BookMussaad Al-Razouki, Sophie Smith, editors.
Summary: This essential book reviews how digital health ventures can be integrated with more traditional techniques to revolutionize the healthcare system. Details of the current state of the digital marketplace, the available tools for early detection and diagnostics that presently employ digital technologies are provided. Relevant aspects of blockchain, artificial intelligence including data lake development and data analytics are described. The role of regulators and legislation including GDPR are also covered. Hybrid Healthcare provides a thorough overview of how digital health entrepreneurs will need to employ a hybrid approach to address many healthcare challenges of the 21st century. It is therefore an indispensable resource for all those seeking to develop their knowledge of this rapidly growing sector.
Contents:
Introduction: What is Hybrid Healthcare?
Health is a Gift, Medicine is an Art, but Healthcare is a Business
Antiquity The Evolution of Modern Medicine
Modern Medicine 1.0 Why Healthcare Remains Broken Post WWII
Health 2.0 The Rise of Digital Technologies in Healthcare
Digital Marketplaces
B2C Finding a Doctor Nearest to You
B2B - The Rise and Fall of Practice Fusion
B2G
C2C Patient Support Groups
Digital Diagnostics and Therapeutics
Early Detection and Diagnosing At Scale Altoida and Alzheimers
Priming
Viral Vector Drugs
Retail Medicine
Current Examples
Experimental Models
Future Models
Genetic Therapy
Archaic Splicing: Vivisection
The Modern Era and the DNA Double Helix
Early Attempts at Gene editing: Zinc Finger Nucleases (ZFNs) and Transcription Activator-Like Effector Nucleases (TALENs)
CRISPRs/Cas-9
Other Experimental Models of Gene Therapy
Cloud Biology
Precision Medicine
Uploading Your Genetic Code
Downloading Therapies
Digital Storage of Genetic Material
Who Owns the Data?
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Developing a Data Lake
AI Triage and Treatment
Blockchain
Introduction to the Blockchain
Blockchain in Healthcare Provision: Creating Value
Ownership of the Distributed Ledger
Regulating the Blockchain
Communicating Via the Blockchain
Robotic Surgery
Hybrid Clinical Research
Sourcing Participants
Payment Models
Accelerating Data Collection and Analysis
Privacy in Hybrid Healthcare
Your online profile
HIPAA vs. GDPR
The Role of Regulators
Future Directions. .