically from 54 to 21 days. Those 33 days could mean the difference between life and death. These really were just simple steps of following up with patients – calling them to ask how they were and asking them about whether or not they will show up at their appointments – and straightforward instructions on how to behave the most empathetic way possible. The method of carefully examining patient pathways, paying more attention to the details, identifying the pain points and acting on them by introducing “patient management assistants” who follow up with patients, as well as doctors on individual cases, could easily be applied elsewhere, too. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F02\u002FWaiting-Room-512x384.jpg\" alt=\"Marie Kondo\" class=\"wp-image-23038\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F02\u002FWaiting-Room-512x384.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F02\u002FWaiting-Room-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F02\u002FWaiting-Room.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Source: www.kareo.com\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>2) Cut back on medical visits\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>What\nif you could avoid going to the doctor altogether and cut out the entire\nunpleasant experience from your life? That’s what telemedicine and chatbots\nwill offer patients in the future. For example, these \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fchatbots-health-assistants\u002F\">talking or texting smart algorithms might become the\nfirst contact point for primary care\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Cstrong>.\u003C\u002Fstrong> Patients will not get in touch with physicians or\nnurses or any medical professional with every one of their health questions but\nwill turn to chatbots first. If the little medical helper could not comfortably\nrespond to the raised issues, it will transfer the case to a real-life doctor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>And even in that case, the patient might stay in the\ncomfort of their home – with the help of telemedicine. In remote areas and\nregions with scarce medical human resources, the ability to call a doctor on\nSkype or any other online service will be a game-changer. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"288\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F06\u002F012_health_chatbot-512x288.png\" alt=\"Google in healthcare\" class=\"wp-image-20750\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F06\u002F012_health_chatbot-512x288.png 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F06\u002F012_health_chatbot-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F06\u002F012_health_chatbot-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F06\u002F012_health_chatbot-444x250.png 444w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F06\u002F012_health_chatbot.png 870w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>3) Less administration\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.beckershospitalreview.com\u002Fehrs\u002F6-stats-on-ehr-related-physician-burnout-and-7-tips-to-combat-it.html\">Statistics have found\u003C\u002Fa> that half of the physicians’ average workdays are\nspent entering data into EHRs and conducting clerical work, while just 27 percent is spent with actual patients.\nAdministrative work does seem to be clutter. For most of the people, doing\npaperwork does not spark joy – it gives you the satisfaction of easy, mindless\nand achievable work with guaranteed success, but it will genuinely not spark\njoy. So, what can we do to lessen the medical community’s administrative\nburden?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>We should let artificial intelligence undertake these mindless tasks. \u003Cstrong>Repetitive, monotonous assignments without the slightest need for creativity could and should be done by artificial intelligence in the future\u003C\u002Fstrong>. For example, as in the brilliant movie, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.imdb.com\u002Ftitle\u002Ftt1798709\u002F?ref_=fn_al_tt_1\">Her\u003C\u002Fa>, cognitive assistants could \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F10-things-how-artificial-intelligence-could-make-me-a-better-doctor\u002F\">prioritise e-mails in doctors’ inboxes or keep them up-to-date\u003C\u002Fa> with the help of finding the latest and most relevant scientific studies in seconds. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"284\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F01\u002FAdministration-And-EHR-512x284.jpg\" alt=\"Physician burnout\" class=\"wp-image-22871\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F01\u002FAdministration-And-EHR-512x284.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F01\u002FAdministration-And-EHR-768x427.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F01\u002FAdministration-And-EHR.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Source: www.mdainc.com\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>4) Small and sleek digital technologies instead of big, chunky devices\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Look at how much weight the ECG device lost during its\nevolution! The invention of the ECG is usually associated with Dutch physician,\nWillem Einthoven, who first coined the term „electrocardiogram” and built a new\nkind of string galvanometer with very high sensitivity. His device weighed 600\npounds. Later, Frank Sanborn’s company produced the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fecglibrary.com\u002Fecghist.html\">first portable version of the\nelectrocardiogram\u003C\u002Fa> in 1928. It weighed 50 pounds and\nwas powered by a 6-volt automobile battery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>And now, peek at the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fbig-kardia-review-evolution-digital-health\u002F\">Kardia\nAlivecor ECG devices\u003C\u002Fa>! They fit into our palms and weigh less than one\npound. Gadgets have become smaller, more comfortable and more efficient. And\nthere was even an evolution of the various versions of Alivecor devices! For\nexample, the first version of their FDA-approved, medical-grade ECG recorder\nonly works on the iPhone 5; the next generation was already thinner and more\nsophisticated. The latest version is just\na little bit thicker than your credit card. \u003Cstrong>With the transformation of huge, chunky devices into pocket-sized\ndigital equipment, the hospital environment becomes more friendly and more\ntransparent for both patient and doctors – while measuring the same parameters\nand vital signs with the same accuracy\u003C\u002Fstrong>. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"288\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F02\u002FDigital-Health-In-Practice-512x288.jpg\" alt=\"marie kondo\" class=\"wp-image-23039\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F02\u002FDigital-Health-In-Practice-512x288.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F02\u002FDigital-Health-In-Practice-370x208.jpg 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F02\u002FDigital-Health-In-Practice-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F02\u002FDigital-Health-In-Practice.jpg 1180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Source: www.wareable.com\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Digital technologies could help \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fhealthcare-should-be-invisible#search-bar\">make patients the point-of-care for diagnostics\u003C\u002Fa>, bring healthcare from a proactive to a preventive field, provide personalized care for the people not for populations. By\u003C\u002Fstrong> 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 urgency. That’s how we imagine extensive decluttering and tidying in healthcare would look. What would your “KonMari moment in medicine” look like?\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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Here, the aim is not to “spark joy” but to make all the activities in healthcare invisible and inevitable – no waiting times, no (necessary) medical visits, less administration – to cause as little concern to patients as possible. 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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>Artificial intelligence (AI) will redesign complete healthcare systems in the near future, but it will also impact the life of the “average doctor” positively. Let me show you 10 ways AI could make me better at my job.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003C!--more-->\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>AI for a more efficient healthcare\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Automation through AI, robotics or 3D-printing will make healthcare more efficient and more sustainable. These new digital technologies will improve healthcare processes resulting in the earlier and more efficient treatment of patients. It will eventually shift the focus in medicine from treatment to prevention. Moreover, medical professionals will get the chance to move from repetitive, monotonous tasks to challenging, creative assignments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fartificial-intelligence-will-redesign-healthcare\u002F\">AI has certainly more revolutionary potential than simply optimizing processes\u003C\u002Fa>: it can mine medical records or medical images in order to come up with previously unknown implications or signals; design treatment plans for cancer patients or create drugs from existing pills or re-use old drugs for new purposes. But imagine how much time you as a GP would have if the administrative process would be taken care of by an AI-powered system. Your only task would be to concentrate on the patient’s problem! Imagine how much time you as a GP could spare if \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fchatbots-health-assistants\u002F\">healthcare chatbots and instant messaging health apps\u003C\u002Fa> would give answers to simple patient questions, which do not necessarily need the intervention of a medical professional!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"489\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F10\u002Fartificial-decisions.jpg\" alt=\"Artificial Decisions - Artificial Intelligence\" class=\"wp-image-14368\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F10\u002Fartificial-decisions.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F10\u002Fartificial-decisions-370x208.jpg 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F10\u002Fartificial-decisions-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F10\u002Fartificial-decisions-512x288.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F10\u002Fartificial-decisions-445x250.jpg 445w\" 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>She could have been a great doctor!\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>These were exactly the thoughts in my head when I was watching the \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.imdb.com\u002Ftitle\u002Ftt1798709\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">movie Her\u003C\u002Fa> for the second time. I was fascinated again about the scene in which the main character played by Joaquin Phoenix got his new, AI operating system and started working with it. I could not stop thinking about the ways I could use such an AI system in my life and how it actually could make me a better doctor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Don’t get me wrong, I think empathy and great communication with patients can make a doctor better primarily, but as the amount of medical information out there is exponentially growing; as the time for dealing with patients and information is getting shorter, it is becoming humanly impossible to keep up with everything. If I could devote the time it takes now to deal with technology (inputting information, looking for papers, etc.) to patients, that would be a huge step towards becoming better.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>http:\u002F\u002Fyoutu.be\u002FWzV6mXIOVl4\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Through the following 10 ways, AI could make me a better doctor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>1) Eradicate waiting time\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>You would think that waiting time is the exclusive “privilege” of patients and doctors do not have any free moment during their overpacked days. However, suboptimal health care processes not only result in patients sometimes waiting for hours in front of doctors’ offices but also medical professionals losing a lot of time every day waiting for something (a patient, a lab result, etc.). An AI system that makes my schedule as efficient as possible directing me to the next logical task would be a jackpot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>2) Prioritise my emails\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The digital tsunami is upon us. Our inboxes are full of unread messages and it is an everyday challenge not to drown into the ocean of new letters. I deal with about 200 e-mails every single day. I try to teach Gmail how to mark an email important or categorize them automatically into social media messages, newsletters, and personal emails, it’s still a challenge. In Her, the AI system prioritized all the 3000 unread emails in a second. Imagine if we could streamline digital communication completely in line with our needs and if we could share and receive information more efficiently and more accurately without too much effort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>According to a recent report in the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Furldefense.proofpoint.com\u002Fv2\u002Furl?u=https-3A__www.newscientist.com_article_mg23231045-2D700-2Dhow-2Dwe-2Dfell-2Din-2Dlove-2Dwith-2Dour-2Dvoiceactivated-2Dhome-2Dassistants_&d=DwMFAg&c=RAhzPLrCAq19eJdrcQiUVEwFYoMRqGDAXQ_puw5tYjg&r=tg4MUjJUSXB9wyKvQPiVMGkbqK7vQ5O-E3RpyohTek0&m=vxCvIT8IMSUDbFsYKpxKTAEiZqlSAj6qjKwgfDY9u34&s=iJyqNGTs6VAoV8DtCvUZy0ZTpcA6fhb_vsqjueTbw7o&e=\">New Scientist\u003C\u002Fa>, half a million people have professed their love for Alexa, Amazon’s intelligent personal assistant and more than 250,000 have proposed marriage to it. I have to say, I would probably do the same if it could organize my emails that way. (Also, if Scarlett Johansson were to be the voice of the assistant.)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F09\u002Fher_joaquin-phoenix.jpg\" alt=\"Her - Science Fiction - Artificial Intelligence\" class=\"wp-image-14001\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F09\u002Fher_joaquin-phoenix.jpg 800w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F09\u002Fher_joaquin-phoenix-370x208.jpg 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F09\u002Fher_joaquin-phoenix-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F09\u002Fher_joaquin-phoenix-512x288.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F09\u002Fher_joaquin-phoenix-444x250.jpg 444w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3) \u003Cstrong>Find me the information I need\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>I think I have mastered the skill of searching for information online using dozens of Google search operators and different kinds of search engines for different tasks, but it still takes time. What if an AI OS could answer my questions immediately by looking up the answer online?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>More and more intelligent personal assistants, such as Siri on iOS or Alexa for Amazon lead us into the future, and there will be soon highly capable, specialized AI-powered chatbots also in the field of healthcare. Bots like \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.messenger.com\u002Ft\u002F109653792416142\">HealthTap\u003C\u002Fa> or \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.messenger.com\u002Ft\u002FYourDotMD\">Your.Md\u003C\u002Fa> already aim to help patients find a solution to the most common symptoms through AI. \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.safeinbreastfeeding.com\u002Fsafedrugbot-chatbot-medical-assistant\u002F\">Safedrugbot\u003C\u002Fa> embodies a chat messaging service that offers assistant-like support to health professionals, doctors who need appropriate information about the use of drugs during breastfeeding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4) \u003Cstrong>Keep me up-to-date\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>There is too much information out there. Without an appropriate compass, we are lost in the jungle of data. It is even more important to find the most accurate, relevant and up-to-date information when it comes to such a sensitive area as healthcare. That’s why I started \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwebicina.com\u002F\">Webicina\u003C\u002Fa>, which collects the latest news from the best, most reliable sources into one, easily manageable magazine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>On \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\u002Fpubmed\u002F\">Pubmed\u003C\u002Fa>, there are 23 million papers. If I could read 3-4 studies of my field of interest per week, I could not finish it in a lifetime and meanwhile millions of new studies would come out. I need an AI to process the pile of information for me and show me the most relevant papers – and we will get there soon. \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.ibm.com\u002Fsmarterplanet\u002Fus\u002Fen\u002Fibmwatson\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IBM Watson\u003C\u002Fa> can already process a million pages in seconds. This remarkable speed has led to trying Watson in oncology centers to see how helpful it is in making treatment decisions in cancer care.\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\u002F2015\u002F02\u002Fibm-watson_artificial-intelligence.jpg\" alt=\"IBM Watson_Artificial Intelligence\" class=\"wp-image-15782\"\u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">5) \u003Cstrong>Work when I don’t\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>I can fulfill my online tasks (emails, reading papers, searching for information) when I use my PC or laptop, and I can do most of these on my smartphone. When I don’t use any of these, I obviously cannot work. An AI system could work on these when I don’t have any device in hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Imagine that you are playing tennis or doing the dishes at home when an important message comes in. With the help of an AI, you could respond to your boss without the need to touch any devices – a toned down version of Joaquin Phoenix’s AI, that arranged the whole publishing process of his book without the need for him to lift a finger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">6) \u003Cstrong>Help me make hard decisions rational\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>A doctor must face a series of hard decisions every day. The best we can do is to make those decisions as informed as possible. I can ask people whose opinion I value, but basically, that’s it. Unfortunately, you would search the world wide web in vain for certain answers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>But AI-powered algorithms could help in the future. For example, IBM Watson launched its special program for oncologists – and I interviewed one of the professors working with it – which is able to provide clinicians evidence-based treatment options. \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.ibm.com\u002Fwatson\u002Fwatson-oncology.html\">Watson for Oncology\u003C\u002Fa> has an advanced ability to analyze the meaning and context of structured and unstructured data in clinical notes and reports that may be critical to selecting a treatment pathway. So, AI is not making the decision per se but offers you the most rational options.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"595\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2015\u002F02\u002Fai-options.jpg\" alt=\"AI options - Artificial Intelligence\" class=\"wp-image-15784\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2015\u002F02\u002Fai-options.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2015\u002F02\u002Fai-options-768x525.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2015\u002F02\u002Fai-options-512x350.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2015\u002F02\u002Fai-options-366x250.jpg 366w\" 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\">7) \u003Cstrong>Help patients with urgent matters reach me\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>A doctor has a lot of calls, in-person questions, emails and even messages from social media channels on a daily basis. In this noise of information, not every urgent matter can reach you. What if an AI OS could select the crucial ones out of the mess and direct your attention to it when it’s actually needed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Moreover, if you look at the patient side, you will see how long is the route from recognizing symptoms at home until reaching out to a specialist. For example, in the Hungarian county of Kaposvár, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fonkonetwork-drastically-reduces-pre-treatment-waiting-time-oncology-patients\u002F\">the average time from the discovery of a cancerous disease until the actual medical consultation about the treatment plan was 54 days\u003C\u002Fa>. This alarming number has been drastically reduced to 21 days with the help of a special software and by optimizing patient management practices since November 2015. Imagine, though, what earthquake-like changes AI could bring into patient management if the usage of a simpler process management tool and follow-up system could halve the waiting time!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">8) \u003Cstrong>Help me improve over time\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>People, even those who work on becoming better at their job, make the same mistakes over and over again. What if by discussing every challenging task or decision with an AI, I could improve the quality of my job. Just look at the following:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>97% of healthcare invoices in the Netherlands are digital containing data regarding the treatment, the doctor, and the hospital. These invoices could be easily retrieved. A local company, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.zorgprismapubliek.nl\u002F\">Zorgprisma Publiek\u003C\u002Fa> analyzes the invoices and uses IBM Watson in the cloud to mine the data. They can tell if a doctor, clinic or hospital makes mistakes repetitively in treating a certain type of condition in order to help them improve and avoid unnecessary hospitalizations of patients.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"489\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2015\u002F02\u002Fzorgprisma.jpg\" alt=\"Zorgprisma - Artificial Intelligence\" class=\"wp-image-15785\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2015\u002F02\u002Fzorgprisma.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2015\u002F02\u002Fzorgprisma-370x208.jpg 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2015\u002F02\u002Fzorgprisma-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2015\u002F02\u002Fzorgprisma-512x288.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2015\u002F02\u002Fzorgprisma-444x250.jpg 444w\" 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\">9) \u003Cstrong>Help me collaborate more\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Sometimes I’m wondering how many researchers, doctors, nurses or patients are thinking about the same issues in healthcare as I do. At those times, I imagine that I have an AI by my side, which helps me find the most potential collaborators and invite them to work together with me for a better future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Clinical and research collaborations are crucial to find the best solutions for arising problems, however, more often than not, it is difficult to find the most relevant partners. There are already efforts to change this. For example, in the field of clinical trials, \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Ftrialreach.com\u002F\">TrialReach\u003C\u002Fa> tries to bridge the gap between patients and researchers who are developing new drugs. If more patients have a chance to participate in trials, they might become more engaged with potential treatments or even be able to access new treatments before they become FDA approved and freely available.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">10) \u003Cstrong>Do administrative work\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Quite an essential percentage of an average day of a doctor is spent with administrative stuff. An AI could learn how to do it properly and do it better than me by time. This is the area where AI could impact healthcare the most. Repetitive, monotonous tasks without the slightest need for creativity could and should be done by artificial intelligence. There are already great examples leaning towards this trend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>IBM launched another algorithm called \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fresearcher.watson.ibm.com\u002Fresearcher\u002Fview_group.php?id=4384\">Medical Sieve\u003C\u002Fa>. It is an ambitious long-term exploratory project to build a next generation “cognitive assistant” with analytical, reasoning capabilities and a wide range of clinical knowledge. Medical Sieve is qualified to assist in clinical decision making in radiology and cardiology.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"489\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2015\u002F02\u002Faaeaaqaaaaaaaajqaaaajdvhnzjjotu2lwe2owqtndjkos05yjbmltuyzmmwntnhywizyg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15790\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2015\u002F02\u002Faaeaaqaaaaaaaajqaaaajdvhnzjjotu2lwe2owqtndjkos05yjbmltuyzmmwntnhywizyg.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2015\u002F02\u002Faaeaaqaaaaaaaajqaaaajdvhnzjjotu2lwe2owqtndjkos05yjbmltuyzmmwntnhywizyg-370x208.jpg 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2015\u002F02\u002Faaeaaqaaaaaaaajqaaaajdvhnzjjotu2lwe2owqtndjkos05yjbmltuyzmmwntnhywizyg-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2015\u002F02\u002Faaeaaqaaaaaaaajqaaaajdvhnzjjotu2lwe2owqtndjkos05yjbmltuyzmmwntnhywizyg-512x288.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2015\u002F02\u002Faaeaaqaaaaaaaajqaaaajdvhnzjjotu2lwe2owqtndjkos05yjbmltuyzmmwntnhywizyg-445x250.jpg 445w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Many fear that algorithms and artificial intelligence will take the jobs of medical professionals in the future. I highly doubt it. Instead of replacing doctors, AI will augment them and make them better at their jobs. 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