Healthcare in the Metaverse, digital twins, data demands of integrated care, can AI improve mental health and more.
Kevin McDonnell
HealthTech CEO Coach | Growth Advisor | Chairman - Helping leaders and organisations unlock potential, accelerate growth and shape the future of healthcare.
The ideas, people, innovations and technologies that are shaping the future of healthcare.?
Thank you for reading my latest newsletter. Every week I share my round-up of the most interesting stories from the world of Digital Health so you can find the ideas, people, innovations and technologies that are shaping the future of healthcare. I hope you enjoy them! If you haven't already, please feel free to?join my network ?or connect with me via Twitter . Happy reading!
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At least 5.8 million patients are now part of the NHS’s elective care backlog. Of these,?300,000 have been waiting more than a year and 12,000 more than two years. Health secretary Sajid Javid said in July that, when taking into account all “unknown” patients, this figure could rise to?13 million?– placing something like one fifth of the population on a waiting list for treatment.
Mental health professionals are using artificial intelligence (AI) to improve the accuracy of diagnosis and treatments. Therapists are turning to AI to help with stretched workloads and 84% of psychologists have seen a rise in demand for anxiety treatments.
Smartwatches are a constant companion for many, but nowadays they do a lot more than just tell the time. Consumer tech companies like Apple, Samsung, Fitbit and Garmin have all worked hard to gain a competitive edge in the smartwatch arena and in recent years that has involved pushing into the medical space.
This is a really interesting article discussing the opportunities for?Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) and how for?decades AI researchers have tried to build algorithms to mimic human intelligence, But the real breakthrough may come from building algorithms that try to mimic the open-ended problem-solving of evolution—and sitting back to watch what emerges.?
Laura Wade-Gery’s independent review,?Putting Data, Digital and Tech at the Heart of Transforming the NHS,?gets to the heart of the issue but?falls short on delivering?some fundamental building blocks for digital health.
Omada Health, a digital health firm that helps with chronic conditions, has reached a valuation of more than $1 billion after a funding round led by?Fidelity Management & Research Co., according to the company’s chief executive officer.
Although wearable sensors bring obvious benefits to both the patient and care provider, this can only work if patients can handle the technology and convalescing and elderly patients often struggle with electronic devices that require Bluetooth pairing, pin codes or charging.
Over the past two years, the UK’s healthcare system has undergone profound change to adapt to a once-in-a-century crisis. However, despite the best efforts of healthcare practitioners, there are only so many hours in the day, only so many medical staff, and only so many resources.
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2022 brings the potential to re-focus on the trends that benefit MedTech globally – an aging population that requires more healthcare and the?increasing access to healthcare?in emerging markets.
From GP appointments via telephone to remote patient monitoring technologies: it would be hard to miss the shift towards remote healthcare. Over the past two years, the Covid-19 pandemic has catalysed a trend that might otherwise have developed far more gradually.
The metaverse is a hot topic at the moment, and much has been written and spoken about its potential to revolutionize gaming, entertainment, socializing, work and commerce. Not so much has been said, however, about how it could affect healthcare – but this is another field where its impact could be transformational.
Virtual care technology enables hospitals to care for patients from the home, decreasing hospital capacity and instances of patient isolation.
The ￡1 million NHS trial aims to provide clinical evidence that digital health app, Wysa, can maintain, and even improve, mental health symptoms during the waiting period for traditional talking therapies.
Experts on a panel hosted by the Digital Medicine Society and the Consumer Technology Association discuss how healthcare organizations can utilize artificial intelligence without amplifying inequities.
Digital twins could transform healthcare with a more integrated approach for capturing data, providing more timely feedback, and enabling more effective interventions. The information required to allow for better simulations lies scattered across medical records, wearables, mobile apps, and pervasive sensors.?
Patients should have a digital single care record and integrated care systems (ICS) must develop a minimum level of digital maturity, according to the Government’s wide ranging plan for integrating health and social care.
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About Kevin McDonnell
Kevin McDonnell ?is an advisor, coach and consultant with over 25 years of experience building, developing and scaling global, market-leading Technology, Digital and Digital Health companies. Kevin serves on the board as Non-Executive Chairman/Director for several companies and is the Founder and CEO of?Datalla ?which is a global management consulting firm and a trusted advisor to the world’s most ambitious healthcare organisations.?You can learn more about Kevin at?kevinmcdonnell.co .
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