This is what Professor Eliezer Shalu, dean of the Faculty of Medicine for Rapaport at the Technion said at the Mobile-Social-Cloud Meets Medicine conference held by the Faculty of Medicine in collaboration with the Technion Computer Engineering Center (TCE) and Cornell University * At the conference, the capabilities of using smart phones as sensors for tracking various diseases, in processing In the cloud and using "big data"
"The medicine of the future will focus on prevention, prediction and early diagnosis, and technology plays an important role in this transition," said Professor Eliezer Shalu, Dean of the Rapport Faculty of Medicine at the Technion, at the conference
"Mobile-Social-Cloud Meets Medicine". The conference was organized by the Faculty of Medicine with the Technion Computer Engineering Center (TCE) in collaboration with Cornell University, within the framework of the T2MED program established by the Rappaport Faculty of Medicine at the Technion in order to encourage research and development of medical technologies.
The conference, which was organized by Professor Uri Rosenshein from the Rapaport Faculty of Medicine at the Technion, Professor Shay Manor from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at the Technion, and Professor Deborah Estrin from the Faculty of Computer Science at Cornell University, was attended by academics from the Technion and Cornell University, representatives of start-up companies that presented interesting developments, and representatives of venture capital funds .
"Today's technology makes it possible to do many things that were not possible before. The smartphone is also a location tracking device. It is used as a speedometer, speedometer and acceleration. The cameras and voice recording means turn these common devices into medical sensors. We will also be able to predict and locate a high-risk population according to genetic rules through data mining, medical records and pharmacy details, big data management, sophisticated algorithms and the use of personalized medicine through sequencing technology and bioinformatic tools," concluded Professor Shalu.
In the first part of the conference, systems were presented that use smartphones as sensors for various diseases. Professor Shay Menor from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at the Technion talked about the way in which the raw information found in smart phones is turned into accessible and understandable information. Automatic translation of the machine language will allow us to understand human behavior from the data in a way that will also allow searching, with the aim of improving treatment and diagnosis in many medical conditions.
Dr. Mor Peleg from the University of Haifa described her part in a large European project, MOBILGUIDE, in which upon discharge, patients receive a belt that measures various indicators of their body, especially those related to the activity of the heart, and transmits them via smart phone to a call center that allows the doctor to make immediate decisions.
Dr. Elad Yom Tov from Microsoft's research laboratories in Israel presented a study conducted by the company based on queries sent to the company's search engine on medical topics. The researchers examined in particular the frequency of queries about medical conditions and medications and the coordination between them. It turned out that when people ask about a disease, there is a very high probability (88.4%) that they will also make queries about drugs related to that disease.
Ofer Fabian, co-CEO of the Medial Research company, described a big data project that the company did in collaboration with "Maccabi Health Services", in the framework of which the fund retroactively examined the blood test indicators of people diagnosed with colon cancer. It turned out that before the cancer is detected in the scan, there is a decrease in the hemoglobin level, even if it is still within the normal range. Because despite the requirement to scan every person over the age of 50, compliance with the test, which is not pleasant, is not high. An electronic scan - that is, beyond the many blood tests that we do in Israel anyway for various needs, may help locate the people at risk and contact them with a request to perform a scan, in order to detect the disease at an early stage when it is still possible to be operated on and with reasonable chances of recovery.
The winners of the Hacking Health 3Day Startup competition that was recently held at the Faculty of Medicine at the Technion were also presented at the conference. Oren First from the Dario LabStyle company, which these days develops a single device that contains everything needed for diabetics (glucose meter, measuring strips and spikes, with the sugar meter constantly reporting to the cloud), presented a project designed mainly for children with diabetes - a "glucogochi" game. It is a kind of diabetic Tamagotchi, which helps children understand the importance of meal times, insulin administration and more. The children treat Glucagon, and as his condition improves, so does their condition. It is an interactive application, and the children, according to First, develop identification with the virtual character. "The bottom line is that we improve cooperation, educate the patient, encourage good habits and minimize complications. In the future we will take it to other diseases such as hypertension and obesity," he says.
Omri Shor, founder and CEO of MEDISAFE, presented an application in which videos were developed explaining the administration of drugs, instead of the printed instructions for use attached to each drug. Each video is tailored to a group of patients with similar characteristics, and each patient receives only the videos relevant to the medications he is taking, with an appropriate reminder by any means - including on the mobile device. According to him, the system helps to prevent double taking of medicines, which is one of the significant causes of death.
Arturo Weschler, CEO of Healarium, presented an application that allows the patient to upload his medical file documents (this is especially relevant in the US, where the healthcare system is decentralized), and give the doctor access to all laboratory tests, photographs, doctors' summaries, etc. The company also created a system for modeling the intervention so that the doctors could intervene as needed.
Ziv Yekutiel, CEO of Monfort Company (MON4T) presented a system for self-testing of brain function. The system is designed to improve the health and safety of patients suffering from neurological disorders. "After neurological surgery, regular follow-up is necessary, but in the current situation, random tests are done at large time intervals, and there is no answer to the fear of a sudden worsening of the patient's condition."
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Finally, doctors will be able to be rewarded for healthy clients (as in the Far East) and not sick ones (as was the case in the West)