How AI Impacts The Intellectual Property Of Your Medical Records And Health Data – The Medical Futurist Newsletter

The patients' data, the doctors' knowledge, the wearables' output - intellectual property issues in digital health Recently, I bid farewell to my trusty smartwatch after four years of loyal service. This unexpected (literal) break-up nudged me towards [upgrading to a new model]( and as I strongly prefer low-maintenance wearables, I opted for a new Withings watch, which only requires charging once every two weeks. Of course, a review will be due shortly. In other exciting news, we have just published a new ebook on [Generative AI in healthcare](. It covers everything a healthcare professional needs to know to navigate the 'ChatGPT' revolution. Our aim was to publish a practical guide enabling you to make the most, and the best, of this transformative technology. I hope you will find the newsletter useful! Best regards, Berci Bertalan Meskó, PhD The Medical Futurist [EYE SCANS DETECT SIGNS OF PARKINSON’S DISEASE UP TO SEVEN YEARS EARLIER]( --------------------------------------------------------------- The Moorfields Eye Hospital has brought the issue of using AI in eye scans closer to reality with a new study they just published. They could identify markers of Parkinson’s disease in eye scans with the help of artificial intelligence that indicates the presence of the disease in patients on average seven years before clinical presentation! [READ MORE]( WHY DO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT? Increasing imaging across a wider population will have a huge impact on public health in the future, and will eventually lead to predictive analysis - Moorfields' medical director says. [THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY JOURNEY OF PATIENTS’ DIGITAL HEALTH DATA]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Who owns the intellectual property of the detailed case analysis the doctor created based on the patients' health data? It is just the simplest of the myriad IP questions our data- and AI-loaded age presents in healthcare. As AI and digital health evolve, there’s a pressing need for regulations ensuring informed data usage, clear IP ownership, and patient data access. [READ MORE]( WHY DO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT? We decided to follow the digital health data trail and resulting IP through the patient journey; as the conundrums it poses will become ever more relevant in the digital health era. [OUR NEW EBOOK: GENERATIVE AI IN HEALTHCARE - THE CHATGPT REVOLUTION]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Our latest eBook delves into the ChatGPT revolution, offering insights into its impact and potential in healthcare. We guide you through this topic in four major content segments, from mapping the current landscape to outlining the future and defining the to-dos on personal, professional, educational, institutional and regulatory levels. The book was written to give practical advice to navigate this evolving landscape. [GET IT HERE]( [MEDICARE APPROVES WASHU MEDICINE’S WHOLE-GENOME TEST FOR BLOOD CANCERS]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Full-genome sequencing to detect blood cancers and is covered by health insurance. A great step forward from WashU Medicine. "The test, known as chromoseq, advances precision medicine approaches for treating blood cancers by identifying the full suite of genetic changes in a patients cancer cells, which provides crucial information that physicians can use to help determine the optimal treatment strategy for individual patients. " [READ MORE]( WHY IT'S IMPORTANT? With sequencing costs slowly going down, we can expect other institutions to do the same. [RESEARCHERS MAKE BREAKTHROUGH IN FUNCTIONAL HUMAN TISSUE 3D PRINTING]( --------------------------------------------------------------- One of the biggest challenges with 3D bioprinting human tissues is the architecture of the tissue. There have been many attempts with scaffolds but it has remained a big obstacle. Now it seems researchers managed to leverage 3D photolithographic printing to fabricate functional human tissues that accurately mimic an organ’s architecture. [READ MORE]( WHY IT'S IMPORTANT? Regenerative medicine is a huge promise, and bioprinting will be one of the key areas in developing yet unavailable treatments. [FITBITS MISS THE MARK WHEN MEASURING SLEEP]( --------------------------------------------------------------- It's fantastic that many of us have access to a range of digital health devices to obtain health data that used to only be accessible in the ivory tower of medicine but evidence-based medicine must still apply to these devices. "Fitbit devices provide accurate measurements of circadian rhythms, or rest-activity cycles, but underestimate sleep measures, according to new research. The findings demonstrate that the efficacy of the commonly worn devices is comparable to research devices that must be issued and recharged at a laboratory." [READ MORE]( WHY DO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT? New findings "support using Fitbits or other commercial activity bands as an important tool to monitor rest-activity cycles 'in the wild'". [THE HEALTH GAME CHANGERS OF THE LAST 500 YEARS]( --------------------------------------------------------------- If someone asked you what have been the top 19 biggest healthcare innovations of the last 500 years, what would you say? From infant formula and thermometers to pacemakers, organ transplants and cancer therapies, what a spectacular list of scientific advances. Sure, we all might change an item or two, but all in all, it is a great tribute to medical advances of the past centuries. [READ MORE]( WHY DO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT? The mundane of today is the revolution of the recent past. We are very lucky to take these tools for granted. 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