Category: Ideas

“Everything changes, and we change with it. The world is changing, society is changing, technology is changing, and so health(care) is.” – writes Lucien Engelen in his newest book “Augmented Health(care)”.

Virtual visits, digital doctors, automatic operating machines, implanted health monitoring sensors or robots as carers – many people are afraid of this vision of a future where the machine does away with man.

Artificial intelligence systems being used to determine the best possible therapy based on an analysis of the medical data filing systems and the patient’s individual profile offer a chance of more effective treatment and better disease prevention.