The Medical Futurist

Years ago, I met Scott Summit, Design Director of 3DSystems. At that time, he was wearing a cast due to ongoing issues with his wrist. He told me...

Most of us have likely used headphones, so far, mostly as entertainment accessories. These devices are now set for a digital health upgrade as companies are designing headphones as hearing aids and health tracking devices.

Tech Giant Apple popularised the approach with

There has been a lot of buzz around artificial intelligence (AI); and the healthcare field is no stranger. The promise of the technology range from addressing the shortage of healthcare providers to

For most of medical history, patients had access to almost none of the things physicians relied on. Medical knowledge was difficult to obtain. Scientific literature was behind institutional walls, journals, libraries and professional language. Measurements required medical devices and clinical settings. And clinical reasoning, the process of interpreting symptoms, risks, prob...

In healthcare, blood tests are routine procedures that involve taking a patient’s blood and assessing it. The need for blood tests varies, ranging from checking the blood glucose level to checking how well a condition is being managed via medications.

Of co...