Nick Hunn‘The best way to save the NHS is to use it less.’
The above concept has spawned much of the new Medtech industry. Nick’s presentation mainly covered wearable technology and the reasons why this hasn’t made the revolutionary changes we think it has.
Watch Nick's talk on IET.tv.
Shafi Ahmed‘Med students aren’t buying books anymore so how do we train them?’
Shafi talked about his experience in medical education and training and how we can move things forward using modern technology. He mentioned his use of Google Glass, Twitter and Snapchat to live broadcast surgeries to interact with a younger audience.
Watch Shafi's talk on IET.tv.
Ali Parsa‘There has been a 99% reduction in the cost of diagnostics and it’s doubled the rate of improvement. But we are about to take diagnostics away from clinics and put it into your pockets.’
Ali discussed the advances of medical diagnostics and gave a live demonstration of Babylon’s app - the ‘doctor in your pocket’.
Watch Ali's talk on IET.tv.
Ali will also be speaking at the IET's upcoming Engfest event. To find out more and to register for the event please visit the event webpage.
Did you attend Future of Medicine? What comments or insights did you find most interesting? If you missed the event this year selected speaker presentations from the day are available to view online at IET.tv.
You may also be interested to look back to our 2nd Future of Medicine and 1st Future of Medicine events.
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