10 Technologies That Are Changing Healthcare – The Medical Futurist Newsletter

Everything you need to hear about in healthcare AI and digital health! Week by week, we share news about advanced health and medical technologies with you, and sometimes, some of these stand out. We put them into an article. I also applaud governments like the one in Malaysia, for launching flagship events that bring healthcare stakeholders together to discuss the near future of the field. I just gave a keynote at such an event called [Healthcare Megatrends](. I hope you will find the newsletter useful! Best regards, Berci Bertalan Meskó, PhD The Medical Futurist [10 PROMISING ADVANCED HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGIES IN PRACTICE]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Technologies that were only concepts some years ago are now real options to be used in healthcare practice. From wearable ultrasound to custom-made splints, we share a collection of 10 advanced healthcare technologies that are ready to be used in practice. [READ MORE]( WHY DO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT? By seeing such outstanding examples, we might get inspired more easily about what to imagine in healthcare for the coming years. [HOSPITALS USE A TRANSCRIPTION TOOL POWERED BY AN ERROR-PRONE OPENAI MODEL]( --------------------------------------------------------------- It turns out that OpenAI's Whisper that is being used in many hospitals hallucinated in about 1 percent of medical transcriptions which can literally mean life and death when it comes to medical decisions. It made up entire sentences with sometimes violent sentiments or nonsensical phrases during silences in recordings, or just added Thank you for watching to the transcription without anyone saying that during the conversation. [READ MORE]( WHY DO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT? Such a scandal could ruin the whole industry of generative AI in healthcare. [TOP 20 DIGITAL HEALTH TRENDS FOR THE NEAR FUTURE - E-BOOK]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Digital technology could help transform unsustainable healthcare systems, provide cheaper, faster, and more effective solutions for diseases – and could lead to healthier individuals living in healthier communities. In this book, we analyze the top 20 trends shaping the future of healthcare, and what they all look like in practice. [ENROLL HERE]( [ROBOT HELPS AN ELDERLY PATIENT SETTLE IN]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Halodi Robotics, a Norwegian engineering and robotics company, that is now called 1X released this video about their robot that helps an elderly patient settle in a hospital room. It's interesting to see how other companies working on only the concept of humanoid robots get so much attention while such medical/healthcare examples do not. [READ MORE]( WHY IS IT IMPORTANT? While it's much harder to develop a nurse robot than a radiology AI, due to recent advances in robotics, we can still expect to see such robots in action soon. Here is one example. [START-UP CLAIMS TO HAVE ‘SUCCESSFULLY’ ACHIEVED FIRST ‘CHAT’ BETWEEN TWO DREAMING HUMANS]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Start-up claims to have successfully achieved first chat between two dreaming humans. Here is what really happened. Neurotech company REMspace Inc. has developed a device that measures participants' sleep, brain waves and some health parameters.When one of the candidates had entered a lucid dream state, their server generated a random word and repeated it to him via earbuds. [READ MORE]( WHY IS IT IMPORTANT? Everybody will want to control their dreams or interact with others while having one. The technology now seems unproven and untested, but the question remains: would you do it? [AI-POWERED 5D XR SURGERY]( --------------------------------------------------------------- AI-Powered 5D XR Surgery, let's get familiar with the expression. Veyond Metaverse recorded this demonstration in which both proctor and operator, although continents apart, viewed the same patient with an identical, real-time perspective. "𝐼𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑜, 𝑤𝑖𝑡𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑏𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑'𝑠𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝐴𝐼-𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝟧𝐷 𝑋𝑅 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑟𝑦, 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑣𝑎𝑛𝑡. 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑓. 𝐷𝑟. 𝐴𝑢𝑛𝑔 𝐾𝑦𝑎𝑤 𝑇𝑢𝑛 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑖𝑛 𝑌𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑜𝑛, 𝑀𝑦𝑎𝑛𝑚𝑎𝑟, 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑓. 𝐷𝑟. 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑦 𝐹𝑙𝑎𝑚 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑁𝑒𝑤 𝑌𝑜𝑟𝑘, 𝑠𝑒𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝟣𝟥,𝟢𝟢𝟢 𝑘𝑖𝑙𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠." [READ MORE]( WHY DO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT? I could see this being used more during medical education though. It would be a game changer experience for future surgeons. Imagine the situation: the more you use this virtual environment, the better skilled surgeon you can become. [THE SMARTWATCHES THAT CAN PREDICT PARKINSON'S DISEASE]( --------------------------------------------------------------- BBC reported about a bunch of trials that analyze how smartwatches that measure vital signs and health parameters are being used to predict medical conditions. Some of these smartwatches with medical-grade accuracy can help physicians find out if a patient would have a cardiovascular or neurological condition later on. [READ MORE]( WHY DO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT? This is a clear transition recently from other types of wearables to using smartwatches for medical purposes, especially prevention. 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