Next steps in health & medicine — where can technology take us? | Daniel Kraft | TEDxBerlin
Next steps in health & medicine — where can technology take us? | Daniel Kraft | TEDxBerlin
This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Daniel Kraft shows us where technology can take us in health and medicine. He pulls out countless gadgets of his jacket that will change the future of health-monitoring and improve our access to personal health care.
Daniel Kraft is Founding Executive Director and curator for Exponential Medicine, an annual program that brings together thought leaders from across technology and healthcare. He is a Stanford and Harvard trained physician-scientist, inventor, entrepreneur, and innovator. With over 20 years of experience in clinical practice, biomedical research and healthcare innovation, Kraft has chaired the Medicine Track for Singularity University since SU’s inception, and founded and is Executive Director of Exponential Medicine, a program that explores convergent, rapidly developing technologies and their potential in biomedicine and healthcare.
Following undergraduate degrees from Brown University and medical school at Stanford, Daniel was Board Certified in both Internal Medicine & Pediatrics after completing a Harvard residency at the Massachusetts General Hospital & Boston Children’s Hospital, and fellowships in hematology, oncology and bone marrow transplantation at Stanford.
He has multiple patents on medical device, immunology and stem cell related patents through faculty positions with Stanford University School of Medicine and as clinical faculty for the pediatric bone marrow transplantation service at University of California, San Francisco.
About TEDx, x = independently organized event In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)
What technology is going to keep us from being obese, not doing any exercise, drinking too much and consuming recreational drugs. Seems like technology is hardly the answer.
(
im a univ student, the 5th year of bachelor.
after watching this video, i have more much stronger interest on medical × technology(engineering)!!
making me so motivative! thank you!
All the amazing developments in healthcare briefly described wonderfully in this video. Thank you doc.
This is all fun and all but how can this lower the cost of drugs and interventions such as chemotherapy, antivirals, etc.
WOW!!!
All these gadgets emit radiations that will result in more carcinomas .. go figure
This guy has more gadgets in his pockets than spy kids
It’s fun way of learning english by watching dr. Kraft’s mindblowing speech, especially for me who work in typical "urban" area in which those technologies were too unimaginable..
2019 now. Curious about how each of these panned out…
if data was private this could actually work.
Unfortunately most of it will only add to the cost of healthcare..no company is going to give it for free..all silicon valley people are here for the money…they would patent the air we breathe if they could.
The reality is medicine began in 1944, antibiotics became widely available, before that all a doctor could do was observe and report. Today a doctor many times can’t even get this right (prescription of antibiotics for right duration). The future of medicine will have to be prevention, diet, exercise, no smoking, reduced Alcohol consumption. 72 percent of patients are patients due to life style choices.
Here is an interesting fact … most of the people I know that use doctors know more that the doctors now. The real issue is Re-Training of doctors and with prevention and nutrition at the forefront .. and quite the "Medicine by Chemistry", as you know pharmaceuticals are a failed experiment …
70 Going On 100 …
The whole app consultation leaves out physical examination, not ideal
really cool
The next breakthrough will come when people start uploading their genome sequence along with their disease profile…and then computers and AI scanning millions and billions of genomes to come to a precise location of genes to target and fix.
WOW !!
We don’t need a doctor. All, we need is a robot!!!
I am preparing to my interview for Master in Health care Quality & Technology, and this is awesome to watch. Can i have additional look alike videos
The diagnostic tests – I have to stress in many cases are worthless, they give too many false negatives. Also in many cases, if let’s say Alzheimer’s was actually detected. How will knowing that help you. No cure or effective treatment exists.
Wow…great information…thank you, it really helped.
Relax! – ”Technology” in medicine will takes us nowhere near the Health We All Need – Only my Discovery will – In less than a month everybody will become Infinitely Healthy and by that – Immortal, for Infinite Health = Immortality (8,500 years guaranteed) – All Diseases will be Wiped Out, so no drugs, no doctors, no hospitals, etc. BS will be needed any more – By everybody doing just an exercise for a minute a day, that cures and prevents any Diseases, known on Earth, even Aging and Radiation Disease, for every cell of our bodies is then shielded 100% from any external/internal (genetic) detrimental impact (any Viruses and any other Pathogens are killed the moment they touch us) – In less than a month everybody will become Infinitely Healthy, Radiation-Proof (fit for deep space missions) and Immortal – Like the Gods who created us humans – I will describe my Discovery to everyone, who sends me an E-check for One Million US Dollars (money can be negotiated).
Superb analogy.We have adopted so many techs without even realizing.
There is a gene sequencer for the mobile phone already.
Its made by Oxford Nanopore.
Costs a few hundred dollars.
Can sequence your entire genome.
How many of these inventions are actually being used today and benefiting society? Trying to mention something like this for a paper I’m writing.
Ok, some items appear useful!
Get to the point!!!!!
Medical complex and the creation of more diseases and the "new" technology so-called "treatment". The patient is the Product-Cattle.
it is a good explain
Vi tror på teknologi, der hjælper mennesker!
Mr. Kraft speaks about how our healthcare is set up and how we can go about by fixing it. Mr. Kraft tells us about medical advancements and how they could or already have affected us. The first thing he specifically mentions is how our system is basically broken. He says our system is broken because we designed it to help us when we are sick. He says it should be there when needed, but designed to keep us healthy and not get sick in the first place.Our medical system is extremely reactive. Reactive meaning when someone comes in the doctors are there to help them. Some examples are when someone comes in with a stroke, heart attack, or cancer, we react and then treat the disease (if possible). Our healthcare is also very intermittent and expensive. The patients have to wait for their blood pressure, EKG results, or even lab result test. All of these are ingredients to the patient having to pay more out of their pocket. One of the most important parts of healthcare is actually relatively old. The fax machine is used in basically all hospitals in today era. It is used mainly in the healthcare field to write prescriptions for patients. We are trying to move more towards online charting to decrease the time it takes to find a patients chart and make things more simple all together. The system of healthcare has a broken loop in it as well. This broken loop is also in the way that information is given to patients. The loop starts with an action, moves to a reaction, then to a modifier, and then repeats. There is also the time factor of having to see a doctor. Many times it takes a patient an average of at least fifteen minutes to get seen by a doctor or other healthcare specialist. This process is non-beneficial for both the patient and the doctor. It is non beneficial for the doctor because most doctors are rewarded by the amount of patients they see and not by how well they treat their patients. Then for the patients they could be in the doctor’s office for an hour to be in the examination room for just fifteen minutes.This system needs to be more proactive and continuous rather than reactive and intermittent. We can do this by putting more autonomy with the patient. We can do this by intertwining many different aspects into the technology of today. For instance there is an app where you can set up an appointment with a doctor or other healthcare professional to see them when they are available. When they are available it will notify you and then you can video chat with the doctor and explain the problem you are experiencing. Then off of your explanation the doctor can email you a prescription (if necessary) and give you a diagnoses on what they believe the problem might be. This simple process can save the patient and doctor a significant amount of time. Another factor of why we should change the system of healthcare is that most of the money going to the healthcare system is going into reimbursement based medicine. This system is basically bringing many countries towards bankruptcy. The United States of America happens to be using eighty percent of their money towards this reimbursement based medicine (which happens to be higher than any other country). The system should be funding evidence based medicine.This switch could save many countries a significant amount of money that they could be putting towards other investments in the healthcare system. So going back to how technology could change our system drastically, by putting the power in the hands of the patient. There are many things that technology has done to change the game of how things are being handled in everyday life. Mobile phones are able to message an Uber, order your food before your arrival with details included, order items online, and even as mentioned before; contact your doctor or specialist face to face. All we have to do is reimagine our healthcare system and change a few ways we go about some different things. Although since we are changing the system there are some things that should be pointed out. One of the more obvious ones is that everyone should exercise and try to maintain a healthy lifestyle. With this many technologies can help improve several aspects of it and help us understand exactly what is going on. There are headbands that you can wear that help to show you whether or not you are getting enough sleep every night. Then if you aren’t getting enough sleep then it will give you solutions on how to fix this. Along with telling you the effects that could come from not getting enough sleep. There are also armbands that connect to your phones that will tell you your oxygen level, heart rate, steps taken, calories burned, and even whether or not you are laying down or standing up.With all of this information it helps to make the patient more autonomous. Autonomy should be something that is focused on in healthcare for patients. All because of the things it can do for doctors and patients as previously listed. So will you join the technological generation or stay in the slow moving past? What would you do if you had a chance to go to the doctor’s office or stay at home and talk to them in your pajamas?
Wow. These devices would have been amazing during this Corona virus👈 Too bad modern Western medicine still practices reactive healthcare🙄 More money made with pharmaceutical companies producing for sick folk, that technology producing for the preventive minded doctors and patients.
Also must of these diagnostic tests are worthless. They provide false negatives. I work as a microbiologist – trust your body, get vaccines for the serious illness. Watch your diet, exercise. When you get sick, go to a good doctor, which usually requires seeing a view different ones and your own research.
9:00
There are a MILLION reasons why this is so bad
It’s very sad that project ara has closed.😥😥
You have got to be kidding?? So where does my privacy come in?? No wonder google is stealing patients private information!!!
That’s the most stupid lecture I have ever listened in Ted by far
Our health field today is more reactive; medicine waits for you to come to the doctor’s office and Daniel states that typically you go into the doctor’s office after you have a heart attack. Usually you do not go before you have a heart attack, but this would show being proactive. Daniel also talks about what health care would be like if there was an app, like Uber, where doctors would come to your house and treat you there. This app would definitely be used by many people, but I think this would make people much lazier. It also could be abused by some individuals when others have an emergency. When Daniel shows that he has a patch that connects immediately to his phone and will call emergency services if he has fallen and does not get up in time. This was very interesting to me because this could definitely help people throughout the country because there are many people who have Life Alert. I think this patch that Daniel is wearing is very interesting because you will be able to know everything that is happening in your body. Another thought that Daniel brings up is that 3-D printing is something that will be increasing over the next few years because something can be printed directly for each person. 3-D printing is a fantastic idea in my opinion because you can create anything and everything for each person. This is the future of medicine because being able to print something for each individual will benefit the patient.
We 9 we the podno
Anything that reduces the amount of interaction between patients/sheeple and doctors/quacks can only reduce healthcare costs and improve the overall health of our nation. In fact, if we were to dismantle our entire healthcare system and for the most part reject "modern/western medicine," we would see no overall negative impact, yet save a ton of money.
The future of healthcare should be overhauling what Doctors are taught….they don’t have a clue how to treat disease.
👏👏👏👏
it is helpful to distinguish myths from the facts. Thanks for sharing this video
Will you share your insight with a team of graduate students studying personalized medicine and machine learning by taking this survey? https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SCMQ9QV
the only thing that bothers me is this guys collar, I feel bad he didnt have enough time to steam that thang down
How much money did this guy make from advertising for all of these companies?!?
Gtⁿ633⁴34
And this “devises” are NOT the “cure”… they are making you depended on them. Look at yourself and go within.
This is rubbish. You have the means to make yourself better, and you don’t need Big Pharma. Look at the SPEAK PROJECT on YouTube channels.
Great info. We are also spiritual beings.