[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":322},["ShallowReactive",2],{"slug-the-history-of-the-future-of-medicine-remote-care":3},{"post":4,"relatedPosts":188,"relatedBooks":321},{"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":34,"project_category":48,"contact_email_category":49,"yst_prominent_words":50,"class_list":56,"better_featured_image":79,"acf":123,"yoast_meta":132,"_links":135},22457,"2018-12-08T11:33:03","2018-12-08T09:33:03",{"rendered":9},"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F","2022-05-27T10:25:48","2022-05-27T08:25:48","the-history-of-the-future-of-medicine-remote-care","publish","post","https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fthe-history-of-the-future-of-medicine-remote-care",{"rendered":17},"The History Of The Future Of Medicine – Remote Care",{"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 THE INFORMATION SHARED IN THE ARTICLE WAS ACCURATE AT THE TIME OF ITS PUBLICATION, BUT IT MAY BE OUT OF DATE NOW.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>Verne imagined sensitive mirrors connected by wire as devices for telecommunication, a German technologist, Hugo Gernsback went for the “teledactyle” allowing doctors to not only see their patients through a view screen but also to touch them from miles away with spindly robot arms. These concepts help us understand the development curve of telemedicine and what we could expect in the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003C!--more-->\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Verne imagined landing on the Moon\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Past visionaries have always been very imaginative when it came to pushing the outermost boundaries of humankind even further off the usual. One of the most genius thinkers was French writer and father of science fiction, Jules Verne. He mentioned one hundred and eight sci-fi concepts and inventions in his vast oeuvre – \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmult-kor.hu\u002Fa-20-szazad-szamos-talalmanyat-elore-megjosolta-jules-verne-20180208\">seventy was already realized\u003C\u002Fa>: the spaceship, the television, the machine gun, air conditioning or the atomic bomb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>He fantasized about a colossal submarine powered by electricity crisscrossing the oceans, the Nautilus, decades before the modern submarine was built. \u003Cstrong>He drew up the concept of space travel in his tale \u003Cem>From The Earth To The Moon\u003C\u002Fem>. Not only that but he also gave calculations and described the entire process: a capsule called “projectile” is fired off into space. \u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Cstrong>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fbureautijdenruimte.nl\u002Fschoolofforesight\u002Fnl\u002F2012\u002F11\u002F21\u002Fvisionaries-of-the-future-jules-verne-2\u002F\">He guessed it would be the Americans who’d do it and foretold the place of launch right within 50 miles\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Cstrong>: a facility in South Florida\u003C\u002Fstrong>. Also, he imagined the capsule to splash down in the ocean and to be recovered from the sea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Regarding communication technology, Verne predicted that news would be read out to people instead of written down in newspapers, and in his article \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.goodreads.com\u002Fbook\u002Fshow\u002F78735.In_the_Year_2889\">\u003Cem>In the Year 2889\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fa>, he described the “phonotelephote”—a \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fnews.nationalgeographic.com\u002Fnews\u002F2011\u002F02\u002Fpictures\u002F110208-jules-verne-google-doodle-183rd-birthday-anniversary\u002F\">forerunner to today’s video conferencing technologies\u003C\u002Fa>. The device allowed “the transmission of images using sensitive mirrors connected by wires,” Verne wrote. He was the first to daydream about conference calls – and thus the technology enabling telemedicine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image wp-image-22459\">\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"283\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F11\u002FDiagram-of-the-interior-of-Vernes-projectile.jpg\" alt=\"telemedicine\" class=\"wp-image-22459\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F11\u002FDiagram-of-the-interior-of-Vernes-projectile.jpg 600w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F11\u002FDiagram-of-the-interior-of-Vernes-projectile-512x241.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Diagram of the interior of Verne’s “projectile”. Source: https:\u002F\u002Fscifi.stackexchange.com\u002F\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>The teledactyle is ready for patients\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The one who translated the idea of the “phonotelephote” into medicine was called Hugo Gernsback. At the dawn of the radio age, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.smithsonianmag.com\u002Fhistory\u002Ftelemedicine-predicted-in-1925-124140942\u002F\">in 1925, the never-resting German technologist invented the concept of the “teledactyle”\u003C\u002Fa> that \u003Cstrong>would allow doctors not only to see their patients through a view screen but also touch them from miles away with spindly robot arms. As Gernsback explained it, the device would have made it possible to “feel at a distance”. He basically described the function and aim of telemedicine – going a “tiny bit” further than technology would allow it today\u003C\u002Fstrong>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>He wrote that “\u003Cem>The doctor of the future, by means of this instrument, will be able to feel his patient, as it were, at a distance. The doctor manipulates his controls, which are then manipulated at the patient’s room in exactly the same manner. The doctor sees what is going on in the patient’s room by means of a television screen. Every move that the doctor makes with the controls is duplicated by radio at a distance. Whenever the patient’s teledactyle meets with resistance, the doctor’s distant controls meet with the same resistance. The distant controls are sensitive to sound and heat, all important to the future diagnosis\u003C\u002Fem>.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Thus, the “teledactyle” was actually much more than telemedicine today – sensing the patient not only through vision and hearing, but also touch. Humanity is unfortunately not as advanced as several decades ago futurists thought it would be, but who knows, maybe we’ll get there at some point. Just look at the concept of the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcutecircuit.com\u002Fthe-hug-shirt\u002F\">Hug Shirt\u003C\u002Fa>! It allows people to send hugs over distance – just like a text message. It can feel the strength, duration, and location of the touch, skin warmth, and the heart rate of the sender. The actuators then recreate the same touch sensation on the shirt worn by the distant loved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-full wp-image-22460\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"740\" height=\"417\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F11\u002FTeledactyle.jpg\" alt=\"telemedicine\" class=\"wp-image-22460\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F11\u002FTeledactyle.jpg 740w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F11\u002FTeledactyle-370x208.jpg 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F11\u002FTeledactyle-512x289.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Source: www.labr-mg.org.br\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>NASA and the Erl-King\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>It is evident that the demand for effective home-based care has been around for centuries. The tragic ballad by the German poet, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.poemhunter.com\u002Fpoem\u002Fthe-erl-king\u002F\">The Erl-King\u003C\u002Fa>, would not have been written if telemedicine had been around. According to the story, a dad gallops through dark forests in the night to bring his son to the doctor. The little boy is hallucinating due to fever, most likely, and imagines the Erl-King calling him. It’s a hauntingly beautiful poem – but wouldn’t it be much better if the boy could have stayed at home and received medication without the need to go anywhere?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Alternative ways were sought to solve these burning issues from the dawn of technological advancement – and that’s where telemedicine jumps in. \u003Cstrong>Already an \u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Cstrong>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\u002Fbooks\u002FNBK207141\u002F\">1879 article in the \u003Cem>Lancet\u003C\u002Fem> talked about using the telephone\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Cstrong> to reduce unnecessary office visits. Every invention was tried at how it fits the medical arena. For example, since the 1920s, the radio has been used to give medical advice to clinics on ships. Later on, in the 1950s, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog.evisit.com\u002Fhistory-telemedicine-infographic\">medical personnel started doing experiments with closed-circuit television\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fstrong>. Probably one of the earliest and most famous uses of hospital-based telemedicine was in the late 1950s and early 1960s when a closed-circuit television link was established between the Nebraska Psychiatric Institute and Norfolk State Hospital for psychiatric consultations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Nevertheless, many technologies had to be perfected to make telemedicine possible on a wide scale. Thus, it is absolutely not surprising that space research was the area where the method developed fully. In the 1970s, NASA first began performing physiologic monitoring over distance. Then further developed this technology with a pilot with the Papago Indians, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\u002Fpubmed\u002F17697507\">the Space Technology Applied to Rural Papago Advanced Health Care (STARPAHC) project\u003C\u002Fa> – and truly demonstrated the feasibility of a consortium of public and private partners working together to provide medical care to remote populations via telecommunication.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone wp-image-22461\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"714\" height=\"493\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F11\u002FErlkoenig_Schwind.jpg\" alt=\"telemedicine\" class=\"wp-image-22461\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F11\u002FErlkoenig_Schwind.jpg 714w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F11\u002FErlkoenig_Schwind-512x354.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 714px) 100vw, 714px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Moritz von Schwind: Erlkönig. Illustration.\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Defibrillation on the phone, eVisits and the point of care\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>June 25, 1989, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.jstor.org\u002Fstable\u002F3426935?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents\">marked a real breakthrough in telemedicine\u003C\u002Fa>. That was \u003Cstrong>the first time a patient was successfully defibrillated by telephone – and that was just a beginning of the myriads of ways how phones could play a role in telemedicine.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Cstrong> The advancement of telecommunication technologies brought new forms of patient-doctor remote communication all the time\u003C\u002Fstrong>. With the appearance of the World Wide Web, sending electronic messages became the new norm of exchanging information. Afterward, video chat programs such as Skype appeared. The practice of telemedicine spread around, and soon humanity woke up to the fact that eVisits are possible on our smartphones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>You don’t need to go to a hospital or any other healthcare facility, you can be anywhere on the planet. That’s the main difference in how earlier visions pictured telemedicine and how it finally evolved. The “teledactyle” imagines the patient in a medical setting, so they imagined the point-of-care remaining mainly the hospital room – or perhaps the home of the bedridden patient. Thus, there is no mobility here: everyone from the patient until the doctor – even the nurse in the background – stays in their lane. Moreover, Gernsback’s vision shows no change in the medical methods: the patient is examined with touch, sound, and a “remote stethoscope”.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone wp-image-22462\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"670\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F11\u002FDoctor-With-Smartphone.jpg\" alt=\"telemedicine\" class=\"wp-image-22462\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F11\u002FDoctor-With-Smartphone.jpg 670w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F11\u002FDoctor-With-Smartphone-512x275.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>www.foley.com\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Telemedicine will disappear, personal visits will gain higher value\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In the end, \u003Cstrong>telemedicine materialized quite differently as the “teledactyle” predicted it, and we should recognize how much human behavior changed and how the meaning of “medical care settings” transformed\u003C\u002Fstrong>. We are not bound by hospital rooms – either physically, or mentally. Telemedicine is mostly about receiving medical care through phone, video or chat anywhere in the whole wide world. Moreover, with the prevalence of trackers, wearables and health sensors, the measurement of data, as well as the retrieval of archived data with the help of the EMRs, is possible – thus the traditional examination methods are on their way out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>At the same time, telemedicine is soaring, and the phenomenon will most likely not slow down in the future. It is projected that it will \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog.evisit.com\u002Fhistory-telemedicine-infographic\">evolve into a $34 billion industry by 2020\u003C\u002Fa> and further integrates into healthcare becoming a crucial part of everyday medicine. In the future, the telemedical process is most likely to be a lot more efficient. Thus, the patient will be the point of care turning to the physician via any kind of platform sharing text, sound or video. A lot of background information will already be available to the doctor even in the case of new patients as the medical professional could retrieve archived health data and patients can share their own health information received through portable health technologies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>As telemedicine means a viable medical option and \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fcould-a-i-solve-the-human-resources-crisis-in-healthcare\">the human resources crisis in healthcare\u003C\u002Fa> doesn’t seem to abate before long, the method will become more widespread than ever. After a while, the “telemedicine” expression will likely to disappear, even. \u003Cstrong>As the majority of cases will go down due to telemedical methods, people will consider telemedical visits the norm, and the personal visit a highly valued, rare asset due to the shortage of medical professionals\u003C\u002Fstrong>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Learn more about the technological future of medical specialties from \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fleanpub.com\u002Ffuture-of-medical-specialties\">our latest e-book\u003C\u002Fa>!\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Ca class=\"img\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fleanpub.com\u002Ffuture-of-medical-specialties\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F05\u002F0415_tmfs_mockup.png\" alt=\"future of medical specialties\" class=\"wp-image-23819\"\u002F\u003C\u002Fa srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F05\u002F0415_tmfs_mockup.png 1920w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F05\u002F0415_tmfs_mockup-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F05\u002F0415_tmfs_mockup-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F05\u002F0415_tmfs_mockup-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F05\u002F0415_tmfs_mockup-2048x1152.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ctable style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: #eee; border-top: 4px solid #444;\" cellpadding=\"10px\">\n\u003Ctbody>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Ctd style=\"width: 100%;\">\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>At The Medical Futurist, we are building a community for making a bold vision about the future of healthcare reality today.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002FFIbMejImnxs\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\">\u003C\u002Fiframe>\n\u003Cp>If you’d like to support this mission, we invite you to \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.patreon.com\u002Fthemedicalfuturist\">join The Medical Futurist Patreon Community\u003C\u002Fa>. 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Thank you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003C\u002Ftr>\n\u003C\u002Ftbody>\n\u003C\u002Ftable>\n\u003Cp> \u003C\u002Fp>\n",false,{"rendered":22,"protected":20},"\u003Cp>Verne imagined sensitive mirrors connected by wire as devices for telecommunication, a German technologist, Hugo Gernsback went for the “teledactyle” allowing doctors to not only see their patients through a view screen but also to touch them from miles away with spindly robot arms. These concepts help us understand the development curve of telemedicine and what we could expect in the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",6,22474,"closed",true,"","standard",{"_acf_changed":20,"footnotes":27},[31,32,33],521,515,494,[35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47],246,618,275,723,289,972,304,1155,313,381,383,425,207,[],[],[51,52,53,54,55],1711,1723,1883,2139,2825,[57,14,58,59,60,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,69,70,71,72,73,74,75,76,77,78],"post-22457","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-future-medicine","category-science-fiction","category-telemedicine","tag-future","tag-health-technology","tag-healthcare","tag-telemedicine","tag-innovation","tag-history","tag-medical","tag-telemedical","tag-medicine","tag-sci-fi","tag-science-fiction","tag-technology-2","tag-digital-health",{"id":24,"alt_text":80,"caption":27,"description":27,"media_type":81,"media_details":82,"post":5,"source_url":122},"telemedicine","image",{"width":83,"height":84,"file":85,"sizes":86,"image_meta":119},870,489,"2018\u002F11\u002F054-telemedicine-1.png",{"medium":87,"large":93,"thumbnail":98,"medium_large":102,"large_old_512x288":103,"thumbnail_old_150x150":108,"medium_old_370x208":110,"medium_large_old_768x432":113,"large_old_512x288_old_512x288":116},{"file":88,"width":89,"height":90,"mime-type":91,"source_url":92},"054-telemedicine-1-370x208.png",370,208,"image\u002Fpng","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F11\u002F054-telemedicine-1-370x208.png",{"file":94,"width":95,"height":96,"mime-type":91,"source_url":97},"054-telemedicine-1-768x432.png",768,432,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F11\u002F054-telemedicine-1-768x432.png",{"file":99,"width":100,"height":100,"mime-type":91,"source_url":101},"054-telemedicine-1-150x150.png",150,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F11\u002F054-telemedicine-1-150x150.png",{"file":94,"width":95,"height":96,"mime-type":91,"source_url":97},{"file":104,"width":105,"height":106,"mime-type":91,"source_url":107},"054-telemedicine-1-512x288.png",512,288,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F11\u002F054-telemedicine-1-512x288.png",{"file":99,"width":109,"height":109,"mime-type":91,"source_url":101},"150",{"file":88,"width":111,"height":112,"mime-type":91,"source_url":92},"370","208",{"file":94,"width":114,"height":115,"mime-type":91,"source_url":97},"768","432",{"file":104,"width":117,"height":118,"mime-type":91,"source_url":107},"512","288",{"aperture":120,"credit":27,"camera":27,"caption":27,"created_timestamp":120,"copyright":27,"focal_length":120,"iso":120,"shutter_speed":120,"title":27,"orientation":120,"keywords":121},"0",[],"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F11\u002F054-telemedicine-1.png",{"related_posts":124,"related_posts_footer":128,"cta_type":27,"cta_color":27,"subtitle":27,"related_books":20},[125,126,127],16189,13061,13916,[129,130,131],13888,15518,17853,{"yoast_wpseo_title":133,"yoast_wpseo_metadesc":134,"yoast_wpseo_canonical":15},"The History Of The Future Of Medicine – Remote Care - 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At the same time, after the shift in healthcare towards telemedicine over the past 18 months, institutions and clinics realise they need to change the working environment according to the shift in need – like adding dedicated rooms and spaces for telemedicine or for staff to relax and restore their mental health.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>There are also amazing technologies that could ease the burden on physicians and help decrease stress. We have already written about the ideal hospital of the future\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fthe-ideal-hospital\" target=\"_blank\"> in this article\u003C\u002Fa>, now here are some tips for medical professionals on how they could improve their workspace.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Chr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\u002F>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Workplace optimisation\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Taking care of patients is not only a job, it’s also a calling. That’s why you put up with the long hours of overtime in a hospital, the brain-melting administrative burdens, and the long way until someone becomes an attending physician from a medical student. While it is generally accepted that work environment influences a person’s job satisfaction level significantly, it is even more important for physicians. As human lives and health are at stake, the work of a physician requires full attention, being up-to-date and focused, having fast or, on the contrary, measured decision-making capabilities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>That’s why it is essential to optimize the work environment where \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwire.ama-assn.org\u002Flife-career\u002Fhow-many-hours-are-average-physician-workweek\">physicians spend 40-60 hours weekly on average\u003C\u002Fa>. In this article we would like to show you some digital solutions ranging from telemedicine to mobile health, artificial intelligence, or apps whereby you can create a better medical work environment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>1) Go digital with your patients!\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Digital literacy and the use of digital tools today are inevitable. That is why we created \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fleanpub.com\u002Fguide-to-digital-health\" target=\"_blank\">our latest Guide\u003C\u002Fa> to help answer patients’ questions related to digital health issues. The guide that is available 100% free to download, offers a framework on how to respond to the latest challenges in patient-doctor communication in the 21st century, from medical misinformation, reliable medical resources and health apps to online communication with patients.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-large\">\u003Ca class=\"img\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fleanpub.com\u002Fguide-to-digital-health\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F09\u002F0923_tmf_askmeguide-768x432.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-36415\"\u002F\u003C\u002Fa srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F09\u002F0923_tmf_askmeguide-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F09\u002F0923_tmf_askmeguide-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F09\u002F0923_tmf_askmeguide-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F09\u002F0923_tmf_askmeguide.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In emergency situations, a phone call is an obvious choice. But what if you schedule a patient visit through e-mail or instant messaging applications, such as WhatsApp or Facebook Messenger? You certainly cannot set a diagnosis through messaging and have to consider fundamental data privacy rules, however, in some instances, patients could send audio recordings of their coughs or pictures about their rashes, and physicians could advise them whether it is worth going in for a visit. In the future, this will be the \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Ftop-12-health-chatbots\" target=\"_blank\">task of health chatbots\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>2) Telemedicine and digital devices\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The COVID-19 pandemic forced healthcare institutions to turn to alternative ways of providing healthcare while limiting exposure to the virus. \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fcovid-19-was-needed-for-telemedicine-to-finally-go-mainstream\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Telemedicine is the ideal solution\u003C\u002Fa> to these woes by limiting patient displacement to hospitals, allocating hospital capacity to important cases, all while curbing the disease’s spread. Moreover, you could use the power of telemedicine to reach patients living in remote areas or in cases where the consultation would not take so long that it would be worth it for the patient going into the GP’s office or for a medical review.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>There are \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Ftop-telemedicine-solutions-bringing-patients-doctors-closer\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">brilliant telehealth solutions\u003C\u002Fa> which offer patients on-demand video visits and consultations, and some of them are even able to pull data from external sources such as the EHR system or pharmacies. Before the pandemic, only 1 in 10 US patients used telemedicine services, according to \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.jdpower.com\u002Fsites\u002Fdefault\u002Ffiles\u002F2019185_telehealth_usage_and_awareness.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">a J.D. Power survey\u003C\u002Fa>. Now the tides have drastically changed. Encouraging chronic disease patients to \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ama-assn.org\u002Fsites\u002Fdefault\u002Ffiles\u002Fmedia-browser\u002Fspecialty%20group\u002Fwashington\u002Fama-digital-health-report923.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">use di\u003C\u002Fa>gital health apps or devices for daily measurement of vital signs such as blood pressure or blood glucose can also result in easier case management and less workload. While the patient can see the readings as well, they are transmitted to the physician’s office. The advantage? No need for chronic patients to come to the doctor unless alerts advise them to do so.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-full wp-image-17860\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"435\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F05\u002Ftelemedicine.jpg\" alt=\"work environment\" class=\"wp-image-17860\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F05\u002Ftelemedicine.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F05\u002Ftelemedicine-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F05\u002Ftelemedicine-512x256.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F05\u002Ftelemedicine-458x229.jpg 458w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Source: www.coherentnews.com\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>3) Dedicate spaces within hospitals for telemedicine\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>COVID-19 has given an extra boost for telemedicine practices all over the world. It made us all realise how much more streamlined some practices can be when limiting personal visits to the necessary, saving time for patients and doctors alike. And although many practitioners (and patients) would like to go back to the old norm now that the pandemic is about to be over, fact is, it is unlikely to happen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>We might slide backwards a bit in the short run. Taking the enormous benefits of telemedicine, we will eventually get used to this new norm of care. For it will be better. Therefore we already have to consider how to incorporate the necessities of this sort of care into everyday practice and design.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>And if you have ever made a zoom call in a crowded room, you know why clinic-based telemedicine facilities should be considered when \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\u002Fpmc\u002Farticles\u002FPMC4934497\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">planning or allocating spaces\u003C\u002Fa> for remote care within a hospital. Allocating space for doctors to care for patients remotely within an institution helps preserve the wellbeing and the motivation of physicians.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4) Managing mental health\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Mental health became key in avoiding burnout and having overall positive job satisfaction. Physicians generally experience higher levels of stress due to the responsibility that comes with dealing with patients and saving lives. However, there are some methods that might offer some help.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>As a first step, our first advice is to find 10 minutes for yourself even on the busiest of days. It is possible and incredibly useful! As a matter of fact, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\u002Fpubmed\u002F28059962\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a study concluded\u003C\u002Fa> that microbreaks during surgeries could increase surgeons’ focus and physical performance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The benefits of mindfulness and meditation apps are also undoubtful. \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.calm.com\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">Calm\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.headspace.com\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">Headspace\u003C\u002Fa> or \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Finsighttimer.com\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">Insight Timer\u003C\u002Fa> offer at-hand solutions to help ease anxiety with breathing sessions, clear your mind with soothing music and cleanse your thoughts with beautiful nature scenes. The \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fworkingstress.co.uk\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">Working Stress gamified app\u003C\u002Fa>, specially designed for physicians, provides specific information about stress, grief, and burnout. It explores the psychological and physical impact of stressful situations and offers coping strategies to apply immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"343\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F05\u002Fscreen-shot-05-15-18-at-01.41-pm-768x343.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17876\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F05\u002Fscreen-shot-05-15-18-at-01.41-pm-768x343.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F05\u002Fscreen-shot-05-15-18-at-01.41-pm-512x229.png 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F05\u002Fscreen-shot-05-15-18-at-01.41-pm-458x205.png 458w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F05\u002Fscreen-shot-05-15-18-at-01.41-pm.png 870w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>5) Decrease administrative burdens with technology\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fpubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\u002F25626223\u002F\">A study says\u003C\u002Fa> that in the United States, the average doctor spends 8.7 hours per week on administration. Psychiatrists spent the highest proportion of their working hours on paperwork (20.3%), followed by internists (17.3%) and family\u002Fgeneral practitioners (17.3%). Doctors in large practices, those in practices owned by a hospital, and those with financial incentives to reduce services spent more time on administration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Artificial intelligence has a high potential for changing the situation. IBM’s algorithm, \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fresearcher.watson.ibm.com\u002Fresearcher\u002Fview_group.php?id=4384\">Medical Sieve\u003C\u002Fa> was an ambitious exploratory project to build a next-generation “cognitive assistant” with analytical, reasoning capabilities and a wide range of clinical knowledge. Voice assistants also \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wired.com\u002Fstory\u002Fdoes-your-doctor-need-a-voice-assistant\u002F\">have the potential to free up the time of doctors\u003C\u002Fa> spent on administration. Companies like \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mmm-online.com\u002Ftechnology\u002Fdoctors-siri-alexa-voice-assistants-smart-speakers-ehr\u002Farticle\u002F666476\u002F\">Nuance and M*Modal already provide software-based dictation services\u003C\u002Fa> to physicians. California-based company, \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fnotablehealth.com\u002F\">Notable\u003C\u002Fa> \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fglobenewswire.com\u002Fnews-release\u002F2018\u002F05\u002F07\u002F1497557\u002F0\u002Fen\u002FNotable-to-Deliver-First-Wearable-Voice-Powered-Assistant-for-Physicians.html\">launched\u003C\u002Fa> a wearable voice-powered assistant in 2018 aimed at helping doctors capture data during interactions with patients. In addition, there are already \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ama-assn.org\u002Fsites\u002Fdefault\u002Ffiles\u002Fmedia-browser\u002Fspecialty%20group\u002Fwashington\u002Fama-digital-health-report923.pdf\">smart versions of common clinical devices such as thermometers, blood pressure cuffs, and scales that automatically record readings\u003C\u002Fa> in the patient record, so you do not have to type them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Chr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\u002F>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>We know how difficult it is to transform the medical work environment for the better. These tricks and tips could help you achieve some positive changes. 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