I'm so happy to share that the World Health Organization asked me to submit a concept paper about digital health and its impact on healthcare which I did with Zsuzsa Győrffy working with me at The Medical Futurist Institute. We are now having discussions with the WHO whether we can also release the paper in a form. I can't wait to share it with you. Here is the table of contents until then: 1) Introduction 2) Noncommunicable diseases and patients in their new role 3) The summarized evolution of medical technology on the road to digital health 4) Healthcare in the 21st century 5) Technological examples and trends -Social media and smartphone apps -Health sensors -Telemedicine -Portable diagnostic devices -Virtual reality (VR) -Augmented reality (AR) -Direct-to-consumer genomics -Artificial or augmented intelligence -3D printing -Medical transportation organized through patients 6) Ways for tackling these technologies -Improving the doctor-patient relationship -Recommendations for better policies -Innovative health technologies in low-resource regions -Medical and post-graduate education -Advanced patient education -Guidelines adjusted to the 21st century needs 7) Conclusions #themedicalfuturist #digitalhealth #future #healthcare #medicine #technology #fromchancetochoice …see more