Grow an audience or build a brand? They actually go hand in hand. One cannot build a brand without volks in mind Actually, you can grow an audience without being a brand. Creating content to find your voice is a good enough reason to start. Building a brand means you made a conscious choice to exert and monetise your influence. Whether it be to find your job. To find speaking gigs. To build a business (even a side hustle). Building a brand and growing an audience is a choice. Still, I have seen exponential growth by intentionally building a personal brand. With intention: - you can stand out from the crowd - you can be authentic - you know what value you bring to the table - you can build a business with a brand To grow an audience/brand on LinkedIn... One needs to create a channel. By building a channel, you are responsible for creating high-value content. There are two types of content you can create: 1. curate by using existing content (don't forget to give credit where it's due) 2. or create original content that showcases your expertise and authority. Are you ready to build a brand? And grow an audience? Follow String Nguyen for daily marketing tips. #stringtheory on #personalbranding …see more

3-year milestone - my journey and key learnings - how to be a LinkedIn influencer yourself It's been 3 years since I started being active on LinkedIn! I went from 0 to 41k in 3 years. Feel free to ask questions, but either way come, join the livestream chat. …see more

It would be interesting to make an artificial crowd noise generator. Upload lots of crowd noises and corresponding sports footage into a Database and use AI to auto generate based on live action

Calling out Toronto Folks & Friends: We're hiring various Product and Engineering roles in Toronto. Please share this post in your network and help us find awesome PMs and Engineers to join our fast growing company. I'm particularly looking to hire a Product Manager for Internal Tools & Automation in Toronto. I appreciate any referrals: https://lnkd.in/gss54PP #productmanager #bestproducts #productmanagment #recruiting #hiring …see more

Are you a full stack engineer interested in fitness & wellness and want to work on high impact products with an amazing team? Come join us at Halo Neuroscience to help Unlock Humans' Potential." (feel free to ping me directly if interested).  https://lnkd.in/gR6rwde #engineer   #engineering   #career   #halo   #fitness   #wellness …see more

Great tips on how to not get trapped on emails all day but still be responsive to what needs your attention.

I just posted about Robotics in healthcare. Its an emerging industry I'm sure we'll see much more of. Look forward to hearing your thoughts on my article. #medicalsciences #healthcare #robotics

It's Time To Look At Suicide Squarely In The Eye Suicide is all around us. While all other causes of death are declining, suicide is rising. I bet you know someone who has had issues with serious depression, anxiety, schizophrenia or bipolar. Or has taken their own life. My first experience with it was in high school when my good friend started to tell me things like ‘Paul McCartney stole my music. He took my songs from the freezer.’ (She was a budding musician). And one day she came to my house and started saying things like this around my dad, who was a doctor. After she left, he said, ‘You know Julie, your friend has schizophrenia.’ I had no idea even what the word meant. Years later one of my family members took her own life and mental illness became real. Real, tragic and deeply personal. It is time to address this growing cause of death in our society. Speak Up. Speak Out. Selected Excerpt: Increasingly, suicide is being viewed not only as a mental health problem but a public health one. Nearly 45,000 suicides occurred in the United States in 2016 — more than twice the number of homicides — making it the 10th-leading cause of death. Among people ages 15 to 34, suicide is the second-leading cause of death. …see more

Since Congress is thinking of "starting over" with healthcare, I thought I'd re-share this post of mine about how my sweet dog received better care than most humans. Perhaps we should take a lesson from veterinary medicine and learn how hospital-based veterinarians use best evidence to treat their patients, how they coordinate care, and how they include family members in decision making--including explaining the costs of care at each step along the way. …see more

Thanks Amy for sharing this short example about how (seemingly ) petty healthcare has become. It seems clear from your post that your three year old son has a medical condition requiring him to learn anew how to safely swallow food... basic human need--to safely eat and drink without concern of choking ... and yet the Occupational Therapy services and "associated tools (e.g., food)" were not included as a covered benefit with your insurance. Let me ask--how was your 3 year old son supposed to get better without the help of trained health care professionals ? What bothers me in so many of these healthcare posts is an undying sense of pettiness, and disregard for people's medical problems... wether that disregard is coming from insurance providers or the public. Healthcare should be held above all other industries to be caring, loving and selfless. Which I know we all want to experience when our time comes to deal with doctors , nurses and insurers. …see more

I’m quoted on Financial Times : “Healthcare hasn’t been working properly. It hadn’t been working properly even before the pandemic hit. But now it’s so obvious to everyone that improving healthcare should be at the top of the agenda.” The article focuses on how data and tech can transform the future of patient care and build operational resilience at medical institutions. #themedicalfuturist #digitalhealth #future #healthcare #medicine #technology …see more

Germany and Sweden are leading the way in digital health. In order to have a thriving digital health ecosystem, many factors need to be considered. Read the article to get a better understanding of these. We at The Medical Futurist are keen on supporting stakeholders in the ecosystem to be able to make better decisions, whether they be for a government, organization or company in healthcare. We put together this bundle of resources to empower them: digital health technologies, artificial intelligence, the future of 20 medical specialties, big pharma, data privacy and how technology giants such as Amazon or Google want to conquer healthcare in one ultimate package. Check it out here: https://lnkd.in/eBNrVsM #themedicalfuturist #digitalhealth #future #healthcare #medicine #technology #book #ebook #reading #read #digitalhealthecosystem …see more

It is theoretically impossible that everything is always wrong in healthcare. Yes, there is a digital divide and there will be patients who, by not having access to good Internet, might not have access to care either. But the only issue with the pandemic-induced rise in telemedical care is that it took a pandemic to let telemedicine earn its place in care. And don't have doubts, it will be here to stay. With global doctor shortages, a rising number of chronic patients and costs, telemedicine is the new norm. Get used to it. Here is our article about this: https://lnkd.in/eYw_VjJ #themedicalfuturist #digitalhealth #future #healthcare #medicine #technology #fromchancetochoice #COVID19 #COVID_19 #coronavirus #telemedicine #telehealth …see more

Almost a month has passed since we launched our Patreon page. We feel we are just getting into it and our truly engaged and keen community shows that it's worth the efforts. Among others, we have set off a podcast series, short-format videos, interviews, personal analyses - and we have many other ideas in the pipeline. If you join now, you can read interviews with world-renowned authorities such as Albert-László Barabási, Brennan Spiegel, and various other thought-provoking content. See you there: https://lnkd.in/gJet4TS #themedicalfuturist #digitalhealth #future #healthcare #medicine #technology #fromchancetochoice #Patreon #patreonexclusive #exclusivecontent #premiumcontent #community #digitalhealthcommunity …see more

Since I first saw a video about D-EYE, Srl , a digital direct ophthalmoscope working with the user's smartphone, I've wanted to test it. Now it's here and I cannot wait to share what it is like to do a retinal imaging with remote evaluation at home. #themedicalfuturist #digitalhealth #future #healthcare #medicine #technology #wearable #health #healthy #fromchancetochoice #ophthalmoscope #ophthalmology #retinalimaging #visiontest …see more

New study finds health chatbot decreases uncertainty among patients! The chatbot used in the study was limited in terms of patient input but the researchers analyzed over 150,000 encounters and the results show that chatbots have a place in healthcare and can reduce the burden on medical professionals. I'm sure we will see such studies in 2020 even with more comprehensive chatbots. #chatbot #digitalhealth #healthcare #workforce #study …see more

Your A.I. Prescription, 3-2-1 Lift Off! Yesterday was the first time I presented my new keynote narrative about my favorite topic: artificial intelligence in healthcare. The audience was a group of medical futurists to-be, students from the Biomedical Instrumentation subject at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics. I talked about why you already live with A.I., and how we can get the best out of it for the sake of patients. I also had impromptu expert assistance by Ármin Juhász (my FIDE-accredited chess trainer) and Gabor Csato MD, MSc (CEO of the Hungarian National Ambulance Service). It was fun to have them add their points of view to the story! From the questions, it was good to see how clearly these future inventors and engineers see the potentials and threats of A.I., as well as their key role in keeping control of it: the majority of questions were about ethical concerns and responsibility issues. I hope I'll have a chance to present this narrative to you somewhere along my upcoming speaker tour. #themedicalfuturist #digitalhealth #future #healthcare #medicine #technology #fromchancetochoice #speaker #keynote #speakerlife #artificialintelligence #AI …see more

I have had the opportunity to try so many genetic tests (their number has just reached the magical 7), that I thought I would share my experience both as a doctor and as a patient about them. So yesterday we were shooting our next video about genetic testing, genome sequencing and RFID implants - you can watch it soon! Subscribe to The Medical Futurist YouTube channel: https://lnkd.in/gvWyHm5 #themedicalfuturist #digitalhealth #future #healthcare #medicine #technology #health #healthy #video #youtube #studio …see more

I received the results of my genetic test with Atlas Biomed. I thought I'd share all the results piece by piece here before publishing the big review on medicalfuturist.com . Part I. Disease risks They analyzed a lot of polymorphisms in my DNA that have been associated with disease risks. I discussed that with their genetic counselor and she also made it clear that it matters which studies a certain company chooses to base their estimations on. In my case, I have high risk for three conditions (coronary heart disease, ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease). I've seen these in other genetic tests before but my high melanoma risk was not included in the report as they don't check for polymorphisms in cancer. The "average risk" conditions I have are quite common across populations. Regarding hereditary diseases, I don't carry any of the about 200 conditions they check for. It doesn't mean it's a 100% I don't carry those gene variants but there is a big chance for that. To check for a specific condition, I'd need a more detailed genetic test. Conclusion: to discuss the prevention plan about coronary heart disease with my GP. In the next posts, I'd describe my nutrition, sports and personal traits & my microbiome analysis. #genetics #digitalhealth #future #healthcare #medicine …see more

What will a VR therapy designer, a nanomedical engineer or a robot companion technician do in the future? Based on the current and prospective trends in digital health technologies I have envisioned what potential new professions could appear in our lives: https://lnkd.in/gSMtqCP https://lnkd.in/guJBEii #themedicalfuturist #digitalhealth #future #healthcare #medicine #technology #fromchancetochoice …see more