Life Sciences is undergoing such transformations that our perception of our ourselves and our take on our health and services will change radically. As per mobi health news remote patient monitoring grew by 44% in 2016. Swedish market research firm Berg Insight mentions “Bring-your-own-device connectivity will be preferred by select patient's groups and will be used for the monitoring of 22.9 million patients in 2021."
THE
CONNECTED PATIENT -
We are going to be a part of a world where every article comes with sensors which will detect our every movement. Ex: A pillbox has sensors and will relay information informing our near and dear ones of medicines taken or forgotten and subsequently further steps will be taken.
Source : https://www.gemalto.com/review/Pages/the-connected-patient.aspx
Health care delivery systems in 2020 -
Most
of the medical care will be at home and no longer need to be confined to clinics or
hospitals. Many doctor – patient contacts will now be virtual.
Specialist hospital treatment may be reserved
for trauma and emergency surgery; local day care organisations will deal with most
elective surgery, while chronic and long term will be maintained in the community.
3D Printing and life sciences
At
the University of Melbourne, engineers and doctors have worked together to
model and 3D print the heart arteries of patients. These models allow doctors to see the twists and blood flow in the vessels and accordingly construct an accurate heart stent, a mesh tube to support weak arteries.
In
collaboration with researchers at the University of Wollongong’s ARC Centre of
Excellence in Electromaterials Science, the team is able to print a
patient’s artery within a day.
According
to 3D Printing Progress, the 3D printing industry is
estimated to grow to approximately $6
billion by 2024.
Prosthetics, knee and hip replacements, implants, hearing aids, tissue and
medicines are expected to drive 3D-printed biotech products.
Prosthetics - an artificial device that replaces a missing part of a body will be one of the major choices for 3D printing. Ex: printing of limbs
Implants will be another area with multiple
applications. These can range from knee and hip replacements to dental and oral
implants to bone — again, enhancing quality of life at a lower cost.
Tissue,
organs, bones, muscle and skin 3D will be printed to match samples taken from a patient in order to decrease rejection of surgeries is been researched and will soon be a norm.
Medicines produced via 3D printing, will be tailored to each patient to provide a more personalized treatment.
Adoption of Iot and wearables -
Ubiquitous
presence of smartphone and Internet
of things will help to reduce gap between patients and
pharmaceutical industries. It
will facilitate at home diagnostic testing, self-management of chronic diseases
and remote patient health care.
Wearables
will track recovery from cardiac arrests, replace physical
interaction with digital intervention and lower cost of treatment.
Source: https://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/Deloitte/global/Documents/Life-Sciences-Health-Care/gx-lshc-healthcare-and-life-sciences-predictions-2020.pdf
Genomics and the future-
Do you remember watching the movies Elysium (2013) and Gattaca (1997)? They had spoken about the future of medicine. Well, Genomics plays a huge role in that. It is the study of understanding the structure of the genome, which contains all
genetic instructions for developing and directing the activities within an
organism in the form of DNA.
Personal
genomics
By
sequencing individual genomes, researchers can uncover large amounts of
information concerning all aspects of an individual's physiology, from their
susceptibility to certain diseases to the way they respond to specific drugs. A single strand of DNA will speak of our entire life processes. Amazing, isn't it?
Artificial Intelligence and Life sciences -
The
promise of AI is to extend it in three crucial areas, complex computations,
algorithmic assessments and making meaning from loose associations.
AI
could add value by reducing time in the analysis of a bacterial swab or
increasing accuracy in subsequent antibiotic prescription thereby giving doctors more time for clinical assessment.
The future thus tells us we will be masters of our own bodies controlling every aspect ranging from better health diagnosis to receiving timely treatment to maintenance available at our terms, ease and comfort. So gear up and cheer up because long lives need to be balanced with happy dispositions and strong relationships.
Bibliography
https://www2.deloitte.com/uk/en/pages/life-sciences-and-healthcare/articles/healthcare-and-life-sciences-predictions.html
https://www.eisneramper.com/3d-printing-biotech-cat-0318/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihqUosVDw-E
https://www.europeanpharmaceuticalreview.com/news/61031/drug-safety-automation/
http://www.mobihealthnews.com/content/remote-patient-monitoring-market-grew-44-percent-2016-report-says
Thanks for the informative article. I feel a more assured patient. Now I don't worry about my wife, breaking my heart - it can always be 3D printed ðŸ¤
ReplyDeleteVery informative article makes u wonder where science jumping leaps and bonds 3 d technology for humans wow it will be cost effective ,plus less painful and easier but a bit scary too ,all the best for the future
ReplyDeleteReally Informative article & it makes me more curious about the impact of life sciences & 3d printing on our health care sector.
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