Medical technology is expected to massively increase over the next ten years. That’s the opinion of Dr. Daniel Kraft, chair of exponential medicine. The physician-scientist and innovator took part in the University of Kentucky Healthcare’s 60th Anniversary Symposium Friday. Kraft said, currently, healthcare providers often wait for patients to show up with a heart attack, stroke, or a late-stage cancer.
“And big picture where technology can take us is to be much more
continuous with data. That data can lead to insights that are much more personalized, and in as much to be more proactive, preventative. And start to bring care arguably anywhere anytime, hopefully at better costs with better outcomes,” said Kraft.
Kraft spoke about patches worn to gather personal medical data including tracking digestive health or to be able to check and detect something like COVID before symptoms occur. Kraft said physician assessing data could also be found at one’s fingertips.
“Leveraging data is quite interesting. Even looking at data of individual surgeons and scoring them and understanding who’s the best surgeon for your knee replacement with the least complication rate. So, data can empower the consumer and shift how and where we get care,” said Kraft.
Kraft noted wi-fi technology may be used to pick up in-home health emergencies quickly. Kraft added gathering data in new ways is important, but it’s also important to go from data to insights about providing care.
