TRENDS
Integrating Health Data Physicians are preparing to integrate health data – and the technologies that
In fact, doctors and medical
harness it – into the clinical setting, writes Lloyd B. Minor, MD, dean of the Stanford
students are pursuing supplemental
University School of Medicine, in the 2020 Stanford Medicine Health Trends Report,
education in such things as advanced
“The Rise of the Data-Driven Physician.”
statistics, coding and population health, and they are open to using tools such as health apps and wearables as part of routine care, he adds. In addition to conducting a secondary review of news articles, white papers and peer-review research for the 2020 Health Trends Report, Stanford Medicine worked with Brunswick Insight to conduct a survey of 523 U.S. physicians and 210 medical students and residents.
Algorithms and AI Approval of medical algorithms by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has seen rapid growth over the past several
Which of the following innovations do you think have the most potential to transform the healthcare sector in the next five years?
years, according to the researchers. The
Personalized medicine Telemedicine Artificial intelligence Wearable consumer health monitoring devices Genetic screening for health risks Electronic health records Robotic surgery Virtual reality
of those algorithms are imaging-related,
Medical Futurist Institute reported in June 2019 that the FDA had approved a total of 46 algorithms since 2014. Many
Students and residents Physicians 64% 61% 58% 52% 40% 42% 41% 33% 32% 16% 15%
40% 43% 23% 19% 12%
Source: The Rise of the Data-Driven Physician, Stanford Medicine 2020 Health Trends Report
but some are being explored as tools to improve clinical workflows. “There are still many outstanding questions about the technology, including what role AI should have in the patient-doctor relationship, ethical considerations, and, more practically, how it can best alleviate clinical practice burdens,” according to the Stanford researchers. “Having a basic fluency in AI will be important for clinicians to engage in these critical discussions going forward.”
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