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The Potential Role Of Technology In Euthanasia And Assisted Death

In early 2021, Spanish lawmakers legalised euthanasia and assisted death for patients suffering from unbearable and/or incurable conditions, making Spain the sixth country in the […]

Forecast | Lifestyle medicine | Bioethics | Biotechnology | Healthcare Policy

Top 10 Healthcare Artificial Intelligence News Of 2021

As 2021 is about to wrap up, we are reflecting on some of the most important news revolving around artificial intelligence (A.I.) in healthcare. These […]

TMF | Artificial Intelligence in Medicine | Future of Medicine | Healthcare Design | Healthcare Policy

5 Things Healthcare Lost In 2021

As 2020 passed, we all thought we’d be better off with 2021, so we were happy to roll the old year off the cliff (or […]

Should Volkswagen, Walmart Or Best Buy Provide Primary Care?

In October 2021, Best Buy announced it had acquired a UK-based remote care service. And that the company would keep on focusing on health services […]

The TOP 100 Digital Health Companies In 2021 By The Medical Futurist

The global digital health market continues its boom: with spectacular growth, it could reach $ 660bn by 2025. Investors have poured an unprecedented amount of […]

What’s Next For Direct-To-Consumer Genetic Testing

The Human Genome Project, an international scientific cooperation on discovering the human genome, began in 1990. The goal of the undertaking was to identify the […]

Will It Be A Luxury To Meet Physicians?

In 2013, the World Health Organisation (WHO) rang a bell forecasting a shortfall of 12.9 million healthcare workers globally by 2035. The pandemic has only […]

Emerging Trend Alert – Skin Checking Algorithms

Emerging Trends: Skin Checking Algorithms

In our new series, Emerging Trends, we are looking at those technologies in digital health that are on a certain ‘hype cycle’ – technologies and […]

Is There A Future For Drones In Healthcare?

The threat COVID has posed ever since it first appeared influenced how healthcare operates on many levels. It triggered a rapid expansion in health technology […]

This Is How A.I. Will Transform Medicine: The Same Way It Has Transformed Chess

By now, I’ve spent over one thousand hours playing chess at a professional level. Not to become the next world champion, but to better understand […]

Artificial Intelligence in Medicine | Digital Health Research | Healthcare Design | Healthcare Policy | Medical Education

The Top 20 Digital Health Trends For The Near Future: A New E-Book

It almost became a tradition at The Medical Futurist to publish at the beginning of every year an e-book about digital health trends that are […]

What Would We Do In Healthcare With A Lot Of Money?

Suppose we have an infinite amount of money at our disposal to help create a democratic, rationalised and optimised healthcare system in the country. What […]

5 Insights About The Future Of Health Insurance In The Digital Health Age

The global health insurance market has been experiencing a declining growth rate in recent years; from 9% in 2014-2015 to 6-7% in subsequent years. The […]

What Would The Ideal Hospital Look Like?

If your imagination could run wild, how would you envision the future of hospitals? Hi-tech big machines, physicians analysing data obtained from patients’ devices, LED […]

Federated Learning Can Protect Patients’ Data In Hospitals

In The Matrix, Morpheus offers Neo the choice between two pills in the iconic ‘Blue Pill Or Red Pill’ scene; take the red pill and […]

5 Tips Against Zoom Fatigue In Telemedicine

It was almost exactly a year ago when we first wrote about the rise of telemedicine amidst COVID-19. Similarly, it was almost a year ago […]