How Could Digital Technology Make An Impact On Primary Care?
I truly hope that very soon I do not have to make an appointment at the GP when I suspect signs of a disease, but my GP will send me a message that she spotted something irregular in my latest test results and my digital health data, so I’d better visit. Let me show you in detail how primary care should be carried out in the future! Digital health should become an organic part of primary care in the future I live a fairly healthy life. I use data to improve my lifestyle and to make better decisions by optimising my sleep pattern, my physical, my cognitive or my emotional abilities; and I had several genetic tests....
Source: The Medical Futurist - September 21, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: berci.mesko Tags: Digital Health Research Healthcare Innovation technology wearables GP primary care general practitioner Source Type: blogs

Insights About Generative AI In Healthcare From 400 Healthcare Leaders
Recently, we were struck with an idea: Why not gauge our followers’ perceptions regarding generative AI, Large Language Models, and their imminent role in healthcare? Based on how active and responsive The Medical Futurist audience is on our weekly LinkedIn polls, we were optimistic to see tangible results. If successful, our intention was to compile and present these findings in a comprehensive, free report.  And here we are, today we are honored to share the results, informed by almost 400 profound responses from our fantastic community. (Source: The Medical Futurist)
Source: The Medical Futurist - September 14, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andrea Koncz Tags: TMF survey large language models generative AI in medicine LLMs Source Type: blogs

The 11 Medical Specialties With The Biggest Potential In The Future
Technologies are not meant to replace what physicians do but to contribute to their work and support what they already do so they can do it better. New technologies will allow healthcare workers to focus on treating patients and innovating, while automation does the repetitive part of the work. While every medical specialty will benefit from digital health and AI, some will especially thrive thanks to these innovations. Here, we list the top medical specialties with the biggest potential for development in the future. We have also prepared a comprehensive e-book on the same topic with 20 of these specialties (an...
Source: The Medical Futurist - September 12, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: berci.mesko Tags: Future of Medicine Health Sensors & Trackers Personalized Medicine artificial intelligence Healthcare gc4 IBM Innovation medical technology AI wearables Source Type: blogs

Why It Is Important To Understand Multimodal Large Language Models In Healthcare  
The future of medicine is undoubtedly inextricably linked to the development of artificial intelligence (AI). Although this revolution has been brewing for years, the past few months marked a major change, as algorithms finally moved out of the specialized labs and into our daily lives.  The public debut of Large Language Models (LLMs), like ChatGPT which became the fastest-growing consumer application of all time, has been a roaring success. LLMs are machine learning models trained on a vast amount of text data which enables them to understand and generate human-like text based on the patterns and structures they̵...
Source: The Medical Futurist - September 5, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andrea Koncz Tags: TMF Artificial Intelligence in Medicine large language models multimodal AI multimodal large language models multimodal LLM Source Type: blogs

The ChatGPT Revolution – Here ’s Our New Book On Generative AI In Healthcare
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been the dominant topic in medicine and healthcare for years as these fields have become more and more technology-dependent. Then, in November 2022, generative AI stormed onto the scene and captured the attention of the masses. The release of ChatGPT finally meant that AI was not a tool for a handful of developers and researchers, but millions of people could start using it in practice. Our latest ebook covers this technological revolution. From the onset, we at The Medical Futurist have been diligently covering all news, studies, and announcements to help patients, healthcare prof...
Source: The Medical Futurist - August 24, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andrea Koncz Tags: TMF AI AI in medicine artificial intelligence ChatGPT generative AI in medicine Med-PaLM multimodal AI Source Type: blogs

The Intellectual Property Journey Of Patients ’ Digital Health Data
If you have used or are using a digital health device or service to gain insights about your own health, you have a digital health data trail. Whether it’s your smartwatch or that genetic sequencing you took to know about your risks for certain ailments, your personal data has been logged digitally. The latter is often used by companies providing digital health services to fine-tune their products and generate intellectual property (IP). As users of such services, it becomes ever important to understand (or at least try to) where that data ends up and consider who should own the resulting IP. We decided to follow the ...
Source: The Medical Futurist - August 22, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Pranavsingh Dhunnoo Tags: TMF health data IP of health data Source Type: blogs

Top 6 Companies Using AI In Drug Discovery And Development
What if coming up with a new drug could be measured in days rather than years? What if new medication would cost thousands instead of billions of dollars? Just look at how an AI pharma start-up developed a potential new drug in 46 days! Artificial intelligence technologies promise to speed up the process of drug discovery and development and make it more cost-effective. As the market is flourishing, and it takes time and effort to separate the wheat from the chaff, we collected the most promising AI pharma companies out there. Drug design is a key area AI is revolutionizing. In one of our latest database projects, we de...
Source: The Medical Futurist - August 17, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: berci.mesko Tags: Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Future of Pharma Genomics research clinical trials AI drug development medication drug discovery drug research cure Source Type: blogs

RingConn Review: A Smart Ring Tracking Your Health
“One ring to rule them all, one ring to find them…” This isn’t Mordor, but we do have a ring in question, and it’s not about ruling but monitoring health. Today, we’re diving deep into our very first smart ring review — and check the RingConn. At The Medical Futurist, we’ve had the opportunity to review countless digital health technologies, wearables, sensors, and services. But believe it or not, we never had a smart ring – until now. Now, we’ve added a new trophy to that list. Here’s an account of our journey with the RingConn, tested by Dr. Bertalan Meskó...
Source: The Medical Futurist - August 8, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andrea Koncz Tags: Health Sensors & Trackers digital health review ringconn smart ring RingConn review Source Type: blogs

Top 18 Technologies For The Aging Populations
Titled “Digital health for aging populations”, a study has recently caught our attention for its comprehensive approach and forward-thinking vision. Conducted by Chen et al., it delves into the complex topic of how digital health technologies could assist the elderly. It stands out not just for its thorough exploration of this intricate subject matter, but also for its visionary outlook, providing a clear and understandable projection of what the future might hold. The study’s vision involves a network of internet-connected sensors on the body and around the home, monitoring the health conditions of older ...
Source: The Medical Futurist - August 3, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andrea Koncz Tags: Health Sensors & Trackers digital health seniors elderly care Source Type: blogs

The Top 10 Health Chatbots
This study from March 2023 reports how an app developed to help patients’ bowel preparation can increase compliance and thus, the number of successful colonoscopies. In some cases, health chatbots are also able to connect patients with clinicians for diagnosis or treatment, but that is one step further down the line. The general idea is that in the future, these talking or texting smart algorithms might become the first contact point for primary care. Patients will not get in touch with physicians or nurses or any medical professional with every one of their health questions but will turn to chatbots first. If th...
Source: The Medical Futurist - August 1, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: berci.mesko Tags: Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Future of Medicine Healthcare Design health chatbot Innovation List medical Personalized medicine AI technology digital health chatbots Source Type: blogs

Generative AI Explained – Its Impact And Future In Healthcare
We have written dozens of articles about generative AI already, covering all possible angles, but just realized that we have never covered the basics, and explained what is generative AI in the first place.  Generative AI refers to a category of AI algorithms that look for patterns and structures in the sample data and come up with new ones. For example, it can simulate discussions and learn to find out how we, people, would be satisfied with the results. But it does it billions of times a day. So it improves at an unbelievable rate. This kind of AI can be used for a wide variety of tasks, such as creating ill...
Source: The Medical Futurist - July 27, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andrea Koncz Tags: Artificial Intelligence in Medicine GAN AI in healthcare large language models generative AI in medicine Transformers Source Type: blogs

How Do We Review Technologies?
Health sensors, fitness trackers, AI-based technologies and chatbots, and genetic tests are the air The Medical Futurist breathes. We test the user experience and publish our independent, honest and objective opinion. We have no connection or other financial interest in any of the companies sending us their products, and we do not have any economic gains out of testing. Read about The Medical Futurist’s review policy in detail! The chroniclers of health technology We aim to be the chroniclers of the development of digital health technologies. We analyze plenty of sensors, trackers, wearables, patches, apps or genet...
Source: The Medical Futurist - July 25, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: berci.mesko Tags: Health Sensors & Trackers review digital health health apps future Innovation Medicine personalized wearables Source Type: blogs

No, AI won ’t kill creativity
Recently, I had a conversation with a well-known illustrator friend who was expressing his discontent about artificial intelligence. As our conversation escalated online, several creative professionals joined in, lamenting the supposed death of art, creativity, and, consequently, our livelihoods. creativity, nounthe ability to produce or use original and unusual ideas I added my two cents that AI should not be perceived as competition, but rather as a tool to align with our times. I argued that ChatGPT wouldn’t transform anyone into a journalist, just as Midjourney wouldn’t make me a graphic designer, becau...
Source: The Medical Futurist - July 20, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andrea Koncz Tags: TMF Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Source Type: blogs

Why And How To Regulate ChatGPT-Like Large Language Models In Healthcare?
Large Language Models (LLMs), such as ChatGPT or Bard, hold immense promise but also pose significant challenges for healthcare and medicine. To unlock their enormous benefits, we must ensure their safe application in an environment where lives are at stake.  In other words, our task is to establish a robust, ethical framework for these generative AI models – without making the boundaries so tight that it kills innovation. Our latest paper published in Nature’s npj Digital Medicine, “The Imperative for Regulatory Oversight of Large Language Models (or Generative AI)  in Healthcare” published wi...
Source: The Medical Futurist - July 19, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andrea Koncz Tags: TMF Artificial Intelligence in Medicine AI AI in healthcare AI in medicine large language models MedPaLM ChatGPT in healthcare Bard Source Type: blogs