How Medical Technology Is Augmenting Healthcare Decision Making

Humans are capable of incredible things—we’re smart, we’re adaptive, we’re resourceful—but one area where we are limited is our capacity to incorporate new information and modify a decision once one has already been made.

Dr. Matthew Cooper, Chief Medical Officer of the Medical Solutions Division & Director, Global Safety for the Health Care Business Group at 3M Health Care, believes that’s where medical technology can be most beneficial. In this episode, he shares a vision of a world where medical technology augments healthcare decision making.

We discuss:

The scope of the work at 3M Health Care
Recent breakthroughs in medical technology
How 3M contributes to patient safety
What medical technology might look like in 5 years 

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