This document discusses the rise of wearable health technologies and quantified self-tracking. It notes that healthcare is now an information problem rather than a science problem. It then discusses the growing elderly population and rise of chronic diseases. Common risk factors like smoking, obesity, and inactivity are also discussed. The document summarizes tracking trends and the quantified self movement. It provides examples of emerging personal health tools like glucose monitors and DNA screening. It concludes with the author's views that digitalization will transform medicine by lowering costs and improving outcomes through precision medicine approaches.
28. Singapore Burden of Disease
Other
29%
CVD
19%
Cancer
18%
CVD
Cancer
Neuro
Mental Health
Diabetes
Other
Diabetes
10%
Mental Health
Neuro
13%
11%
Singapore Burden of Diseases Study 2007
33. Tracking
69%
of adults track a health indicator
for themselves or others.
34%
of individuals who track use nontech methods such as journals.
21%
of people who track use at least one
form of tech such as apps or devices.
Source: Susannah Fox, Pew Internet &
American Life Report, January 2013
34. Tracking
46%
say this activity has changed their
overall approach to maintaining their
health or another persons health
40%
of trackers say it has led them to ask
a doctor new questions or to get a
2nd opinion.
34%
say it has affected a decision about
how to treat an illness or condition.
Source: Susannah Fox, Pew Internet &
American Life Report, January 2013
35. Tracking
Formal tracking was more
influential when it came to health
decisions than informal tracking.
!
People with chronic conditions
are more likely to track.
Source: Susannah Fox, Pew Internet &
American Life Report, January 2013
36.
37. Quantified Self is an international
collaboration of users and makers
of self-tracking tools.
38. Quantified Self is an international
collaboration of users and makers
of self-tracking tools.
The aim is to help people get
meaning out of their personal data.
45. QS is Peer-to-Peer
People turn to friends & family for
support and advice when they have
a health problem.
46. Peer-to-Peer is
the Future
- "I don’t know, but I can find out"
- "I know, and I want to share my
knowledge"
Source: The Pew Research Center's
Internet & American Life Project
99. Precision Medicine
You would no more take a drug
without knowing the relevant
data from your genome, than you
would get a blood transfusion
without knowing your blood type.
-Esther Dyson
Former journalist and Wall Street technology analyst, leading
angel investor, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and commentator
focused on breakthrough innovation in healthcare
100. Health as Arithmetic
Apps +
Tracking = Behavior
Genome +
Exposome +
Microbiome +
Metabolome = Biology
Behavior + Biology = Health
101. Additive Forces
Ageing +
Chronic Disease +
Activity Tracking +
Social Networking +
Peer-to-Peer Health +
Healthcare Transformation =
102. Digitalization of Biology and
Medicine Transforms Healthcare
This is a revolution that will transform medicine even
more than digitalization transformed information
technologies and communications.
Digitizing of medicine will lead to dramatically lower
healthcare costs and better outcomes.
Digital medicine is nearly here. It is starting now.
Is there an app for that?
103. Dr. Watson
Machines as personal
assistants to doctors, using
big data to aid in physician
decision making.
Reads 200M papers in 3
seconds.
Monitors real-time data and
articles as published.
Digests patient EHR’s,
genomics, clinical data, peerreviewed publications, other
data.
114. During 2008, the number of things
connected to the Internet exceeded the
number of people on earth.
2003
2010
2015
By 2020 there
will be 50 billion.
These things are not just
smartphones and tablets.
Source: Cisco