This is the Powerpoint file of my plenary presentation at the ISDM 2018 Conference in Guangzhou

1. Impact of Disruptive Digital Technologies on
Medicine, Health & Well-Being
David Wortley ISDM (Europe)

2. Presentation Objectives
● What is the role of digital technologies in the future
of medicine, health, and well-being?
● What significant digital technologies are emerging in
medicine, health and well-being?
● What is the likely impact of future developments in
digital technologies?
● How can the study and practice of digital medicine
shape a sustainable future for stakeholders in
medicine, health and well-being?

3. Disruptive Digital Technologies
and their Medical Applications

4. Role of Digital Technologies
● Measuring and monitoring
● Analysing and informing
● Visualising
● Predicting
● Connecting & Collaborating
● Controlling

5. Some Significant Emerging Digital Technologies
● Artificial Intelligence
● Big Data Analytics
● Sensors & IOT
● Nano technologies
● Robotics
● Social Media

6. Digital Medicine Roadmap

7. Digital Medicine 3D Heat Maps

8. Digital Medicine Trends Analysis

9. Likely Impact of Future Developments
● Consumer technologies creating competition from
non-medical professionals
● Robotic surgery becoming commonplace
● Diagnosis becoming entirely digital
● Lifestyle conditions managed digitally
● Personal data subject to societal contract
● New models for personal health insurance

10. Building a Sustainable Future through Digital
Medicine / Health / Wellbeing
● Wearable consumer devices to provide advanced
health metrics
● Healthcare costs linked to lifestyle behaviours
● Revolution in the healthcare ecosystem
● Use of wearable lifestyle devices for identity
applications
● Growth in embedded devices that not only
monitor but also control

11. Medical Professional Job Attributes
● Subject Matter Knowledge
● Responsibility for human lives
● Judgement
● Ability to analyse data
● Experience
● Sensitivity and Awareness
● Customer Centric
● Teamwork
Demands years of training, dedication and skills development

12. XXXXX Professional Job Attributes
● Subject Matter Knowledge
● Responsibility for human lives
● Judgement
● Ability to analyse data
● Experience
● Sensitivity and Awareness
● Customer Centric
● Teamwork
Demands years of training, dedication and skills development

13. Engine Driver Job Attributes
● Subject Matter Knowledge
● Responsibility for human lives
● Judgement
● Ability to analyse data
● Experience
● Sensitivity and Awareness
● Customer Centric
● Teamwork
Demands years of training, dedication and skills development

14. Medical Professional Job Attributes
● Subject Matter Knowledge
● Responsibility for human lives
● Judgement
● Ability to analyse data
● Experience
● Sensitivity and Awareness
● Customer Centric
● Teamwork
Demands machine intelligence and human empathy?

15. Key Learning Points
● Digital Technologies will have a major impact on
health professionals across all sectors
● Medical professionals will face competition and
challenges from digitally enabled non-professionals
● Digital technologies will need to target preventative
medicine and impact lifestyle behaviours
● Consumer driven technologies likely to be most
influential in the future of Digital Medicine