A convergence of factors will accelerate the boom in nuclear medicine in the coming years, according to many experts in the field. Nuclear medicine allows to (almost) non-invasively diagnose and/or […]
Nuclear medicine, an exploding market
Improving patient outcome with hammers and nails ?
At some point, healthcare has to be delivered to the patient. Ok, preventative healthcare and a healthy lifestyle do not require you to physically meet with your physician, but e.g. […]
Skip the hospital and get a 4D-bioprinter !
3D printing is often referred to by the term additive manufacturing, because of the way objects are printed (layer by layer). The term rapid prototyping is also used since, as […]
Taking the measure of made-to-measure medicine
Pharmacogenomics, pharmacogenetics, precision medicine, personalized medicine : terms often used interchangeably to talk about the tailoring of treatment to individual patients based on their uniqueness. Actually, pharmacogenomics/genetics uses the […]
When virtual realities reshape patient realities !
Virtual reality (VR) is becoming mainstream. This year was coined “year of the VR” at CES. VR headsets are now available at your local electronics store. Although it has been […]
Gamification in healthcare
Simply put, gamification is the integration of game principles and mechanics into a non-game experience in order to engage people to reach goals. In other words, the goal of gamification […]
Robotics in healthcare
When we think of robots and robotics, the first thing that pops to mind is often a human look-alike machine. But robots take on far more diverse forms than the […]
Wearable technology in healthcare
Wearable technology in healthcare, in the widest sense, has been used for a very long time. If we loosely define healthcare wearable technology (HWT) as something you put on for […]