These 8 Countries Could Put Together The World's Best Healthcare – The Medical Futurist Newsletter

No country has a perfect system, but some excel in certain areas. We could combine the best practices of these 8 nations.  If we are looking for one common thing in healthcare systems around the world, it's that nobody is truly satisfied with their own. Can we, dreaming freely, [come up with the perfect one]( There are so many good examples from business to regulations that we tried to imagine what healthcare would look like if we could combine the best practices. I hope you will find the newsletter useful! Best regards, Berci Bertalan Meskó, MD The Medical Futurist [THESE 8 COUNTRIES COULD PUT TOGETHER THE MOST ADVANCED HEALTHCARE SYSTEM]( An interesting phenomenon: some of the best practices in healthcare come from relatively small countries with limited resources. Collecting the most advanced practices from business incubation to government policies, from health IT to longevity-oriented thinking - here is the Best Of Healthcare Champions League from The Medical Futurist. [READ MORE]( WHY DO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT? Not learning from existing great examples in such a globalized world is obliviousness. We simply can't afford to be that ignorant. [THE FUTURE OF (SYNTHETIC) MEDIA]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Virtual employees are infiltrating the office! They are outfitted with programmed personalities and generated smiles, and it's getting harder to differentiate them from real people. For example: "Synthesia uses generative adversarial networks to synthesize videos that feature photorealistic talking heads that read scripts aloud in 34 languages. Customers use the service to generate training and sales videos without a human actor." [READ MORE]( WHY DO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT? Don't get surprised if you start seeing these virtual employees in the administration and billing departments of hospitals; or as representatives talking to you from your health insurance company soon. [WELCOME TO THE DIGITAL HEALTH COURSE!]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Are you looking for an efficient way to get up to speed with everything digital health-related? If so, we encourage you to take a look at the Digital Health Course of The Medical Futurist and try the first few modules without a commitment. The course was designed for everyone who could benefit from a better understanding of current healthcare trends and from being able to better predict the next ones. [ENROLL HERE]( [CANCER RESEARCH: 'DARK MATTER' CONTRIBUTES TO DISEASE'S GROWTH]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Maybe we have been looking for the signs of cancer in the wrong way. Let's get familiar with the expression: cancer's "dark matter". "The revelation shows that epigenetics, cells controlling gene activity, play a crucial role in the development of cancer. Cancers are usually tested for DNA mutations alone, which can miss this level of control, thereby failing to predict how cancers may behave and respond to treatment. [READ MORE]( WHY IT'S IMPORTANT? While millions of patients have been doing genetic tests to reveal their risk of different types of cancer, maybe we have missed taking epigenetics into consideration. [HOW SCIENTISTS WANT TO MAKE YOU YOUNG AGAIN]( --------------------------------------------------------------- It seems there are scientific breakthroughs in the field of tackling aging. This article summarizes a few. "Now, after more than a decade of studying and tweaking so-called cellular reprogramming, a number of biotech companies and research labs say they have tantalizing hints the process could be the gateway to an unprecedented new technology for age reversal." [READ MORE]( WHY DO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT? What do we need to accept that this works? Scientific evidence. So far, scientists behind the idea have only shared unpublished data at an expensive conference. [JAPAN TO PILOT ELECTRONIC MEDICATION NOTEBOOKS]( --------------------------------------------------------------- "The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare in Japan is starting a pilot to promote the adoption of electronic medication notebook applications in pharmacies across the country. The project will involve approximately 600 customers of about 40 pharmacies in the country who will be asked to record their usage of OTC drugs, how they receive guidance from pharmacists and how they use an electronic medication notebook to check information about their medications." [READ MORE]( WHY DO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT? Electronic medication notebooks? Do you mean smartphone apps logging medications? However, such initiatives can indeed help reduce the risk of overlapping medications. [10+1 COMMANDMENTS FOR COMPANIES DEVELOPING WEARABLE HEALTH TRACKERS]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Throughout the last couple of years, I have tested and used about 150 devices and gadgets that measure health parameters or vital signs. From the very first Fitbit to A.I.-driven portable ultrasounds, the evolution is real, and I am delighted to have had the opportunity to watch it first-hand. Here is my advice for companies and start-ups eager to develop wearable health trackers. [READ MORE]( WHY DO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT? Most of these are not rocket science. Still, too many companies fail to meet the basics. 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