7 Digital Health Trends We ’ll Keep An Eye On In 2021

Summing up 2020 I was asked many times about the changes COVID-19 have brought about in healthcare. Well, throughout the past year, here at The Medical Futurist we were continuously posting about the technological advancements in the medical field: telemedicine, at-home lab tests, robotics and even doing sports have changed dramatically.  Most of these changes are likely to stay with us even after the pandemic is gone (I mean after we all got vaccinated), and in 2021, some will bear more fruit than ever. Let’s have a look at the 7 most promising trends in healthcare. 1. At-home lab tests Case: It seems that I cannot stress enough: this advancement is one of the most important coming of age in medicine. Although people have been using at-home tests since the 60s, the real breakthrough arrived when testing started to pose a threat to both the tester and the patient. Having a lab test done in the comfort of one’s own home made testing safer. But it also helped in the democratisation of healthcare, as such testing possibilities offered a chance for uninsured Americans to finally access healthcare.  Prognosis: As the number of reliable and even FDA-approved tests will grow exponentially, you can be sure that this year there will be more at-home COVID-19 and Antigen test kits available, everywhere around the globe. 2. Healthcare misinformation Case: 2020 (and the years leading up to it) has clearly shown that we need to deal with the rising tendency ...
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