[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":305},["ShallowReactive",2],{"slug-revolution-access-healthcare-diy-labs-makerspaces":3},{"post":4,"relatedPosts":179,"relatedBooks":304},{"id":5,"date":6,"date_gmt":7,"guid":8,"modified":10,"modified_gmt":11,"slug":12,"status":13,"type":14,"link":15,"title":16,"content":18,"excerpt":21,"author":23,"featured_media":24,"comment_status":25,"ping_status":25,"sticky":26,"template":27,"format":28,"meta":29,"categories":30,"tags":33,"project_category":45,"contact_email_category":46,"yst_prominent_words":47,"class_list":56,"better_featured_image":76,"acf":114,"yoast_meta":123,"_links":126},16907,"2018-01-04T10:00:04","2018-01-04T08:00:04",{"rendered":9},"http:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F?p=16907","2022-02-01T09:08:41","2022-02-01T08:08:41","revolution-access-healthcare-diy-labs-makerspaces","publish","post","https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Frevolution-access-healthcare-diy-labs-makerspaces",{"rendered":17},"A Revolution in Access to Healthcare: DIY Labs and Makerspaces",{"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 THE INFORMATION SHARED IN THE ARTICLE WAS ACCURATE AT THE TIME OF ITS PUBLICATION, BUT IT MAY BE OUT OF DATE NOW.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>Makerspaces, DIY labs and communities for fabricating objects are multiplying at an unimaginable speed. As such spaces, equipped with 3D printers, laser cutters and many other digital tools, are perfect for building health sensors or medical alert systems, The Medical Futurist team had to experiment with it. I cannot be more enthusiastic about both the idea and its realization!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003C!--more-->\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Technology and know-how for everyone\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cem>I’m curious about how things go today, but I have to warn you that I’m technologically challenged\u003C\u002Fem>, said a member of The Medical Futurist team at the start of our Makerspace workshop. That was the sentence when the organizers’ eyes started to kindle with joy as their ultimate mission is to show how the power of technology is within reach for everyone – and not only those who were able to play music postcards with the help of large potatoes and some wire already when they were five years old.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>While several years ago it was the privilege of tech-savvy researchers to experiment with robots or medical devices behind closed doors, the situation has since changed profoundly. The spread of social media, crowdsourcing and DIY technologies demolished the barriers to know-how and raw materials. This not only paved the way for enthusiastic amateur gadgeteers to make simple devices at home for their own pleasure but also to solve health problems with the power of community and technology within the frames of Makerspaces or DIY laboratories.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"435\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F01\u002Fmakerspace-tmf.jpg\" alt=\"Makerspace\" class=\"wp-image-16910\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F01\u002Fmakerspace-tmf.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F01\u002Fmakerspace-tmf-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F01\u002Fmakerspace-tmf-512x256.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F01\u002Fmakerspace-tmf-458x229.jpg 458w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>From #wearenotwaiting through 3D printing to Makerspaces\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In the case of medicine and healthcare, the availability of know-how, raw materials, and an active community not only means the chance for at-home-gadgeteering, but also for working out long-term solutions for serious medical conditions outside of the traditional „ivory tower of medical knowledge”. Our favorite example is the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fliving-with-an-artificial-pancreas\u002F\">#wearenotwaiting Twitter-movement for patients suffering from diabetes\u003C\u002Fa>. The initiator of the community, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fliving-with-an-artificial-pancreas\u002F\">Dana Lewis\u003C\u002Fa>, and her husband built a so-called artificial pancreas at home and started to spread the blueprints and know-how on Twitter to other diabetes patients – without waiting for the approval of the FDA or any other agency. Why? Because it works and patients needed it. Dana had been using the device for almost two years by the time the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bloomberg.com\u002Fnews\u002Farticles\u002F2016-09-28\u002Fartificial-pancreas-approved-by-fda-is-first-such-device-in-u-s\">US Food and Drug Administration finally approved it.\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The invention of the 3D printing means another great tool for making people’s lives better outside mainstream medicine. With the help of 3D printers, anyone can create solid three-dimensional objects from a digital file using the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002F3dprinting.com\u002Fwhat-is-3d-printing\u002F\">innovative process called additive manufacturing\u003C\u002Fa>. Just look at the \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fenablingthefuture.org\u002F\">e-NABLING the Future project\u003C\u002Fa>. As Jennifer Owen, the owner of the website describes its essence, it is basically a global network of passionate volunteers who by sharing 3-D printing designs, video tutorials and other information about building prosthetic hands enable volunteers, doctors or anyone on the field to make a difference by literally “giving a helping hand” to those in need.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>While digital technologies make the spread of know-how, raw materials and tools possible, the power of community materializes in DIY laboratories, Makerspaces and certainly online.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"658\" height=\"438\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F07\u002Fmedical_3d_printing_technologies.jpg\" alt=\"Medical 3D printing technologies\" class=\"wp-image-13477\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F07\u002Fmedical_3d_printing_technologies.jpg 658w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F07\u002Fmedical_3d_printing_technologies-512x341.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F07\u002Fmedical_3d_printing_technologies-376x250.jpg 376w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 658px) 100vw, 658px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>The Maker Movement is flourishing\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The community of „Makers”, individuals crafting objects by themselves with the help of available tools and shared knowledge, has been growing steadily for the last 15-20 years. The launch of the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMake_(magazine)\">Make\u003C\u002Fa> magazine in 2005 followed by the first \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmakerfaire.com\u002F\">Maker Faire\u003C\u002Fa> the next year institutionalized the practice. MIT’s \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Ffab.cba.mit.edu\u002F\">FabLabs\u003C\u002Fa> – laboratories to fabricate things – \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcuriositycommons.wordpress.com\u002Fa-brief-history-of-makerspaces\u002F\">exerted a significant influence on the Maker movement\u003C\u002Fa> and on their central venues, the Makerspaces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>These are spaces to realize futuristic ideas and the concept of learning-by-doing through 3D-printing, robotics, electronics, woodworking, laser cutting, programming or any of these combinations surrounded by a supportive community. It is ideal for getting students familiarized with science and technology as well as for building the first prototype product for a start-up. The concept of the Makerspace is so successful that larger companies such as \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.huffingtonpost.com\u002Fbrit-morin\u002Fwhat-is-the-maker-movemen_b_3201977.html\">GE wanted to be a part of it as well\u003C\u002Fa>. The company started “\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.ge.com\u002Fgarages\u002F\">GE Garages\u003C\u002Fa>,” spaces where makers can come and learn modern ways of prototyping and manufacturing new products using devices like laser cutters and 3D printers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"581\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F01\u002Fmaker-movement-2.jpg\" alt=\"Makerspace\" class=\"wp-image-16924\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F01\u002Fmaker-movement-2.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F01\u002Fmaker-movement-2-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F01\u002Fmaker-movement-2-512x342.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F01\u002Fmaker-movement-2-375x250.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>DIY medical alert systems and insulin pump clips\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Makerspaces are ideal for solving medical issues that are out of sight for mainstream healthcare providers. A website called \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fhackaday.io\u002F\">Hackaday.io\u003C\u002Fa> collecting every kind of DIY solutions presents plenty of ingenious „hacks” – simply clever and\u002For highly technical tackling of everyday problems – connected to the medical field. For example, there is a project aiming to replace highly expensive medical alert systems with \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fhackaday.io\u002Fproject\u002F10441-affordable-medical-alert-system\">an affordable version, a wireless pendant communicating with a base device being able to call emergency services, the user’s family or both\u003C\u002Fa>. Another enthusiastic maker \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fhackaday.io\u002Fproject\u002F12307-medtronic-minimed-insulin-pump-clip\">created a clip for a friend suffering from diabetes which keeps breaking the Medtronic MiniMed insulin pump clip\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Yet another undertaking uses the potential of Arduino, an open-source electronic prototyping platform enabling users to create interactive electronic objects, to \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fhackaday.io\u002Fproject\u002F12149-an-arduino-based-medical-tricorder\">create a medical tricorder\u003C\u002Fa>. The device is meant to measure important health parameters such as pulse, temperature, respiration rate as well as biomarkers like glucose and cholesterol. This is the dream of every diagnostician, so I hope that the project will be successful very soon! The building of diagnostic tools inspires plenty of other undertakings as well. The team of \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fhackaday.io\u002Fproject\u002F2387-hospital-in-a-toilet\">Hospital in a Toilet\u003C\u002Fa> is designing a daily urinalysis device helping e.g. diabetes patients monitor their condition through a different combination of sensors.\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\u002F2018\u002F01\u002FArduino-Medical-Projects-1.jpg\" alt=\"Makerspace\" class=\"wp-image-16915\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F01\u002FArduino-Medical-Projects-1.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F01\u002FArduino-Medical-Projects-1-370x208.jpg 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F01\u002FArduino-Medical-Projects-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F01\u002FArduino-Medical-Projects-1-512x288.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F01\u002FArduino-Medical-Projects-1-444x250.jpg 444w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The possibilities for making stuff are so endless that \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.technologyreview.com\u002Fs\u002F603217\u002Fone-mans-quest-to-hack-his-own-genes\u002F\">Brien Henley already started a quest to „hack” his own genes\u003C\u002Fa>. While such a risky experiment carries a lot of ethical issues, the phenomenon illustrates perfectly how individuals outside the traditional stream of science and healthcare challenge the frontiers of medicine and the conventional ways of providing healthcare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>The Medical Futurist team in a Makerspace equals health sensors\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Luckily, the Maker Movement reached Central Europe as well: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.makerspace.hu\u002F\">Makerspace Budapest\u003C\u002Fa> organizes workshops for prospective engineers, scientists, thinkers, and creators, while it aims to promote the maker movement too. As its founder, Peter Fuchs said, \u003Cem>the real beauty of a Makerspace is that they can offer something new to everyone.\u003C\u002Fem> If you are a 3D printing guru you might be enthralled with the laser cutter or a CNC sewing machine, if you are an expert programmer who loves IoT devices, you can get lost in the wood or metal workshop to form a working prototype box.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In December, The Medical Futurist team decided to get lost in a Makerspace. The story and the endless possibilities intrigued us so much that we just had to go and see for ourselves how things work in such an inspiring environment. Moreover, we thought experimenting with health sensors or 3D printing is an excellent occasion for team building.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-full wp-image-16916\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"545\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F01\u002Ftmf-in-makerspace.jpg\" alt=\"Makerspace\" class=\"wp-image-16916\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F01\u002Ftmf-in-makerspace.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F01\u002Ftmf-in-makerspace-768x481.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F01\u002Ftmf-in-makerspace-512x321.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F01\u002Ftmf-in-makerspace-399x250.jpg 399w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>The Medical Futurist team and Makerspace Budapest’s colleagues in Makerspace Budapest with 3D printers in the background\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Makerspace Budapest organized an awesome day where we had to design health sensors that make patients the point-of-care even on Mars! One of our teams built a sensor with the help of Arduino which is able to measure lung capacity. The pressure sensor, which you can see below, was adjusted to a team member’s known lung capacity result. It was amazing to see that with the guidance of professionals, truly anyone is able to build health sensors and small vital sign monitoring devices. The day-long workshop proved us that anyone can peek into the wonders of science and engineering; and with the right tools, even the wildest ideas come true.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"256\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F01\u002Flung-pressure-sensor-256x512.jpg\" alt=\"Makerspace\" class=\"wp-image-16919\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F01\u002Flung-pressure-sensor-256x512.jpg 256w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F01\u002Flung-pressure-sensor-125x250.jpg 125w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F01\u002Flung-pressure-sensor-768x1536.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F01\u002Flung-pressure-sensor.jpg 435w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"256\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F01\u002Ftmf-phone-case-256x512.jpg\" alt=\"Makerspace\" class=\"wp-image-16920\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F01\u002Ftmf-phone-case-256x512.jpg 256w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F01\u002Ftmf-phone-case-125x250.jpg 125w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F01\u002Ftmf-phone-case-768x1536.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F01\u002Ftmf-phone-case.jpg 435w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>The end of the medical world as we know it?\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Makerspaces, DIY labs, and digital technologies enable individuals to enter the ivory tower of medicine, which for centuries has only been open for doctors, nurses, medical engineers and healthcare professionals in general. It is a groundbreaking phenomenon since the idea of who can access medical knowledge was intact for centuries. While regulatory agencies have the enormous task to respond to changes in a timely manner, the most important is to react well. As a response to the safety concerns around DIY gene therapies, the Food and Drug Administration issued a warning that selling such products to consumers is against the law. However, I’m not convinced that stern prohibition could hinder experiments with \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.statnews.com\u002F2016\u002F03\u002F14\u002Fcrispr-do-it-yourself\u002F\">DIY CRISPR\u003C\u002Fa> or other risky health projects.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The FDA should rather make way for the latest tools and initiatives bearing in mind safety and security as well as innovative, patient-friendly solutions. For example, I fully embrace its stance towards 3D printing. In 2017, FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb released \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.fda.gov\u002FNewsEvents\u002FNewsroom\u002FPressAnnouncements\u002Fucm587547.htm\">a statement\u003C\u002Fa> reaffirming the agency’s commitment to a “\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002F3dprintingindustry.com\u002Fnews\u002Ffda-makes-statement-concerning-future-3d-printing-medicine-125627\u002F\">new era of 3D printing of medical products\u003C\u002Fa>.” The document shows its confidence about the further spread of 3D printing in medicine and healthcare, and it also demonstrates its preparation for the coming developments in synthetic organ production and biomedical additive manufacturing. Thus, I hope the FDA, as well as other regulatory agencies, will adjust their viewpoint so as to include the innovations of Makerspaces and DIY labs into everyday medicine and healthcare as widely as possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Because if they don’t do so, patients will find their own way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fthemedicalfuturist.us8.list-manage.com\u002Fsubscribe?u=5b42ebb547c75ff669a6572d3&id=efd6a3cd08\">\u003Cb>Subscribe To The Medical Futurist℠ Newsletter\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\u003Cli>News shaping the future of healthcare\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>Advice on taking charge of your health\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>Reviews of the latest health technology\u003C\u002Fli>\u003C\u002Ful>\n\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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As such spaces, equipped with 3D printers, laser cutters and many other digital tools, are perfect for building health sensors or medical alert systems, The Medical Futurist team had to experiment with it. 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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>Your life and the lives of your loved ones depend on a massive amount of luck. The Medical Futurist team wants to help you reduce the role of that through the use of digital health technologies. We have launched a comprehensive campaign, From Chance To Choice, for every stakeholder in healthcare who wants to use innovative digital solutions that lead to informed decisions about our health or disease.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003C!--more-->\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>The power of taking actions with technology\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Hugo Campos, a visual designer and creative director, became famous for his fight to obtain the data generated by his implanted defibrillator. Although his life depends on the device, after losing his health insurance, the defibrillator’s manufacturer denied him the data. As a Quantified Self-man who wants to measure his health parameters and reduce the risk of contingencies, Campos paid to take a course on cardiac rhythm management and purchased a pacemaker programmer on eBay. That gave him access to the implant, restored his autonomy and right to self–protection, as he himself claimed. Actually, he might be the only pacemaker–defibrillator patient with the ability to interrogate his own implant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>His story is about how to take matters into your hands when it’s about your own health. No matter whether that means going against a company decision trying the almost impossible. In this battle, technology is on our side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-full wp-image-20909\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"580\" src=\"http:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F06\u002Fkern-161211-hugo_campos_260.jpg\" alt=\"From Chance To Choice\" class=\"wp-image-20909\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F06\u002Fkern-161211-hugo_campos_260.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F06\u002Fkern-161211-hugo_campos_260-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F06\u002Fkern-161211-hugo_campos_260-512x341.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Medicine X | CITIZEN Hugo Campos. Source: https:\u002F\u002Fmedicinex.stanford.edu\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>The need to move from chance to choice\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Hugo Campos said he managed to “restore his autonomy”, others say he as a patient empowered himself through data and technology. No matter which expression you choose, the crucial point is that he cut out uncontrollable factors from his environment which could have negatively influenced his health. While you don’t have to take a course on cardiac rhythm management to be able to take ownership for your health, with some steps you could reduce the amount of uncertainty and contingency regarding your care.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Do you think you don’t have to? Don’t you see how luck could get in the way of your health? Think about it!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>If you fall ill, you will receive treatments if you feel a symptom in the right time, gain access to care in due time, get appropriate tests done reliably, your doctor makes the best decision for you based on one of the millions of medical papers out there, and you adhere fully to the therapy. Moreover, environmental effects and lifestyle choices have a massive impact on your quality of life. Can you count how many different parameters determine your patient pathway? Do you know how many can you influence?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>We should not accept this. That’s why we launch an international campaign to get From Chance To Choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>How to reduce the role of luck in healthcare?\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The Medical Futurist team wants to help decrease the role of the unforeseen in healthcare through the use of digital health technologies. That’s why \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Ffrom-chance-to-choice\">we have launched an international, long-term campaign for every stakeholder in healthcare\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>No matter whether you’re a patient, a physician, a policy-maker, a researcher, a developer, a techy or a pharma company, we will have practical tools for you about taking matters into your hand to make healthcare more predictable, and as a result more efficient and more preventive.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Ask Me About Digital\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>As the first step, we launched the “Ask Me About Digital” campaign to facilitate the doctor-patient communication about digital tools.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Nowadays, if someone is diagnosed with an illness or has a symptom, they immediately turn to Google and try to find information online. However, more often than not, patients cannot discuss with their caregivers what they stumbled upon on the web or the data they measured with their health sensors at home, as they don’t know whether physicians are open to it, or they have already had a bad experience. We are eager to change that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>That’s why we designed a badge for physicians who are open to discussing websites, apps, health sensors, wearables, etc. We already sent it out to the most enthusiastic GP’s to India, Hungary, and the US. To our utmost pleasure, we have already received the first positive stories!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"489\" src=\"http:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F06\u002FAsk-Me-About-Digital-1.jpg\" alt=\"From Chance To Choice\" class=\"wp-image-20918\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F06\u002FAsk-Me-About-Digital-1.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F06\u002FAsk-Me-About-Digital-1-370x208.jpg 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F06\u002FAsk-Me-About-Digital-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F06\u002FAsk-Me-About-Digital-1-512x288.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Dr. Zsuzsanna Varga, a primary care physician in Budapest, put the Ask Me About Digital sticker on her door. She said that “\u003Cem>a \u003C\u002Fem>\u003Cem>young girl came in the other day who saw the badge earlier that week, so she was brave enough to come in and show me the pictures she took with her phone on her urticaria that only comes in the morning.\u003C\u002Fem> The patient also told me about how she googled her symptoms but couldn’t find any reasonable explanation. She was happy about the badge because she has mixed experiences of googling and interpreting it to healthcare practitioners. I think it’s a great possibility to get closer to younger generations because she felt safe and understood, so she won’t be hesitating next time she has any problem”.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image wp-image-20959\">\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"384\" height=\"512\" src=\"http:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F06\u002Fdr-varga-zsuzsanna-384x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20959\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F06\u002Fdr-varga-zsuzsanna-384x512.jpg 384w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F06\u002Fdr-varga-zsuzsanna-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F06\u002Fdr-varga-zsuzsanna.jpg 653w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Dr. Zsuzsanna Varga with her colleague\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image wp-image-20961 size-large\">\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"359\" height=\"512\" src=\"http:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F06\u002Fdr-vernes-réka-1-359x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20961\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F06\u002Fdr-vernes-réka-1-359x512.jpg 359w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F06\u002Fdr-vernes-réka-1.jpg 364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 359px) 100vw, 359px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Dr. Réka Vernes putting the badge on her door\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>If you are a patient and see the badge on the door of your primary care physician, \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Faskmeaboutdigital.com\">here is what you can expect\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>If you want to stick the Ask Me About Digital badge on your door, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F02\u002F0531_amad_badge_info.pdf\">click here\u003C\u002Fa> (and \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F02\u002F0507_amad_badge_print_cmyk_002.pdf\">here is the PDF\u003C\u002Fa> to upload based on the description). If you want to get a sticker from us for free, send your postal address (Country, city, zip code, address, name) to badge@medicalfuturist.com.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>To be continued…\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh1>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Our campaign train will not stop here. We can’t wait to present you our toolkit for physicians, policy-makers, pharma companies and other stakeholders in healthcare. Let’s move together from chance to choice! Join the discussion by using the hashtag #fromchancetochoice on every channel.\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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