Future Visions for eHealth by Andy Fischer President -ISfTeH & CEO, Medgate, Switzerland

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Future Visions for eHealth
Dr. Andy Fischer, CEO Medgate and President ISfTeH

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The bumpy start of telemedicine…

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Digital Transformation of Business
Models in Medicine

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Yesterday: decentralized, locality dependent 1:1
healthcare

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Today: centralized, locality independent 1:1
healthcare

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Tomorrow: decentralized, automated 1:n
healthcare

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Digital Game Changer in
Healthcare

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Electronic Data Exchange and Networks

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Online Health Apps and Democratizing Health

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Telemedical services

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Wearables and Telebiomonitoring

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Digital Diagnostics and Nanotechnology

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Automated Mini Clinics

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Digital Imaging and Robotic Surgery

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Big Data and Artificial Intelligence

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But there are showstoppers for
the digital transformation…

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Social acceptance

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Cost Effectiveness

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Reimbursement and sustainable Business cases

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Legal Framework and Data Protection

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Digital Health Prognosis

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By 2020…

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By 2020…
 Health Apps will be the first choice for seeking information about healthcare
 Google, IBM and Uber (etc.) will be dominant players in the Healthcare Business
 Patients will use a digital symptom checker based on artificial intelligence that will be
more precise (sensitivity & specifity) than the diagnosis by a doctor
 Patients will have access to digital lab tests based on nanotechnology that will allow lab
selftest on capillary blood at home
 The smartphone will be a selfdiagnostic tool and will include a stethoscope,
opthalmoscope, otoscope, dermatoscope, ecg and ultrasound
 We will have the first eHealth law suit because a computer killed a patient in absence of
a doctor
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