(Thread 1/n) The Future of Health & #Medicine: Where Can Technology Take Us?
@daniel_kraft eloquently summarizes the early innings of #healthcare #technology, and its #future. #mustwatch
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My favorite takeaways below:
(Thread 2/n) The Future of Health & Medicine:
Where Can Technology Take Us?
Some companies discussed: $TDOC $DRIO $GDRX $AMZN $UBER $AAPL $FIT $AMWL $GOOGL
$GRMN $DXCM $TNDM
@TeladocHealth (I think) would be wise to purchase
@DetectTest @VitalConnectInc @TytoCare @HeartFlow
(Thread 3/n) The Future of Health & Medicine
Glucose Monitoring paving the path forward.
Diabetes care started the path forward. Wearable monitoring, is still in it's infancy. What other applications will come?
@dexcom
@TandemDiabetes
@DarioHealth
@TeladocHealth @Livongo
(Thread 4/n) The Future of Health & Medicine
At home personal testing
Think Telehealth + testing
@DetectTest Affordable home testing for #COVID19 but ultimately, test for anything and upload to lab
#FebriDX #Uchek POC blood testing, for infection & beyond; smart pregnance test
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Accessible #genomic predictive testing
Predictive and preventative care will push healthcare forward in the next decade. Cost cutting for insurance cos will come with the efficiencies gained.
@Invitae
@PacBio
@CastleBio
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At home, personal #diagnostics
Blood pressure, glucometer, pulse oximetry, EKG.
@Thinklabs Digital Stethoscope
@AliveCor KardiaMobile personal EKG
@Garmin @Wellue1 Pulse Oximetry
@getqardio QardioArm smart blood pressure monitor
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At home, personal diagnostics #diagnostics
@TytoCare lung, heart, ear exams
@EyeNetra #eyeque At home vision, eye exams
@VitalConnectInc full access cardio monitoring patch
@HeartFlow cardiac test for coronary artery visualization
(Thread 8/n) The Future of Health & Medicine
Meditation and Sleep Tech. #meditation
@InteraXon Meditation wearable tech
@thync Neurostimulation, electric energy patch
@ouraring The Sleep-Tracking, Smart Ring
(Thread 9/n) The Future of Health & Medicine
Exercise
The platforms we use will have the most optionality, to dominate these markets
Usership = Data. We'll use cos we trust, as that comes w responsibility to protect that data
@Apple @Garmin @whoop @SamsungHealth
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Wearable nutrition monitors, and behavioral change
@omadahealth innovative tech driven digital care program that empowers you to achieve your health goals through sustainable lifestyle change.
All of which insurance reiumburses for.
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Personalized patient #imaging
Democratized, cost-effective, personal imaging will improve preventative care
@ButterflyNetInc portable and personal ultrasound
@Hyperfine portable MRI
#Arterys re-inventing digital pt imaging platform
(Thread 12/n) The Future of Health & Medicine
Cancer detection
Accessible prevention. Internet platform like $TDOC will allow for easy and often interpretation.
@SknVsn Skinvision mobile phone skin checks
@MoleScope @miiskinapp
@CastleBio @TeladocHealth
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…
(Thread 13/n) The Future of Health & Medicine
Digital pharmacy / medical logistics
The logistics behind medical care has never been more accessible to the masses. Diagnosis in your home, medication on your doorstep.
@GoodRx
@amazon
(Thread 14/n) The Future of Health & Medicine
Musculoskeletal stimulation wearables
@DarioHealth @UprightPose
Acq of Upright Technologies, trainer gives you a jolt and analytics feed when bad posture
@smithnephew @leafhealthcare
Smith & Nephew acquires Leaf, mobility sensor
(Thread 15/n) The Future of Health & Medicine
At home testing
@Qualcomm Tricorder, capable of accurately diagnosing a 13 medical conditions independent of a healthcare professional or facility, ability to continuously measure 5 vital signs.
Truly incredible.
Thank you @xprize
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Implantables, and implantable screening
@MIT @techreview MIT startup contraceptive chip that could be deactivated and reactivated using a wireless remote.
@CheckCap_ Colorectal screening, in the form of a swallowable pill
(Thread 17/n) The Future of Health & Medicine
Future of AI connected Implants
@neuralink Elon's future brain-computer interface neuralink.com
@NeuroPace Responsive Neural Stimulator implanted in to listen for and interrupt impending seizures
wsj.com/articles/the-a…
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Remote surgical robotics
@CorindusInc @SiemensHealth robotic assisted remote stroke itervention, enabled by 5G
siemens-healthineers.com/1f84b612-4d23-…
@IntuitiveSurg robotic assisted surgery
(Thread 19/n) The Future of Health & Medicine
Telemedicine #telehealth, and #telehealthrecords
@TeladocHealth
@Amwell
@LifeMD
@omadahealth
@Zocdoc
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Where to next? Time will tell.
@CRISPRTX Gene-Editing
@MaterialiseNV @3dsystems Medical 3D Pringing
@droneresponders Aerial EMT
@Osso_VR Virtual Reality Surgical Simulation
(Thread 21/n) The Future of Health & Medicine
Conclusion.
The internet is the greatest compounder in history Technological advance is moving more rapidly than ever
The collection of digital health technology is eye opening
But we're just beginning.
Thanks @daniel_kraft, et. al
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