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How Digital Health Tools Are Changing Medicine
UAB Med Cast
English - February 08, 2023 06:00 - 16.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsHealth & Fitness uab medicine Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Digital technology is making the concept of continuous care possible – along with its more familiar benefits to telemedicine. Jeff Curtis, MD, a rheumatologist, discusses new applications of digital technology to healthcare that are becoming standard of care: virtual reality (VR) to help with pain management and teach wellness techniques; biosensors that allow doctors to gather data from patients between visits; and artificial intelligence (AI) to sort large amounts of data for rapid answers about widespread health conditions. Dr. Curtis shares how digital technology will allow caregivers to work across boundaries for the benefit of all.