From Patent To Product: The Speed Of The Digital Health Evolution  – The Medical Futurist Newsletter

A good idea and a few decades One of our most popular ebooks, A Guide To The Future Of Hospitals, has just received a fresh update. We're excited to share the new edition. If you previously invested in this ebook, click over for the free update. And if not, it is a good time [to grab your copy](. I truly enjoyed the live Q&A on Thursday, which turned into a rapid-fire exchange on generative AI in medicine. The session was full of sharp questions. If you couldn't tune in live, the recording is [now available on YouTube]( In more somber news, Friday brought words of the Future of Humanity Institute's closure due to funding shortfalls. What a sad announcement. I hope you will find the newsletter useful! Best regards, Berci Bertalan Meskó, PhD The Medical Futurist [FROM PATENT TO PRODUCT: THE SPEED OF THE DIGITAL HEALTH EVOLUTION]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Years, sometimes decades, can elapse from a brilliant idea to widespread clinical adoption. Patient needs often seem to get totally lost in the slow-grinding mills of research and product development. It is almost impossible to see clearly if and when the hyped breakthroughs from the media headlines turn into patient-ready products, so we dissected two, real-life examples. [READ MORE]( WHY DO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT? When you read about a new medical breakthrough, keep this analysis in mind to see how much time it takes to bring it to the practice of medicine. [GPT VERSUS RESIDENT PHYSICIANS - BENCHMARK BASED ON OFFICIAL BOARD SCORES]( --------------------------------------------------------------- A new study just proved that GPT-4, the large language model (LLM) version you can use in ChatGPT, passed the board residency examination in four of five medical specialties. It was tested against 800+ physicians. The model performed better in psychiatry, similarly to the median physician in general surgery and internal medicine, and significantly worse than human doctors in pediatrics and OB/GYN. [READ MORE]( WHY DO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT? LLMs are extraordinary at solving text-based problems but such models are extremely far from replacing physicians or doing their job. Not even multimodal LLMs will be able to do that. Mark my words. [1-2 HOURS PROGRAM: A SHORT GUIDE TO GENERATIVE AI IN HEALTHCARE]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Reviews like this make me so happy and motivated! "Concepts were broken into digestible chunks, making it easy to understand. The hyperlinks provided were educational. I have a solid understanding of Generative AI. Excited to continue my learning journey with TMF and explore more of their courses to stay at the forefront of healthcare innovation." This came to the new fast-track course, which aims to provide a hands-on introduction to the world of generative AI - in the time you have a cup or two of your favorite tea or coffee. Give it a try, and let us know, what you think! [ENROLL HERE]( [5 TRENDS THAT WILL DETERMINE THE HOSPITAL FROM THE FUTURE]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Physical institutions will still be part of the future of healthcare. However, their roles will be significantly different from what they currently are. They will integrate new elements of design, accommodate digital health technologies, and become specialized centers for invasive procedures, acute care, and disease prevention. In this article, we highlight five major trends. [READ MORE]( WHY IT'S IMPORTANT? We summarized everything there is to know about how hospitals will be different in the near future and what trends will contribute to that transformation. [NEW VIDEO: 10 PREDICTIONS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF HEALTHCARE AI]( --------------------------------------------------------------- From unlocking hidden biomarkers to streamlining administrative burdens, AI will improve patient care and redefine the role of physicians. I have 10 predictions for healthcare AI, coming from four distinct facets of the healthcare spectrum. [WATCH THE VIDEO]( WHY IT'S IMPORTANT? If you want to dive deeper,[we analyzed this topic in this article](. [H2O THERAPEUTICS' APPLE WATCH FEATURE FOR PARKINSON'S GETS FDA LISTING]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Turkey-based h2o therapeutics received an FDA medical device listing for their Apple Watch-enabled freezing of gait-cuing feature. It's dubbed Foggy and was designed for Parkinson’s Disease patients as a Class II medical device. "Foggy utilizes the Taptic Engine in an Apple Watch to provide vibrotactile stimulation when a patient is experiencing freezing of gait. Users tap a complication that initiates feedback to assist with the condition." [READ MORE]( WHY DO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT? The feature is available through the company’s Parky app, which is accessible for Apple Watch users by prescription. [NEW WHO REPORT WITH INDIVIDUAL COUNTRY PROFILES]( --------------------------------------------------------------- The World Health Organization releases a report from time to time about how countries in Europe are doing when it comes to digital health and digital transformation. Country profiles are based on the 2022 Survey on Digital Health in the WHO European Region. "The profiles indicate critical digital health components at the national level, including digital health governance, electronic health records, patient portals, telehealth, mobile health, and big data and analytics." [READ MORE]( WHY DO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT? The 240-pages report shows great comparison tables for continent-level overviews and detailed country profiles. 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