Future of Health - How Digital Technology Will Make Care Accessible, Sustainable, Human

Learn how the future of medicine is being unlocked--one digital innovation at a time
 
The Future of Health is an insightful and comprehensive overview of the past, present, and future of digital health. Accomplished health innovation leader Roberto Ascione delivers a practical exploration of how the latest digital technologies are transforming the practice of medicine and redefining health itself by making it more accessible, sustainable, and human.
 
The book includes practical, real-world examples from the United States, Asia, and Europe of technology applications, companies, and start-up that have changed--or will change--our relationship with our health and the healthcare system. Readers will also find:
* How our health is becoming increasingly consumer and connected while technology is empowering patients in completely new ways and deeply transforming the doctor-patient relationship
* Discussions of how the training of medical professionals, particularly doctors, has changed--or needs to change--to meet the new digital reality
* Examinations of how new technologies will allow doctors to dodge many of the administrative and regulatory burdens they currently face each day
* Treatments of the ability of new technologies to unlock new, holistic ways of practicing medicine, with a focus on latest developments such as Digital Therapeutics and Virtual Reality
* Reflections on how digital health is fostering a shift "from cure to care" and will unleash a human-sized future for a more accessible, ubiquitous, and sustainable healthcare
 
The Future of Health is required reading for medical practitioners and the managers of pharmaceutical companies. It will also earn a place in the libraries of medical device companies and healthcare entrepreneurs seeking an incisive treatment of the impact of digital technology on all aspects of healthcare. Also, the general public, interested in understanding how to take better control of their own health through digital technologies, will find this book insightful and easy to comprehend.

List of contents

Preface xi
 
Part I Digital Reflections 1
 
Chapter 1 Devices, Sensors, and Signals 3
 
From Wearables to Ingestibles--Toward the Invisibility of Digital Health 4
 
Roberto's View 5
 
Apple Watch 6
 
Empatica 8
 
Proteus Digital Health 8
 
Qardio 9
 
Thync 10
 
Note 14
 
Chapter 2 Data Science and Artificial Intelligence 15
 
Using Big Data to Do Mass Screening and Prevention 16
 
Roberto's View 18
 
Conversa Health 19
 
One Drop 20
 
Sensely.com 21
 
SkinVision 23
 
Notes 27
 
Chapter 3 Evolution of the Computer-Human Interfaces in Health Care 29
 
Roberto's View 32
 
Alexa and Echo 33
 
Babylon and Healthily 34
 
HoloLens 36
 
MindMaze 37
 
Pepper Robot 37
 
Psious 38
 
PatchAi 39
 
Notes 39
 
Chapter 4 Telemedicine and Remote Monitoring 41
 
How Telemedicine Will Change Our Lives 42
 
Covid-19: The Tipping Point of Telehealth 44
 
Roberto's View 44
 
Omada Health 45
 
Sano 46
 
Teladoc Health 46
 
TytoCare 47
 
VitalConnect 48
 
Notes 51
 
Chapter 5 Digital Health Enabling Platforms 53
 
Platforms for Connecting Doctors and Patients, Remote Monitoring Systems, and Management of Their Therapies 54
 
Roberto's Vision 56
 
Altibbi 57
 
Apple Health 58
 
Cohealo 59
 
DocDoc 60
 
Doctolib 60
 
hi.health 61
 
Livongo 61
 
Paginemediche 62
 
Notes 69
 
Chapter 6 Digital Therapeutics 71
 
Roberto's Vision 74
 
Akili 76
 
Amicomed 77
 
Click Therapeutics 78
 
Ginger.io 79
 
Kaia Health 79
 
Voluntis 80
 
Notes 83
 
Chapter 7 Personal Genomics 85
 
From Mendel to Portable DNA Mapping Machines 86
 
Roberto's Vision 88
 
23andMe 90
 
Deep Genomics 91
 
Flatiron Health 92
 
Human Longevity 93
 
Sophia Genetics 94
 
Cellarity 94
 
Notes 97
 
Chapter 8 Open Innovation and Partnerships 99
 
How Companies Are Moving: The Speed and Intuition of Smaller Companies 100
 
Roberto's Vision 101
 
AlmirallShare and Digital Garden 103
 
Bayer G4A 104
 
Frontiers Health 104
 
Healthware Labs and Healthware Life Hub 105
 
HealthXL 106
 
Johnson & Johnson Innovation Labs (JLABS) 107
 
Novartis Biome 107
 
Open Accelerator 107
 
Patients' Digital Health Awards 108
 
Pfizer Healthcare Hubs 108
 
Roche HealthBuilders 109
 
StartUp Health 109
 
Vertical 110
 
Notes 119
 
Chapter 9 Lifestyle as Medicine 121
 
From Self-Empowerment to Lifestyle as Medicine 122
 
Roberto's Vision 123
 
Headspace 125
 
HealthTunes 126
 
Noom 127
 
Sleepio 127
 
Pioppi Protocol 128
 
YourCoach.health 128
 
Part II Human Reflections 131
 
Chapter 10 The New Physicians and Patients 135
 
An Ever-Increasing Pressure 136
 
Will Doctors Disappear? 138
 
Necessary Scientific Validation 139
 
Patients as Health-Care Consumers 140
 
Chapter 11 Old versus New 141
 
A Necessary Adaptation 142
 
New Training 143
 
A Collective Effort Is Needed 144
 
Note 145
 
Chapter 12 Trust versus Fear 147
 
The Horizon Opening Before Us

About the author

ROBERTO ASCIONE is Chief Executive Officer at Healthware Group, a global leader in health innovation, focusing on groundbreaking R&D in digital therapeutics and digital health, and assisting life sciences companies and healthcare systems as they navigate the digital transformation.

Summary

Learn how the future of medicine is being unlocked--one digital innovation at a time

The Future of Health is an insightful and comprehensive overview of the past, present, and future of digital health. Accomplished health innovation leader Roberto Ascione delivers a practical exploration of how the latest digital technologies are transforming the practice of medicine and redefining health itself by making it more accessible, sustainable, and human.

The book includes practical, real-world examples from the United States, Asia, and Europe of technology applications, companies, and start-up that have changed--or will change--our relationship with our health and the healthcare system. Readers will also find:
* How our health is becoming increasingly consumer and connected while technology is empowering patients in completely new ways and deeply transforming the doctor-patient relationship
* Discussions of how the training of medical professionals, particularly doctors, has changed--or needs to change--to meet the new digital reality
* Examinations of how new technologies will allow doctors to dodge many of the administrative and regulatory burdens they currently face each day
* Treatments of the ability of new technologies to unlock new, holistic ways of practicing medicine, with a focus on latest developments such as Digital Therapeutics and Virtual Reality
* Reflections on how digital health is fostering a shift "from cure to care" and will unleash a human-sized future for a more accessible, ubiquitous, and sustainable healthcare

The Future of Health is required reading for medical practitioners and the managers of pharmaceutical companies. It will also earn a place in the libraries of medical device companies and healthcare entrepreneurs seeking an incisive treatment of the impact of digital technology on all aspects of healthcare. Also, the general public, interested in understanding how to take better control of their own health through digital technologies, will find this book insightful and easy to comprehend.

Product details

• Authors: R Ascione, Roberto Ascione
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2021
• EAN: 9781119797258
• ISBN: 978-1-119-79725-8
• No. of pages: 208
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Gesundheitswesen, health care, Health & Social Care, Gesundheits- u. Sozialwesen, Spezialthemen Gesundheitswesen, Health & Health Care Special Topics