[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":473},["ShallowReactive",2],{"slug-winners-and-losers-of-2020-in-digital-health":3},{"post":4,"relatedPosts":225,"relatedBooks":375},{"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":42,"project_category":63,"contact_email_category":70,"yst_prominent_words":71,"class_list":82,"better_featured_image":126,"acf":160,"yoast_meta":169,"_links":172},31205,"2020-11-24T10:00:00","2020-11-24T09:00:00",{"rendered":9},"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F?post_id=31205&_wpnonce=93fcea26dd&status=auto-draft&type=post","2021-01-21T09:51:41","2021-01-21T08:51:41","winners-and-losers-of-2020-in-digital-health","publish","post","https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fwinners-and-losers-of-2020-in-digital-health",{"rendered":17},"Winners And Losers Of 2020 In Digital Health",{"rendered":19,"protected":20},"\n\u003Cp>It might not seem like it, but the digital health industry is one with fierce competition. Every year, companies and new technologies come and go in this space at a staggering pace; some bringing revolutionary potentials to the market, while others going down unceremoniously. But it’s not just companies and tech but also related areas like privacy and medical events that are part and parcel to this industry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>It might be challenging to keep track of developments along those lines, especially given the \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F2020-jumanji-or-dystopia\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">Jumanji-like year of 2020\u003C\u002Fa> we’ve all experienced. As such, \u003Cstrong>we collected a list of areas relevant to digital health that were clear winners and losers this year\u003C\u002Fstrong>. Results of this year’s “digital health race” might not be of the scope of the 2020 Summer Olympics that were not realised; but they will surely prove insightful as upcoming trends in the next few years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>The Winners\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>We’ll start with the winners, who outnumbered the losers in 2020. This is an encouraging outlook for anyone involved in digital health. This field was already filled with \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fdigital-health-tech-here-to-stay-after-covid-19\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">ready-made solutions\u003C\u002Fa> and approaches adapted to tackle pandemic-related challenges. These solutions’ adoption skyrocketed as a result, positioning them as clear winners in this year’s race.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>1. At-home lab tests\u003C\u002Fstrong> \u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Such direct-to-consumer tests saw \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fthe-rise-of-at-home-lab-tests\" target=\"_blank\">a clear rise in adoption\u003C\u002Fa> in 2020. Reasons are simple: they are convenient; do not require displacing oneself and putting themselves at risk of cross-infection; and \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fthe-evolution-of-covid-19-rapid-tests-paves-the-way-for-at-home-lab-tests\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">authorities are even approving\u003C\u002Fa> of such point-of-care tests for clinical COVID-19 detection. This impeccable adoption sets the pace for those tests to dominate 2021; whether it’s to test for COVID-19 or analyse their microbiome, anyone can take these tests at home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>2. ECG-embedded smartwatches\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Companies developing smartwatches have picked up a trend lately: to integrate ECG monitors in their devices. \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fsupport.apple.com\u002Fen-us\u002FHT208955\" target=\"_blank\">Apple\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fnews.samsung.com\u002Fus\u002Fhealth-electrocardiogram-monitoring-app-ECG-galaxy-watch3-active2\" target=\"_blank\">Samsung\u003C\u002Fa> and \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.withings.com\u002Fuk\u002Fen\u002Fmove-ecg\" target=\"_blank\">Withings\u003C\u002Fa> all have such monitors that can wrap around your wrist. These are not only getting more available to any consumer who can \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fcan-your-smartwatch-send-you-to-the-hospital\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">identify undetected conditions\u003C\u002Fa> but are also gaining approvals from regulatory bodies and there is more and more evidence \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\u002Fpmc\u002Farticles\u002FPMC7571061\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">in the literature\u003C\u002Fa> that these ECG readings are useful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F10\u002F213_tmf-01-768x432.png\" alt=\"Can your smartwatch send you to the hospital?\" class=\"wp-image-30731\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F10\u002F213_tmf-01-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F10\u002F213_tmf-01-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F10\u002F213_tmf-01-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F10\u002F213_tmf-01.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>3. Telemedicine\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Prior to the pandemic, telemedicine adoption was meagre, with \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedcitynews.com\u002F2017\u002F12\u002Fconsumers-telehealth\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">82% of U.S. consumers\u003C\u002Fa> not employing such services. But the pandemic \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fcovid-19-was-needed-for-telemedicine-to-finally-go-mainstream\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">propelled such remote care services\u003C\u002Fa>, with some services’ use increasing by \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fqz.com\u002F1821549\u002Ftelemedicine-faces-unprecedented-demand-in-the-wake-of-coronavirus\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">a whopping 158%\u003C\u002Fa> in the same country. This explosion in telemedicine use sets the pace for the practice to become the new norm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>4. Mental health services \u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Regardless of the pandemic, consumers have \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.mobihealthnews.com\u002Fnews\u002Fmental-wellness-app-use-adoption-hasnt-spiked-during-covid-19\" target=\"_blank\">increasingly turned to mental wellness apps\u003C\u002Fa> like \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.headspace.com\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">Headspace\u003C\u002Fa> and \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.calm.com\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">Calm\u003C\u002Fa> in recent years and this trend continued through 2020. The pandemic also took a significant psychological toll on the population; with the number of adults with depression \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theguardian.com\u002Fsociety\u002F2020\u002Faug\u002F18\u002Fdepression-in-british-adults-doubles-during-coronavirus-crisis\" target=\"_blank\">doubling during the pandemic\u003C\u002Fa> in Britain alone. Patients thus turned to \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fa-deeper-look-into-telepsychology-during-covid-19-it-all-depends-how-you-look-at-it\" target=\"_blank\">telepsychology\u003C\u002Fa> to seek medical help; a practice that \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.apa.org\u002Ffulltext\u002F2020-61592-001.html\">psychologists\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.apa.org\u002Ffulltext\u002F2020-61592-001.html\" target=\"_blank\"> \u003C\u002Fa>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.apa.org\u002Ffulltext\u002F2020-61592-001.html\">plan to keep\u003C\u002Fa> even after the pandemic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F10\u002F216_tmf-01-768x432.png\" alt=\"Can telepsychology work?\" class=\"wp-image-30867\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F10\u002F216_tmf-01-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F10\u002F216_tmf-01-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F10\u002F216_tmf-01-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F10\u002F216_tmf-01.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>5. Lifestyle medicine\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>An up-and-coming field in medicine is \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Flifestyle-medicine-could-be-the-key-for-digital-health-adoption\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">lifestyle medicine\u003C\u002Fa>. It is defined as “the evidence-based practice of helping individuals and families adopt and sustain healthy behaviours that affect health and quality of life.” With its focus on preventive measures that can be supplemented with digital health solutions, lifestyle medicine specialists can set the pace for digital health adoption on a larger scale. This emerging field started to get into the medical mainstream thinking; with the American College of Lifestyle Medicine setting up board exams to certify those who take a professional course in lifestyle medicine. With the adoption of digital health technologies in 2020, it will continue to gain traction. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>6. Network medicine\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fnetwork-medicine-in-the-fight-against-covid-19\u002F\">Network medicine\u003C\u002Fa> is a branch of network science that studies how biological factors, such as molecules and diseases, and their relationships, like metabolic pathways and shared genes, influence each other. In less than 10 days since repurposing their network medicine toolset to find a treatment for COVID-19, the BarabasiLab had \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcovid.barabasilab.com\u002F2020\u002F04\u002Fnetwork-based-embedding-of-all-human.html\">a list of promising drugs\u003C\u002Fa> for testing in human cell lines in an experimental lab. Their method exemplifies \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fui.adsabs.harvard.edu\u002Fabs\u002F2020arXiv200407229M\u002Fabstract\" target=\"_blank\">a potential new approach to repurpose existing drugs \u003C\u002Fa>for new diseases.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>7. Good leadership\u003C\u002Fstrong> \u003Cstrong>focusing on science\u003C\u002Fstrong> \u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>During the COVID-19 public health crisis, countries like \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bbc.com\u002Fnews\u002Fworld-asia-52344299\" target=\"_blank\">New Zealand\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fhow-germany-leveraged-digital-health-to-combat-covid-19\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">Germany\u003C\u002Fa> and \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.brookings.edu\u002Ftechstream\u002Flessons-learned-from-taiwan-and-south-koreas-tech-enabled-covid-19-communications\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">Taiwan\u003C\u002Fa>, whose leaders focused on science emerged as success stories. Those countries’ leaders made their decisions based on the input from scientists and the medical community and took a transparent approach to communicate reliable information to the population. Some like \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.brookings.edu\u002Ftechstream\u002Flessons-learned-from-taiwan-and-south-koreas-tech-enabled-covid-19-communications\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">Taiwan and South Korea\u003C\u002Fa> boast digital health approaches as part of their successful management of the virus’ spread.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>8. Digital health investments\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Considering the \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nytimes.com\u002F2020\u002F10\u002F03\u002Fupshot\u002Fpandemic-economy-recession.html\" target=\"_blank\">pandemic’s physical and economic lockdown\u003C\u002Fa>, one might think investments in digital health have plummeted this year. On the contrary, 2020 proved to be a record-breaking year for digital health investments. Before the year’s end, by Q3 2020, the amount of investment \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Frockhealth.com\u002Freports\u002Fq3-2020-digital-health-funding-already-sets-a-new-annual-record\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">totalled $9.4 billion\u003C\u002Fa>, exceeding the largest \u003Cem>annual \u003C\u002Fem>sum of $8.1 billion in 2018. Investments were \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Frockhealth.com\u002Freports\u002Fq3-2020-digital-health-funding-already-sets-a-new-annual-record\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">mostly directed\u003C\u002Fa> towards companies offering on-demand healthcare services and remote care; solutions to \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fcovid-19-was-needed-for-telemedicine-to-finally-go-mainstream\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">real needs amidst the pandemic\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>9. Artificial Intelligence \u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Artificial intelligence’s (A.I.) importance in healthcare kept growing this year. Even before leading health authorities sounded the alarm about COVID-19, it was an A.I. company that had \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fhow-digital-health-technology-can-help-manage-the-coronavirus-outbreak\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">issued the first warning\u003C\u002Fa>; and that was in December 2019! The number of medical A.I. studies \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nature.com\u002Farticles\u002Fs41746-020-00333-z\">also sky\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nature.com\u002Farticles\u002Fs41746-020-00333-z\" target=\"_blank\">r\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nature.com\u002Farticles\u002Fs41746-020-00333-z\">ocketed\u003C\u002Fa>, in particular for its help in medical diagnostics. The technology was also \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fthe-sober-state-of-artificial-intelligence-in-the-fight-against-covid-19\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">deployed for various uses\u003C\u002Fa> to assist healthcare professionals in the pandemic; from helping patients assess their symptoms with chatbots to helping in diagnoses from facial scans and even coughs!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F04\u002FAI-and-COVID-small-768x432.png\" alt=\"artificial intelligence and COVID\" class=\"wp-image-27609\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F04\u002FAI-and-COVID-small-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F04\u002FAI-and-COVID-small-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F04\u002FAI-and-COVID-small-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F04\u002FAI-and-COVID-small.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>The Losers\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In the second section, we’ll take a look at 4 noteworthy losers in digital health in 2020. Indeed, not everything was all roses for the sector this year. Nevertheless, from these examples, we can gain valuable insights to improve the future of digital health.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>1. In-person medical events \u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>COVID-19 risks rendered the traditional medical events industry obsolete; thousands of in-person medical conferences have been canceled or postponed. Among those medical conferences that did take place in 2020, \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F3-things-medical-events-could-learn-from-video-game-streamers\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">several reported\u003C\u002Fa> of COVID-19 infections of attendees. But on the bright side, this provides the industry with an opportunity to innovate by going digital. If done the right way, digital events can prove to be \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F3-things-medical-events-could-learn-from-video-game-streamers\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">better than in-person ones\u003C\u002Fa> as they can be more inclusive, engaging and visually insightful in ways traditional events cannot be.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F08\u002F197_tmf-01-768x432.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29673\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F08\u002F197_tmf-01-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F08\u002F197_tmf-01-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F08\u002F197_tmf-01-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F08\u002F197_tmf-01-2048x1152.png 2048w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F08\u002F197_tmf-01.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>2. The digital pills industry\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Proteus could easily have been considered as the leader in digital pills. The company’s Abilify Mycite digital pill was the first such pill to \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedcitynews.com\u002F2017\u002F11\u002Fproteus-digital-health-ceo-on-fda-approval\u002F?rf=1\" target=\"_blank\">receive FDA approval in 2017\u003C\u002Fa>. The company was even \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.forbes.com\u002Fsites\u002Fangelauyeung\u002F2019\u002F04\u002F01\u002Ftake-your-medicine-this-15-billion-health-startups-smart-pills-keep-patients-from-forgetting\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">valued at $1.5 billion\u003C\u002Fa> in 2019. But in 2020, Proteus filed for bankruptcy, serving as a cautionary tale for investors to be wary of the digital pill industry. However, the technology is not the issue as it is \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.iproc.org\u002F2019\u002F1\u002Fe15273\u002F?utm_source=TrendMD&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Iproceedings_TrendMD_1\" target=\"_blank\">proven to work\u003C\u002Fa>. Rather, \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fthe-present-and-future-of-digital-pills\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">Proteus’ failure\u003C\u002Fa> reflects a failure from the part of the company and its management.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>3. Data privacy\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Aggressive contact tracing was one of the quickest and most effective methods to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus; but at the expense of one’s privacy. For instance, \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ftheconversation.com\u002Fcoronavirus-south-koreas-success-in-controlling-disease-is-due-to-its-acceptance-of-surveillance-134068\" target=\"_blank\">South Korea’s method\u003C\u002Fa> involved tracking bank transactions, phone use and CCTV footage. Moscow’s QR-based system, \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fedition.cnn.com\u002F2020\u002F04\u002F14\u002Fworld\u002Fmoscow-cyber-tracking-qr-code-intl\u002Findex.html\" target=\"_blank\">dubbed as a ‘cyber Gulag’\u003C\u002Fa>, monitored citizens’ movements in order to track the contagion. Other countries used COVID contact tracing apps, some of which \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.amnesty.org\u002Fen\u002Flatest\u002Fnews\u002F2020\u002F06\u002Fbahrain-kuwait-norway-contact-tracing-apps-danger-for-privacy\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">showed vulnerabilities\u003C\u002Fa> that could expose individual data. People walked a fine line between maintaining their privacy and performing civic duty to trace those infected; but the methods employed put a threat to individual data privacy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>4. Fitbit\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Google’s \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fgoogles-acquisition-of-fitbit-boon-or-doom-for-the-fitness-tracking-industry\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">acquisition of Fitbit\u003C\u002Fa> for a whopping $2.1 billion in late 2019 did not yield results one would expect from such a merger of giants. In 2020, they released only 2 fitness trackers and 2 smartwatches, which includes the Fitbit Sense, their new line following the acquisition. But this was a slow rollout as it released in September 2020. Moreover, their customer service quality seems to have plummeted, as we can attest from personal experience. Dr. Meskó never received his Fitbit Sense he had ordered and the customer service team didn’t help retrieve the order. They seem to be going down the line, despite being once the leaders in fitness tracking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F03\u002FWearables-768x432.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23303\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F03\u002FWearables-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F03\u002FWearables-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F03\u002FWearables-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F03\u002FWearables-512x288.png 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F03\u002FWearables.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>This concludes our list of winners and losers in digital health in 2020. The stories from those areas will help us better understand what to expect out of 2021 in the industry. Are there any other areas you consider successful or not that did not feature in this list? Do let us know across our social media channels!\u003C\u002Fp>\n",false,{"rendered":22,"protected":20},"\u003Cp>It might not seem like it, but the digital health industry is one with fierce competition. Every year, companies and new technologies come and go […]\u003C\u002Fp>\n",16,31285,"closed",true,"","standard",{"_acf_changed":20,"footnotes":27},[31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41],6479,4879,504,798,491,496,516,489,497,799,494,[43,44,45,46,47,48,49,50,51,52,53,54,55,56,57,58,59,60,61,62],649,224,3923,677,6347,266,687,6351,407,723,1433,1441,4709,1545,821,894,4883,4979,4983,144,[64,65,66,67,68,69],947,948,949,950,951,953,[],[72,73,74,75,76,77,78,79,80,81],5667,4101,4157,4449,4771,1571,1617,1681,1723,1831,[83,14,84,85,86,87,88,89,90,91,92,93,94,95,96,97,98,99,100,101,102,103,104,105,106,107,108,109,110,111,112,113,114,115,116,117,118,119,120,121,122,123,124,125],"post-31205","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-covid-19","category-lifestyle-medicine","category-artificial-intelligence","category-digital-health-research","category-empowered-patients","category-health-sensors-trackers","category-medical-education","category-personalized-medicine","category-portable-diagnostics","category-security-privacy","category-telemedicine","tag-fitbit","tag-ecg","tag-leadership","tag-drugs","tag-confer","tag-google-2","tag-data-privacy","tag-network-medicine","tag-smartwatch","tag-telemedicine","tag-privacy","tag-finance","tag-at-home-tests","tag-1545","tag-a-i","tag-mental-health","tag-lifestyle-medicine","tag-digital-pill","tag-proteus","tag-artificial-intelligence","project_category-company","project_category-developers","project_category-educators","project_category-medical-professionals","project_category-patients","project_category-researchers",{"id":24,"alt_text":127,"caption":128,"description":129,"media_type":130,"media_details":131,"post":5,"source_url":159},"Winners and losers","The winners and losers of digital health in 2020 – In his article we collected a list of areas relevant to digital health that were clear winners and losers this year to better understand what 2021 might bring.","The winners and losers of digital health in 2020 ","image",{"width":132,"height":133,"file":134,"sizes":135,"image_meta":157},1920,1080,"2020\u002F11\u002F223_tmf-01.png",{"medium":136,"large":142,"thumbnail":147,"medium_large":151,"1536x1536":152},{"file":137,"width":138,"height":139,"mime-type":140,"source_url":141},"223_tmf-01-370x208.png","370","208","image\u002Fpng","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F11\u002F223_tmf-01-370x208.png",{"file":143,"width":144,"height":145,"mime-type":140,"source_url":146},"223_tmf-01-768x432.png","768","432","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F11\u002F223_tmf-01-768x432.png",{"file":148,"width":149,"height":149,"mime-type":140,"source_url":150},"223_tmf-01-150x150.png","150","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F11\u002F223_tmf-01-150x150.png",{"file":143,"width":144,"height":145,"mime-type":140,"source_url":146},{"file":153,"width":154,"height":155,"mime-type":140,"source_url":156},"223_tmf-01-1536x864.png","1536","864","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F11\u002F223_tmf-01-1536x864.png",{"aperture":158,"credit":27,"camera":27,"caption":27,"created_timestamp":158,"copyright":27,"focal_length":158,"iso":158,"shutter_speed":158,"title":27,"orientation":158},"0","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F11\u002F223_tmf-01.png",{"cta_type":161,"cta_color":27,"subtitle":27,"related_books":162,"related_posts_footer":165,"related_posts":20},"subscribe",[163,164],30419,27927,[166,167,168],31091,30583,29237,{"yoast_wpseo_title":170,"yoast_wpseo_metadesc":171,"yoast_wpseo_canonical":15},"Winners And Losers Of 2020 In Digital Health - 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One of \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fwill-medical-workers-deal-with-ptsd-after-covid-19\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">our own April articles\u003C\u002Fa> was titled “Will Medical Workers Deal With PTSD After COVID-19?”. If it wasn’t clear, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ftheconversation.com\u002Fare-we-living-in-a-dystopia-136908\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">an article published\u003C\u002Fa> earlier this year in \u003Cem>The Conversation \u003C\u002Fem>rightly asks: “Are we living in a dystopia?”. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Indeed, what was once relegated to the fertile minds of fiction novelists has become daily occurrences. Many are drawing similarities to “prophetic” works of fiction such as the \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ffilm.avclub.com\u002Fthirty-years-ago-akira-predicted-the-chaos-of-2020-1844237508\" target=\"_blank\">civil unrest in anime \u003Cem>Akira\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fa>; or our over-reliance on deliveries and need to self-isolate \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fgbatemp.net\u002Fthreads\u002Fdeath-stranding-pc-version-impression.570219\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">as depicted in the \u003Cem>Death Stranding \u003C\u002Fem>video game\u003C\u002Fa>. From bushfires through riots to the pestering COVID-19, 2020 feels like a fever dream we must experience lucidly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F07\u002F2020-natural-disasters.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29239\"\u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Source: http:\u002F\u002Frobotconsumer.com\u002F\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Even though only a little more than half of the year has elapsed, our global experience of it so far can be summarized in one word: dystopian. However, even this term might need some revision. The Cambridge Dictionary \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fdictionary.cambridge.org\u002Fdictionary\u002Fenglish\u002Fdystopia\" target=\"_blank\">defines ‘dystopia’\u003C\u002Fa> as “a very bad or unfair society in which there is a lot of suffering, especially an imaginary society in the future after something terrible has happened.” Merriam Webster’s \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.merriam-webster.com\u002Fdictionary\u002Fdystopia\" target=\"_blank\">definition of the same word\u003C\u002Fa> is that of “an imagined world or society in which people lead wretched, dehumanised, fearful lives.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>These definitions use the term “imaginary” or “imagine” but we’re far from an imaginary situation; notwithstanding our longing for it to be the case. With ongoing natural and political crises, one cannot stop from contrasting our current situation to those depictions from books, movies or even video games. Since our reality seems to be blurring the lines with fiction, it begs the question: did anyone break open a cursed seal? \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>The case for Jumanji\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In the 1995 cult classic movie starring Robin Williams, the eponymous \u003Cem>Jumanji\u003C\u002Fem> refers to an unearthed board game sealed away in a chest for a century. Upon rolling a dice, the game unleashes wild animals and carnivorous plants into the real world; all of which wreak havoc in their wake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>While in our world there’s no such cursed \u003Cem>Jumanji \u003C\u002Fem>game (but we did open \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.livescience.com\u002F63110-mysterious-black-sarcophagus-opened.html\" target=\"_blank\">a foreboding-looking sarcophagus\u003C\u002Fa> in Egypt a couple of years back), in 2020 we share the havoc unleashed by natural forces similar to the stampeding animals. In January, \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wired.com\u002Fstory\u002Faustralia-is-blazing-into-the-pyrocene-the-age-of-fire\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">bushfires\u003C\u002Fa> \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wired.com\u002Fstory\u002Faustralia-is-blazing-into-the-pyrocene-the-age-of-fire\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">ravaged\u003C\u002Fa> Australia, the likes of which models did not expect \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wired.com\u002Fstory\u002Fthe-terrible-consequences-of-australias-uber-bushfires\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">until the next century\u003C\u002Fa>. The resulting smoke led to \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theguardian.com\u002Faustralia-news\u002F2020\u002Fmar\u002F21\u002Fsmoke-from-australias-bushfires-killed-far-more-people-than-the-fires-did-study-says\" target=\"_blank\">over 10 times the number of deaths\u003C\u002Fa> than those who succumbed directly to the fires. In the same month, Indonesia \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ftime.com\u002F5761097\u002Fjakarta-indonesia-floods\u002F\">experienced devastating floods\u003C\u002Fa> that took 60 lives. Still in January, \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.thetelegram.com\u002Fnews\u002Fworld\u002Ftwo-more-missing-after-turkey-quake-kills-39-403203\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">an earthquake in Turkey\u003C\u002Fa> claimed more than 40 lives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F07\u002Fjumanji-flood-lion-768x432.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29241\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F07\u002Fjumanji-flood-lion-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F07\u002Fjumanji-flood-lion-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F07\u002Fjumanji-flood-lion.png 1334w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Image from the 1996 ‘Jumanji’ cartoon. Source: https:\u002F\u002Fjumanji.fandom.com\u002F\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Similar reports followed in the ensuing months. Countries like \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bbc.com\u002Fnews\u002Fav\u002Fworld-asia-china-36722968\u002Fdrone-video-shows-scale-of-china-floods\" target=\"_blank\">China\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theguardian.com\u002Fenvironment\u002F2020\u002Fmar\u002F13\u002Fclimate-crisis-blamed-for-rains-and-floods-that-have-killed-150-in-brazil\" target=\"_blank\">Brazil\u003C\u002Fa> and \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fedition.cnn.com\u002Fvideos\u002Fworld\u002F2020\u002F07\u002F20\u002Fasia-floods-india-bangladesh-china-hancocks-pkg-intl-hnk-vpx.cnn\" target=\"_blank\">India\u003C\u002Fa> experienced floods that caused hundreds of deaths and \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.dw.com\u002Fen\u002Fmonsoon-floods-in-india-nepal-displace-4-million\u002Fa-54237201\" target=\"_blank\">displaced millions\u003C\u002Fa>. Croatia’s capital, Zagreb, experienced its \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theguardian.com\u002Fworld\u002F2020\u002Fmar\u002F22\u002Fcroatia-earthquake-causes-widespread-damage-zagreb\" target=\"_blank\">biggest quake in 140 years\u003C\u002Fa>. And, of course, the WHO declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.statnews.com\u002F2020\u002F03\u002F11\u002Fwho-declares-the-coronavirus-outbreak-a-pandemic\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">in March\u003C\u002Fa>. Even during this global crisis, other \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theatlantic.com\u002Fphoto\u002F2020\u002F07\u002Fphotos-locust-swarms-2020\u002F613732\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">Asian and East African countries\u003C\u002Fa> declared additional national crises \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.dailymail.co.uk\u002Fnews\u002Farticle-7960989\u002FPakistan-gripped-worst-locust-plague-20-years.html\" target=\"_blank\">due to the worst locust swarms\u003C\u002Fa> in over two decades.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>These roller-coaster of events hitting one country after another eclipsed other happenings. These might, in fact, have been the year’s highlight had it been another year than 2020. Indeed, snow \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fedition.cnn.com\u002F2020\u002F05\u002F21\u002Fworld\u002Fgreen-snow-antarctica-climate-change-intl-scli-scn\u002Findex.html\" target=\"_blank\">turned green\u003C\u002Fa> in Antarctica and it got dissipated in the flood of news. The occurrence is not due to some experiment; rather it’s a direct result of global warming leading to blooming algae in those regions. Another piece of news that flew under the radar was when the Pentagon \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nytimes.com\u002F2020\u002F04\u002F28\u002Fus\u002Fpentagon-ufo-videos.html\" target=\"_blank\">confirmed the authenticity of UFO footage\u003C\u002Fa>. Right, that’s 2020 and it’s not even over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Emulating a dystopia… for your own good?\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Aside from the surge of natural calamities that replicate living in a round of \u003Cem>Jumanji\u003C\u002Fem>, the COVID-19 pandemic led to developments that eerily drew parallels to other works of fiction. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Prior to this public health crisis, having every citizens’ activity tracked would have been dismissed as Orwellian. But nowadays, this is the reality in many countries as a means of contact tracing. South Korea tracked bank transactions, CCTV footage and phone use \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ftheconversation.com\u002Fcoronavirus-south-koreas-success-in-controlling-disease-is-due-to-its-acceptance-of-surveillance-134068\" target=\"_blank\">to control the virus’ spread\u003C\u002Fa>. Such methods are gaining traction \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fyour-data-privacy-during-a-pandemic\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">among many governments\u003C\u002Fa>, but not without issues.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>South Korea’s method laid bare \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fyour-data-privacy-during-a-pandemic\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">personal and intimate information\u003C\u002Fa>, which led to rumour mongering. In India, some of those who did not use the mandatory contact tracing app were \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wired.co.uk\u002Farticle\u002Findia-contact-tracing-app-mandatory-arogya-setu\" target=\"_blank\">refused medical care\u003C\u002Fa>. Amnesty International reported “\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.amnesty.org\u002Fen\u002Flatest\u002Fnews\u002F2020\u002F05\u002Fqatar-covid19-contact-tracing-app-security-flaw\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">serious security vulnerabilities\u003C\u002Fa>” in Qatar’s mandatory contact tracing app. These could allow cyberattackers to access highly sensitive personal information such as names, national ID, health status and location data of over one million users. The contact-tracing apps of the \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bbc.com\u002Fnews\u002Ftechnology-52725810\" target=\"_blank\">U.K.\u003C\u002Fa> and \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nytimes.com\u002F2020\u002F07\u002F21\u002Ftechnology\u002Fkorea-coronavirus-app-security.html\" target=\"_blank\">South Korea\u003C\u002Fa> also had similar flaws.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"511\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F07\u002Fbig-brother-anwb-achmea-verzekering-768x511.jpg\" alt=\"future of medicine\" class=\"wp-image-25105\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F07\u002Fbig-brother-anwb-achmea-verzekering-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F07\u002Fbig-brother-anwb-achmea-verzekering-512x341.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F07\u002Fbig-brother-anwb-achmea-verzekering.jpg 1308w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Source: www.dannymekic.com\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Privacy issues and emergency ruling\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Tales picturing dystopian societies also make allusion to authoritarian rule. And such tracking methods used during the pandemic could linger after the virus subsides to establish such a rule. Prior to this crisis, some governments were investing heavily in tools like facial recognition and phone tracking. With these options becoming accepted measures to curb the virus’ spread, some governments could still use this opportunity to enforce long-lasting privacy-violating measures on a large scale. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Some dubbed Moscow’s digital tracking system as the \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fedition.cnn.com\u002F2020\u002F04\u002F14\u002Fworld\u002Fmoscow-cyber-tracking-qr-code-intl\u002Findex.html\" target=\"_blank\">‘cyber Gulag’\u003C\u002Fa>. While in Hungary, \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bloomberg.com\u002Fnews\u002Farticles\u002F2020-03-30\u002Forban-takes-sole-command-of-hungary-with-pandemic-emergency-law\" target=\"_blank\">an emergency-rule law\u003C\u002Fa> allowed the Prime Minister to rule by sole decree indefinitely, a move internationally criticised and \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.reuters.com\u002Farticle\u002Fus-health-coronavirus-hungary-emergency\u002Fhungarian-pms-power-to-rule-by-decree-to-end-on-june-20-government-idUSKBN2321VF\" target=\"_blank\">later rescinded\u003C\u002Fa>. Those familiar with Margaret Atwood’s \u003Cem>The Handmaid’s Tale\u003C\u002Fem> might recall how a crisis led to a regime that completely reorganised society.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>You know that the lines between the real world and dystopian fiction are seriously getting blurred when even the creator of the dystopian series \u003Cem>Black Mirror \u003C\u002Fem>isn’t working on a new season. In fact, he shifted his focus \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fafrica.businessinsider.com\u002Ftech\u002Fnetflixs-black-mirror-creator-isnt-working-on-a-new-season-because-he-doesnt-think\u002Fgjmn1px#:~:text=Netflix's%20%22Black%20Mirror%22%20creator%20Charlie,hit%20sci%2Dfi%20anthology%20series.\" target=\"_blank\">towards comedic scripts\u003C\u002Fa>. Those dictionary definitions mentioned above in the introduction might need to scrap the ‘imagined’ part when it comes to dystopias after all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>2020 isn’t over: threats of a second wave?\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In early April, we published an article titled “\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fwhen-and-how-will-covid-19-end\u002F#\" target=\"_blank\">When And How Will COVID-19 End?\u003C\u002Fa>”. In it, we forecasted 3 possible scenarios that we could face before the pandemic ends. From the current trends, it seems like we are on track for Scenario #2. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"When and How Will COVID-19 End? \u002F Episode 15 - The Medical Futurist\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002FlvPjeJbk9V4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen>\u003C\u002Fiframe>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Most countries enforced lockdowns and travel restrictions following the surge of cases locally. However, many lifted these restrictions in late spring, leading to a spike in new cases. In late July, Japan \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.japantimes.co.jp\u002Fnews\u002F2020\u002F07\u002F22\u002Fnational\u002Ftokyo-coronavirus-yuriko-koike\u002F#.XxhOw54zbic\" target=\"_blank\">reported its single-day record\u003C\u002Fa> with 795 new COVID-19 cases. New spikes of local infections in China’s Xinjiang province led to the capital entering \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fedition.cnn.com\u002F2020\u002F07\u002F20\u002Fasia\u002Fcoronavirus-xinjiang-urumqi-intl-hnk\u002Findex.html\" target=\"_blank\">a ‘wartime’ lockdown\u003C\u002Fa>. Eastern European countries \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.euronews.com\u002F2020\u002F07\u002F12\u002Fcovid-19-surge-in-new-coronavirus-cases-in-eastern-europe-prompts-new-restrictions\" target=\"_blank\">faced similar surges\u003C\u002Fa>, leading to the reintroduction of restrictions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>As The Medical Futurist forecasted, we’ll likely battle with the pandemic throughout 2020. Some researchers \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fscience.sciencemag.org\u002Fcontent\u002F368\u002F6493\u002F860\">even suggest that\u003C\u002Fa>, in the U.S., “\u003Cem>prolonged or intermittent social distancing may be necessary into 2022.\u003C\u002Fem>”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Moreover, the duration of one’s immunity to SARS-CoV-2 is uncertain. There were even \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.news-medical.net\u002Fnews\u002F20200720\u002FDoctor-in-Israel-reinfected-with-COVID-19-three-months-after-recovering.aspx\">reports of reinfection\u003C\u002Fa>. The \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.forbes.com\u002Fsites\u002Fbrucelee\u002F2020\u002F07\u002F19\u002Fcan-you-get-covid-19-coronavirus-twice-here-is-an-update-on-reinfection\u002F#fa7fed07cbf4\">jury’s still out on this issue\u003C\u002Fa> as these reports could be outlier individual cases or even due to faulty tests. It’s still early to have definite answers, but these uncertainties attest to the novelty of the virus. Hence, caution is advised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Game over: when does it stop?\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Ultimately, whether we live in a very twisted game of \u003Cem>Jumanji\u003C\u002Fem>, a collective fever dream or (*gasp*) actual reality, these challenging moments will end. Early results from a coronavirus vaccine developed by the University of Oxford \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bbc.com\u002Fnews\u002Fuk-53469839\" target=\"_blank\">showed promising results\u003C\u002Fa>. Trials in the U.K. showed a positive immune response and appeared safe. Others are also working on a vaccine with the \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fthe-sober-state-of-artificial-intelligence-in-the-fight-against-covid-19\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">help of A.I.\u003C\u002Fa> and \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fnetwork-medicine-in-the-fight-against-covid-19\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">network medicine\u003C\u002Fa> to speed up development in record time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F05\u002F168_tmf-01-768x432.png\" alt=\"Network medicine in finding treatment for COVID-19\" class=\"wp-image-28279\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F05\u002F168_tmf-01-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F05\u002F168_tmf-01-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F05\u002F168_tmf-01-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F05\u002F168_tmf-01.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>The first half of 2020 might be over, but how the second half unfolds is still uncertain. While we cannot control the whims of Mother Nature, what we can control are our own actions. With simple measures such as social distancing, wearing masks and regularly washing one’s hands, we can each play pivotal roles in limiting COVID-19’s spread. \u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Our individual actions play an important role in the upcoming scenario for the rest of the year. We even created \u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fthe-medical-futurist-handbook-to-fight-against-the-covid-19-pandemic\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">\u003Cstrong>a free handbook\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cstrong> to help you fight the pandemic while staying indoors. 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