Healthcare Magazine December 2018 | Page 58

TECHNOLOGY
58 for that specific individual . It ’ s tailormade medicine .”
Such technology is already having an impact on conditions such as heart failure . Through advanced data analytics , providers can predict hospital admissions and illnesses before they occur and intervene and increase the dosage of a drug to prevent a hospital admission where required , therefore developing a personalised model of care . “ This is going to be the biggest movement of the century . The ability

“ Technology has the potential to save more lives than some of the biggest inventions of the last century . There are mainly two fronts : machine learning and artificial intelligence ”

— Mitesh Patel , Medical Director
DECEMBER 2018