Digital Health, Menopause, And The $150 Billion Ignorance – This And More News In Digital Health This Week
Bertalan Meskó, MD, PhD
Director of The Medical Futurist Institute (Keynote Speaker, Researcher, Author & Futurist)
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DIGITAL HEALTH, MENOPAUSE, AND THE $150 BILLION IGNORANCE
Despite the profound impact of menopause on health and the economy, with an estimated annual global cost of $150 billion, menopause research and solutions are dramatically underfunded and overlooked.
Digital health innovations offer promising new avenues for managing menopause symptoms, providing personalized care and filling the void left by traditional healthcare through symptom tracking, telemedicine, and educational resources.
7 MUST-HAVE FEATURES OF THE PERFECT DIGITAL HEALTH PLATFORM
Searching for a great digital health platform feels like looking for a needle in a haystack. We have heaps of options, but one that genuinely delivers the goods? That’s a rare find.
Let’s focus on the must-have features we, at The Medical Futurist believe define a good product.
INTRODUCTION TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN MEDICINE AND HEALTHCARE
Comfortably working with AI is becoming an essential skill in medicine. You don't need to be a computer scientist, but having a general overview will keep you up-to-date.
We designed this course to prepare you to make the most of this revolution. We won't design neural networks, but will grasp what AI is (and isn't) good for, when to use it, when to trust it, when is it safe, and when dangerous. Come as you are, and test the first lessons for free.
BLOOD TESTING IN THE FUTURE
Blood tests will remain fundamental for the diagnostic work, but parts of the process will change in the next 5-10 years.
The process of blood drawing is evolving rapidly with technologies like DIY blood draw kits and blood-drawing robots, which promise to make the procedure more efficient while reducing the workload on medical staff.
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WORLD LEADING VIRTUAL REALITY TEACHING FACILITY OPENS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM
"The classroom enables remote viewing and communication between lecturers and students in a way that’s never been done before.
Containing 40, high image quality VR headsets, 35 of which are tethered overhead to individual high-power PCs with the remaining five consisting of more traditional desk-based systems with display screens, students can choose the way they want to learn and experience VR."
MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEVERAGES GOOGLE'S GENAI FOR CANCER CARE
"MedLM, which intelligence has been proven comparable to licensed doctors by scoring 85% on the MedQA-USMLE (United States Medical Licensing Examination), has become the foundation of the CMUH's AI-assisted Physician system for making disease diagnosis, treatment planning, patient education, and medical research."
The generative AI was designed to do two things. 1. To generate cancer treatment plans and provide personalized treatment recommendations for clinicians to review, edit, and use with patients. And 2. Cancer therapy Q&As to help healthcare professionals quickly search for information while also offering comprehensive treatment options.
FDA APPROVES SLEEP APNEA TECH FROM ENSODATA, SAMSUNG
This might seem like an unusual way to utilize AI, but algorithms can actually benefit us in a variety of ways.
Potential use cases include better matching organs with recipients improving transplantation success rates, keeping organs viable for transplant longer outside the body, and also by identifying patients with the highest risk of organ rejection.
MORE NEWS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF MEDICINE
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