[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":392},["ShallowReactive",2],{"slug-vein-scanner-augmented-reality":3},{"post":4,"relatedPosts":160,"relatedBooks":301},{"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":39,"contact_email_category":43,"yst_prominent_words":44,"class_list":45,"better_featured_image":62,"acf":95,"yoast_meta":104,"_links":107},36927,"2021-11-23T10:00:00","2021-11-23T09:00:00",{"rendered":9},"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F?post_id=36927&_wpnonce=08cbfc8763&status=auto-draft&type=post","2021-11-30T23:59:01","2021-11-30T22:59:01","vein-scanner-augmented-reality","publish","post","https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fvein-scanner-augmented-reality",{"rendered":17},"Augmented Reality Helping Vein Scanners – Too Distant A Dream In Healthcare?",{"rendered":19,"protected":20},"\n\u003Cp>Vascular access is the most common invasive medical procedure. It is foundational to many diagnostic and clinical procedures. So the number of potential procedures available for visualization is huge. Using augmented reality in finding veins accurately for a blood draw was one of the very first practical uses of augmented reality (AR) technology. I expected the concept to bloom from the very first use case and clinical tests. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>There is an issue down at the very base of medicine – 70 percent of medical decisions are based on the results of blood testing, yet, the majority of people carry a deeply rooted fear against needles and blood drawing altogether. So the technology has a real problem to solve and it was proven to be able to solve it, too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>But why haven’t vein scanners become part of everyday medicine yet? We dived in to find out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Chr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\u002F>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Related\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh5>\n\n\n\n\u003Cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fvein-scanners-examples-for-disruption\u002F\">Vein Scanners: Examples For Disruption\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fwould-you-let-a-robot-take-your-blood-sample\u002F\">Would You Let A Robot Take Your Blood Sample?\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fli>\u003C\u002Ful>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Building a magical device not just a product\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>I have long expected vein scanners and similar technologies like automated blood draw to be part of the medical practice by now. After all, artificial intelligence-led robots have better accuracy in finding veins simply because these machines take the guesswork out of the equation and actually \u003Cem>see\u003C\u002Fem> where the veins are and draw the blood from the exact place they want to draw from.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"449\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F09\u002Fvein-scanner-view-768x449.jpg\" alt=\"Vein Scanners\" class=\"wp-image-13975\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F09\u002Fvein-scanner-view-768x449.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F09\u002Fvein-scanner-view-512x300.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F09\u002Fvein-scanner-view-428x250.jpg 428w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F09\u002Fvein-scanner-view.jpg 870w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>However, as it turns out, we, humans, have this thing with \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fwould-you-let-a-robot-take-your-blood-sample\u002F\">robots drawing our blood\u003C\u002Fa>. Whether it’s the Terminator movies or our natural aversion to the unknown, I wouldn’t tell. But no matter how accurate a machine would be in finding our veins, we simply don’t allow it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>I was also certain that vein scanner technology supports nurses having fewer problems and mistakes throughout the process. But if that is the case, how come we don’t get to see more of such devices in practice?! Fact is, vein visualisation technology is slowly reaching a standard of care, but then there are other issues.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Blood sampling, which is a challenge for nurses and patients alike, is a challenge. There is a variable in the process, even with the most practised hand: not seeing or finding the vein. A vein scanner is designed to support this, as it shows even the thinnest veins, along with running direction and details.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Responding to this challenge, the first vein scanners appeared around 2009. We asked electrical engineer Joe Zott, who participated in one of the very first projects developing handheld vein scanners. “\u003Cem>I started working with mixed reality in 2009 when I joined \u003C\u002Fem>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.accuvein.com\u002F\">\u003Cem>AccuVein\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cem> to develop their first product. AccuVein did not develop the first projection vein visualization device, but we made it handheld and useable. Having been the project and engineering manager for the development of a number of products and technologies, I had all the skills needed to manage a joint MR \u002F medical device product development. Probably most important was that I viewed this as an opportunity to build a magical device and not just another product.\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Joe Zott and Vinny Luciano (Accuvein) - Projecting veins on the skin at AWE 2015\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002FJPjm_TRv7ec?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen>\u003C\u002Fiframe>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Expensive technology is hard to reach practice\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>A few years ago we took a look at the price tag of such products. I was blown away: the costs of such a machine were horrible; it was so much that I thought not a single hospital director would give for a device to do a job a single nurse can do, too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“\u003Cem>If you consider the use of vein visualization from the perspective of the financial cost of the procedure vs. the clinical benefits of using the technology then I think it is already affordable in many situations\u003C\u002Fem>” – Joe Zott added about the financial issues.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“\u003Cem>At AccuVein we conducted \u003C\u002Fem>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.accuvein.com\u002Fwhy-accuvein\u002Fevidence\u002F\">\u003Cem>a number of studies\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cem> looking at the number of procedures our vein visualization devices were used. These applications included everything from clinical Monday through Friday settings where the device was used during normal hours to hospital emergency departments who used their devices 24 hours a day 7 days a week. \u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cem>With vein visualization devices having a 5 year lifetime and a price of around $4,000 the per-procedure cost will be on the order of $0.50 to $1 per patient use. Given the cost of gloves, catheters, etc. used in a vascular access procedure, I think vein visualization doesn’t increase the per-use price much and so \u003C\u002Fem>\u003Cstrong>\u003Cem>is already affordable\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Cem>.\u003C\u002Fem>”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>As for if it can become more affordable in the future, Joe Zott added: “\u003Cem>At AccuVein we conducted a number of studies looking at the number of procedures our vein visualization devices were used. These applications included everything from clinical Monday through Friday settings where the device was used during normal hours to hospital emergency departments who used their devices 24 hours a day 7 days a week.”\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F09\u002FVein-Viewer-Example1-512x340.jpg\" alt=\"Vein Viewer - Vein Scanners\" class=\"wp-image-13972\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F09\u002FVein-Viewer-Example1-512x340.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F09\u002FVein-Viewer-Example1-377x250.jpg 377w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F09\u002FVein-Viewer-Example1.jpg 603w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Will this technology become more affordable \u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The price is relative if we consider that such a device is used multiple times a day – about 1-2000 times annually. With a lifespan of approximately 5 years this further nuance the price per patient. Making the technology more affordable than first thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“\u003Cem>While I like to describe it as magic, there is nothing magical about the technology. As consumer MR becomes more mainstream this also helps bring down the production costs of medical MR. I would expect a price reduction in the market as occurred with similar common use medical devices – digital stethoscopes, digital thermometers, blood pressure instruments, pulse oximeters\u003C\u002Fem>” – finished Joe Zott.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>We can only hope it will become more widely available. Until then, we look away and hope the nurse will find our veins this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",false,{"rendered":22,"protected":20},"\u003Cp>Vascular access is the most common invasive medical procedure. It is foundational to many diagnostic and clinical procedures. So the number of potential procedures available […]\u003C\u002Fp>\n",6,36841,"closed",true,"","standard",{"_acf_changed":20,"footnotes":27},[31,32,33],493,496,497,[35,36,37,38],555,669,7471,7473,[40,41,42],948,950,951,[],[],[46,14,47,48,49,50,51,52,53,54,55,56,57,58,59,60,61],"post-36927","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-augmented-reality","category-health-sensors-trackers","category-portable-diagnostics","tag-blood-draw","tag-blood","tag-accuvein","tag-vein-scanner","project_category-developers","project_category-medical-professionals","project_category-patients",{"id":24,"alt_text":27,"caption":27,"description":63,"media_type":64,"media_details":65,"post":93,"source_url":94},"Vein scanner","image",{"width":66,"height":67,"file":68,"sizes":69,"image_meta":91},1920,1080,"2021\u002F11\u002Ftmf_article_303-01.png",{"medium":70,"large":76,"thumbnail":81,"medium_large":85,"1536x1536":86},{"file":71,"width":72,"height":73,"mime-type":74,"source_url":75},"tmf_article_303-01-370x208.png","370","208","image\u002Fpng","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F11\u002Ftmf_article_303-01-370x208.png",{"file":77,"width":78,"height":79,"mime-type":74,"source_url":80},"tmf_article_303-01-768x432.png","768","432","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F11\u002Ftmf_article_303-01-768x432.png",{"file":82,"width":83,"height":83,"mime-type":74,"source_url":84},"tmf_article_303-01-150x150.png","150","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F11\u002Ftmf_article_303-01-150x150.png",{"file":77,"width":78,"height":79,"mime-type":74,"source_url":80},{"file":87,"width":88,"height":89,"mime-type":74,"source_url":90},"tmf_article_303-01-1536x864.png","1536","864","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F11\u002Ftmf_article_303-01-1536x864.png",{"aperture":92,"credit":27,"camera":27,"caption":27,"created_timestamp":92,"copyright":27,"focal_length":92,"iso":92,"shutter_speed":92,"title":27,"orientation":92},"0",36835,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F11\u002Ftmf_article_303-01.png",{"subtitle":27,"cta_type":96,"cta_color":27,"related_books":97,"related_posts_footer":100,"related_posts":20},"subscribe",[98,99],24764,31417,[101,102,103],13968,31683,36453,{"yoast_wpseo_title":105,"yoast_wpseo_metadesc":106,"yoast_wpseo_canonical":15},"Augmented Reality Helping Vein Scanners – Too Distant A Dream In Healthcare? 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I have seen currents come and go, and I was \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F5-certain-things-about-the-future-of-physicians-insights-from-a-new-e-book\" target=\"_blank\">making forecasts\u003C\u002Fa> about them, too – and even shared the way I do it, \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Flearn-forecasting\" target=\"_blank\">how you can get your own crystal ball\u003C\u002Fa> and learn forecasting. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Why do I find it important? Because by analysing the possible outcomes, we learn how to avoid the hype that leads to headlines but no results (\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fdigital-health-ventures-that-flew-too-close-to-the-sun\" target=\"_blank\">remember Theranos\u003C\u002Fa>?), as it can result in misleading information about the technology – ultimately leading to mistrust by users. On the other hand, certain technologies and companies need to be highlighted as they might bring the transformation of healthcare a step closer to reality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>We are happy to share the release of \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fleanpub.com\u002Ftechadoptioncurve-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">our newest analysis on the technology adoption curve of top digital health trends\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F03\u002F0427_hype_cycle_carousel-768x320.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-58569\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F03\u002F0427_hype_cycle_carousel-768x320.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F03\u002F0427_hype_cycle_carousel-1536x640.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F03\u002F0427_hype_cycle_carousel-2048x853.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>A technology adoption curve that shows 50 of the most promising digital health technologies the way we, at The Medical Futurist, see them today. In our ebook, you will find a detailed introduction to how to interpret trends and novelties, an explanation of each of these trends and why we placed them in their given categories. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is a technology adoption curve?\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Technological innovations follow a predictable path from early development to widespread adoption.  Some technologies generate significant excitement upon their debut, while others face skepticism before proving their value. To better understand this process, we have analyzed the Technology Adoption\u003Cbr>Curve, which maps out the different stages of a technology’s journey toward mainstream use.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>This model helps decision-makers, healthcare professionals, and industry leaders evaluate the maturity, potential, and real-world impact of emerging technologies. Instead of being swayed by marketing hype, this approach provides a structured way to assess whether a technology is still experimental, ready for early adoption, or on its way to becoming a standard in healthcare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Therefore, The Medical Futurist team has been focusing on the most important digital health technologies and their real impact on the various levels of healthcare – from patients to physicians, from institutions to regulators.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Showing the trends on their level of maturity can help to avoid unnecessary overexcitement around a technology; at the same time, it can help create hope that certain technologies will improve the patient-physician relationship through the required cultural transformation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to interpret the infographic?\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The technology adoption curve represents the level of expectations associated with a certain technology – the higher it is on the curve, the greater the anticipation. Where the technology stands on the horizontal scale reflects how it relates to practical reality – if it’s only expected to be practically useful later\u003Cbr>or has it reached the plateau of delivering actual healthcare solutions. It’s not a good or bad thing to be on the left or right part of the curve. It’s a learning process for each and we are certain that each technological trend could go through the whole cycle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>But it also matters which \u003Cstrong>colour\u003C\u002Fstrong> we used on the graphic for each technology. After diligently analysing the technology’s promise and feasibility in actual healthcare settings, we also investigated the magnitude of the progress we expect from the particular technology. The way we coloured each trend was, of course, a subjective decision, as this cannot be quantified.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" data-id=\"36297\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F09\u002F3d_printed_drugs_poster-edited-768x432.png\" alt=\"digital health hype cycle\" class=\"wp-image-36297\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F09\u002F3d_printed_drugs_poster-edited-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F09\u002F3d_printed_drugs_poster-edited-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F09\u002F3d_printed_drugs_poster-edited.png 1527w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" data-id=\"29501\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F08\u002F192_tmf-01-768x432.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29501\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F08\u002F192_tmf-01-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F08\u002F192_tmf-01-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F08\u002F192_tmf-01-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F08\u002F192_tmf-01-2048x1152.png 2048w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F08\u002F192_tmf-01.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" data-id=\"17742\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F04\u002Fgiving-birth-with-vr-768x432.png\" alt=\"virtual reality during childbirth\" class=\"wp-image-17742\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F04\u002Fgiving-birth-with-vr-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F04\u002Fgiving-birth-with-vr-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F04\u002Fgiving-birth-with-vr-512x288.png 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F04\u002Fgiving-birth-with-vr-444x250.png 444w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F04\u002Fgiving-birth-with-vr.png 870w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Green – meaning significant progress is in sight\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>At The Medical Futurist, we write quite a lot about \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F3d-printing-in-medicine-and-healthcare\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">3D printing drugs\u003C\u002Fa>, and this is no coincidence – we believe 3D printing has demonstrated huge potential for the future of medicine in the previous years, and \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002F3dprinting.com\u002Fnews\u002Ffirst-3d-printed-pediatric-medicine-trials-to-begin-in-europe\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">its development is unstoppable\u003C\u002Fa>. This technology will eventually shape the future of pharma, challenging our concept of the industry as it opens up a range of opportunities to bring the supply chain to the next level. What you see that the technology has still a long way to go to really hit pharmacies in reality – but it’s on the road to do so fast and we will all benefit from it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Orange – moderate progress in sight\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" style=\"\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fvirtual-reality-help-women-get-through-childbirth-with-less-pain\" target=\"_blank\">Virtual reality in pain management\u003C\u002Fa> is one excellent example of a promising technology reaching its current limits. It is being widely used in forward-looking hospitals and clinics where monetary limits allow. This technology can do a lot and is already used extensively in pain management, however, with our current technological knowledge, we are able to create so much within this field. I am sure that we will see companies in this field opening up the horizons for all of us – but it won’t happen overnight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Red – not much progress in sight\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Only several years ago when the first companies arose in \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fwhy-is-nutrigenomics-the-biggest-flop-in-digital-health\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">nutrigenomics\u003C\u002Fa>, we had \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fnutrigenomics\" target=\"_blank\">huge expectations\u003C\u002Fa> around the technology. It did fit in the hype around genomics, and knowing how your genes affect the way your body processes food created the anticipation that this would change everything we know about eating. It did not.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>We at The Medical Futurist still think \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fthe-global-nutrigenomics-landscape\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the concept is great\u003C\u002Fa> and that one day it’ll be able to do what it originally promised. Nutrigenomics shows the way into the future, however, the concept was so hyped that the limelight was simply hijacked by companies yearning for attention but not having the proper science to back up their products. Interestingly, most of the companies around food technology have disappeared. I sincerely hope the second wave of them will be more successful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The future of digital health technologies\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>These 50 technologies all have the harbinger to take us further on our road to digital transformation in healthcare. 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