The Future Of Healthcare Is Here: 5 AI Tools To Improve Your Medical Practice – The Medical Futurist Newsletter

A list of useful applications, this time not from the realms of diagnostics and treatment What exciting times! We have just launched a new online course - [Introduction to Artificial Intelligence In Medicine And Healthcare]( - after almost a year of work, covering everything you need to know about the upcoming AI revolution. As ChatGPT is reported to successfully take one medical exam after the other (which is not exactly true, more on it below), it is highly relevant. We introduced the new venture [in this article]( and you can also learn about it in [this recording of the live Q&A](. The first 1.5 chapters are available for free, so you can give it a go and decide whether you wanted to dive deeper. I hope you will find the newsletter useful! Best regards, Berci Bertalan Meskó, PhD The Medical Futurist [5 AI TOOLS THAT COULD HELP BUILD A MEDICAL PRACTICE]( New, amazing tools become available almost every day, and they have attracted the general public's attention. So, you are a doctor and want to build a medical practice. What AI tools are of your assistance? Here is a list of solutions anyone can use – and this time, we focused on algorithms not strictly connected to medicine. [READ MORE]( WHY DO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT? Algorithms like ChatGPT and Midjourney provide value to pretty much everyone, and the field has become the playground of laypeople, too, it’s not just for computer scientists anymore. [THE AI WILL SEE YOU NOW AS CHATGPT SCORES DOCTOR’S EXAM PASS*]( --------------------------------------------------------------- *If you check the authors' methods, you will find that all questions containing visual assets such as clinical images, medical photography, and graphs were removed. Thus this is not a complete USMLE test. And while it's great to see AI's progress in answering text questions, tools like ChatGPT are far from "passing medical exams" and will not be their goal even years from now. [READ MORE]( WHY DO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT? You have to take such big announcements with a pinch of salt. The other day, I reviewed another similar study and had the same comment. Chill the hype, and let's embrace real progress! [EBOOK BUNDLE: DIGITAL FUTURE OF HEALTHCARE AND PHARMA]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Digital health technologies and the increasing involvement of tech companies will shape the future of healthcare and related industries like the pharmaceutical sector. The Digital Future Of Healthcare And Pharma book bundle covers this topic in a digestible format, helping you prepare for the new realities. [GET IT HERE]( [EXCITING TECHNOLOGY: TINY PATCH FOR CARDIAC ULTRASOUND IMAGING]( --------------------------------------------------------------- I shared an article about this announcement earlier, but now it comes with new photos of the device. Engineers developed a wearable ultrasound system for cardiac imaging that could lead to more accessible and widespread cardiac monitoring. "The postage stamp-sized patch can be worn on the skin of the chest and uses AI and ultrasound waves to perform advanced imaging of the heart. The technology can even be worn to perform cardiac ultrasound imaging during exercise." [READ MORE]( WHY IT'S IMPORTANT? This is an exciting prospect. Although at present the prototype devices still require a wired tether to transmit their data, the researchers are working on a wireless version for an upcoming publication. [SOFT ROBOTIC WEARABLE RESTORES ARM FUNCTION FOR PEOPLE WITH ALS]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Researchers developed a soft robotic wearable capable of significantly assisting upper arm and shoulder movement in people with ALS! It took participants less than 15 minutes to learn how to use the device. "The team found that the soft robotic wearable – after a 30-second calibration process to detect each wearer’s unique level of mobility and strength – improved study participants’ range of motion, reduced muscle fatigue, and increased performance of tasks like holding or reaching for objects." [READ MORE]( WHY DO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT? Such great news for the tens of thousands of people affected by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, a neurodegenerative condition that damages cells in the brain and spinal cord necessary for movement. [TWO WEEKS WITH A 24/7 GLUCOSE SENSOR]( --------------------------------------------------------------- You already know how much I embrace health sensors and wearables, but up until now, I never tried a continuous glucose monitor. I'm not diabetic, so my goal with this experiment was to gain a better understanding of how eating the foods I enjoy affects my mood, focus, and physical exercise. I was wearing the sensor for 2 weeks, and now, I'm sharing my experience with you in this video summary. [WATCH THE VIDEO]( WHY DO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT? Healthy people don't require using such devices continuously. However, having this kind of data every now and then can assist you and your general practitioner to finetune your lifestyle. [A USEFUL GRAPH ABOUT CHATGPT AND THE DUNNING KRUGER EFFECT]( --------------------------------------------------------------- "The Dunning-Kruger effect occurs when a person's lack of knowledge and skills in a certain area causes them to overestimate their own competence. By contrast, this effect also causes those who excel in a given area to think the task is simple for everyone, and underestimate their relative abilities as well." The question is not whether you will go through this entire graph and these 5 stages but how much time it will take you. [READ MORE]( WHY DO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT? The more time you dedicate to understanding the value of AI now, the sooner you will get to the stage of meaningful use! MORE NEWS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF MEDICINE --------------------------------------------------------------- BIG FIVE – ['A blood test saved my life' says young cancer patient]( IV CANNULATION – [Singapore General Hospital shifts to gamified VR nurse training]( PREVENTION PLAN – [New York approves AI-driven breast cancer diagnostic]( GAME ON – [Study Finds Video Game Playing Causes No Harm to Young Children’s Cognitive Abilities]( [color-forwardtofriend-48.png](mailto:berci@medicalfuturist.com) [color-facebook-48.png]( [color-youtube-48.png]( [color-linkedin-48.png]( [color-twitter-48.png]( [color-instagram-48.png]( © The Medical Futurist 2023 This email was sent to {EMAIL} [why did I get this?]( [unsubscribe from this list]( [update subscription preferences]( Medical Futurist · Budapest · Budapest, Pest 1118 · Hungary