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Artificial intelligence may be used to anticipate future virus outbreaks.
There has been a rise in at-home diagnostic devices and lab tests, and their diagnostic accuracy will probably improve.
Using ultraviolet light, disinfecting robots can clean a hospital room in just a few minutes.
Patients are the most underused resource in healthcare; they could be collecting individualized health and lifestyle data through wearables.
A physician today is "a key holder to the gate of the ivory tower of medicine," but that ivory tower is crumbling as patients gain access to the same resources. Doctors in the future will transition into being more of a guide for their patients in healthcare.
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John Whyte, MD, MPH: You're watching Coronavirus in Context. I'm Dr John Whyte, chief medical officer at WebMD.
What's the future of healthcare right now during COVID and post-COVID? To answer these questions, I've asked Dr Bertalan Meskó. He is a self-described geek physician — his words — with a PhD in genomics and is a medical futurist. Dr Meskó, thanks for joining me.
Bertalan Meskó, MD, PhD:Of course. Thank you for having me.
