10 Things You Can Definitely Expect From The Future Of Healthcare AI  – The Medical Futurist Newsletter

Top ten predictions NVIDIA is [accelerating the pace]( of healthcare innovation! Last week they unveiled a suite of AI microservices for developers, launched cutting-edge healthcare AI tools, and deepened their collaborations with giants like Johnson & Johnson. Plus, they're ramping up investment in clinical trials and drug design. Do you ever struggle with finding the best sources of information about healthcare AI? [Check out my new video]( where I share my favorite newsletters, websites, subreddits, and a list of must-follow experts. With this toolkit, you won't miss anything important. Also, I hope you enjoyed a restful and Happy Easter - should you celebrate it! I hope you will find the newsletter useful! Best regards, Berci Bertalan Meskó, PhD The Medical Futurist [10 THINGS YOU CAN DEFINITELY EXPECT FROM THE FUTURE OF HEALTHCARE AI]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Artificial intelligence promises material changes on both sides of the stethoscope. By streamlining processes, pinpointing insights, and augmenting decision-making, AI won’t just change how care is delivered – it will reshape the very experience of both giving and receiving that care. We have written so much about various details of this revolution in the past period, so it was time to come up with a high-level overview of what we can certainly expect from AI in medicine. We have 10 predictions, coming from four distinct facets of the healthcare spectrum. [READ MORE]( WHY DO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT? This technological revolution won’t unfold on its own, it requires collaboration between physicians, technologists, regulators, and patients. [NVIDIA’S AI AMBITIONS IN MEDICINE AND HEALTH CARE ARE BECOMING CLEAR]( --------------------------------------------------------------- These past few weeks seem to be all about NVIDIA's ventures into healthcare. They announced the availability of 25 new cloud-agnostic microservices to help healthcare developers make use of generative AI in their applications and launched about two dozen new AI-powered, healthcare-focused tools. They also started a collaboration with with Johnson & Johnson and GE Healthcare for surgery and medical imaging, and plan to invest more in clinical trials and drug design. [READ MORE]( WHY DO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT? There is decades-long preparation behind these announcements, but suddenly, NVIDIA seems to be everywhere. [TOP 20 DIGITAL HEALTH TRENDS FOR THE NEAR FUTURE]( --------------------------------------------------------------- In this book, we elaborate on 20 trends that we have been constantly monitoring and that we believe will have the most importance in shaping the digital health landscape in the near future. From lifestyle medicine to direct-to-consumer genetic testing, AI-guided ultrasounds to nutrigenomics and food scanners we cover the broad spectrum of technologies and trends with potentially major future impact. [GET IT HERE]( [DIGITAL HEALTH TOOLS FALL SHORT OF IMPROVING TYPE 2 DIABETES OUTCOMES]( --------------------------------------------------------------- A new report found that digital management tools targeting type 2 diabetes that use remote patient monitoring and behavior and lifestyle modification approaches do not provide meaningful clinical benefits and lead to higher costs. There can be several reasons for that. Like: the leaders of such projects didn't use patient design. And/or they didn't acknowledge the cultural nature of such digital transformations. The projects were too US-focused where healthcare costs are already in the sky. The Digital Therapeutics Alliance also listed [several in their response](. [READ MORE]( WHY IT'S IMPORTANT? It's going to take a bit longer than a decade for all stakeholders to understand how they can benefit from digital health tools. [GOOGLE AI TOOL COULD POTENTIALLY BE USED TO DIAGNOSE A PERSON'S COUGH]( --------------------------------------------------------------- It's not new to cough into the phone's microphone and get diagnosed with respiratory conditions, but Google's new AI solution could further advance the field. It is called Health Acoustic Representations (HeAR) and the model was trained on millions of audio clips of human sounds from the YouTube database. "What’s unique about Google’s HeAR technology is how it can be fine-tuned to perform multiple tasks through something called supervised learning, Nature said." [READ MORE]( WHY IT'S IMPORTANT? GPs, mine included, often say they can diagnose many respiratory illnesses just from hearing patients' coughs in the waiting room. But when this knowledge moves into our phones, we are indeed "making patients the point of care". [2024 UPDATE: PROMPT ENGINEERING FOR HEALTHCARE, WITH 11 BASIC TIPS]( --------------------------------------------------------------- As almost a year has passed since we first wrote about prompt engineering, widely used generative AI models have become significantly more advanced with capabilities we could only dream about back then. Thus it was time to give this useful piece of content a thorough update. So here is the 2024 iteration, hope you will (continue to) find it useful! [READ MORE]( WHY DO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT? Getting efficient with various AI models is becoming increasingly important. [FIRST 24/7 VIRTUAL EMERGENCY CLINIC IN AUSTRALIA'S OUTBACK LAUNCHED]( --------------------------------------------------------------- "The facility has a range of interchangeable diagnostic devices, such as oxygen monitors, blood pressure monitors, and ECG leads, that first responders can use to help with the remote diagnosis. Meanwhile, the patient can wait in a secure treatment room before an RFDS aeromedical crew arrives. First responders also have access to on-site AED and the RFDS medical chest which they can use to provide immediate physician-guided medication and care. There is also imaging equipment that can transmit high-quality images, including wound assessments, dermatology imaging, and throat and dental examinations." [READ MORE]( WHY DO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT? Here is how a virtual emergency clinic works in a rural area: it features a 24/7 virtual emergency centre with a telehealth unit that patients can connect to. MORE NEWS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF MEDICINE --------------------------------------------------------------- GRIEF – [Best-selling psychologist of 'Thinking, Fast and Slow,' dies at 90]( TRIALS UNDERWAY – [Medics design AI tool to predict side-effects in breast cancer patients]( PRO & CON – [Healthcare professionals demonstrate immunity to AI]( & [Harnessing artificial intelligence to end tuberculosis]( HOW TO – [Create flowcharts and diagrams with ChatGPT]( [color-forwardtofriend-48.png](mailto:berci@medicalfuturist.com) [color-facebook-48.png]( [color-youtube-48.png]( [color-linkedin-48.png]( [color-twitter-48.png]( [color-instagram-48.png]( © The Medical Futurist 2024 This email was sent to {EMAIL} [why did I get this?]( [unsubscribe from this list]( [update subscription preferences]( Medical Futurist · Budapest · Budapest, Pest 1118 · Hungary