Feb 14What Can Web3 Do For Healthcare?The purpose of this issue is to give you a brief overview of Web3 and what its potentials are in healthcare. Understand that this is still very early and that any healthcare applications are rather speculative. But anyway. I have to make an introduction to Web3, so we all have…Blockchain5 min read
Jan 24How Could Internet of Things Design the Hospitals of the FutureA few years ago, the first phones started supporting 5G, and I certainly didn’t think it would expand so quickly. In Slovenia, 5G coverage is more than 38%. But there’s more to it than just fast internet. …Digital Health5 min read
Jan 10Trends in Medical Research of BlockchainAbout a year ago, I wrote an issue whether blockchain is a viable new technology that could be applicable to healthcare. But there is definitely more to explore here than just that one issue. The Lancet Digital Health published a wonderful summary of where blockchain research is happening in medicine…Blockchain5 min read
Nov 25, 2021How Do Patients Feel About AI?The medical community is divided into two sides when it comes to AI in medicine — those that fully support it and those that fear it. Supporters want to implement it as fast as possible, since it will help them do a better job. …Artificial Intelligence5 min read
Nov 10, 2021Digital Health Is Elevating Precision MedicineLet’s first start with the definition of precision medicine. Precision medicine is a medical model that proposes the customisation of healthcare, with medical decisions, treatments, practices, or products being tailored to a subgroup of patients, instead of a one‐drug‐fits‐all model. Many Slovenians first came into contact with it in late…Digital Health3 min read
Oct 26, 2021How Is Artificial Intelligence Boosting Clinical MedicineUntil now, we have very well established that artificial intelligence is one of the most important players in digital health. We also discussed many areas where it’s applied, but in a very scattered way. …Artificial Intelligence5 min read
Oct 16, 2021Prescribing Digital Therapeutics Is the New Thing in HealthcareAbout a year ago, I published an issue of how virtual care looks like now and how it might look like in the future, after the pandemic. One of the most fascinating things I discovered was that the German government passed the Digital Healthcare Act (DVG) that allows doctors to…Digital Health5 min read
Sep 29, 2021Digital Technology Might be a Solution and Problem for Mental HealthLast week, the Wall Street Journal among others reported that Apple is working on features that would help detect depression and cognitive decline with iPhones. This gave me the perfect opportunity to explore the area of mental and digital health, a topic I had on my mind for months. Unofficially…Digital Health4 min read
Sep 12, 2021How Can We Use AI to Improve the Diagnosis of Tuberculosis?Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused predominantly by the bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It usually affects the lungs and is characterised by the formation of granulomas where the disease is present. About 10 million people fall ill with TB every year, and 1.4 million people died of it in 2019…Medicine3 min read
Sep 5, 2021The Challenge of Blood Testing: From Theranos to TodayAbout a week ago, on August 31st, Elizabeth Holmes’ trial finally started. She is the founder of Theranos, a startup that intended to develop a blood-testing device that could run diagnostic tests from a single drop of blood and put it into American homes. The company was valued at $9…Digital Health6 min read
