It's a long shot, but it just might work! Perspectives on the future of medicine.
What does the future of medicine hold? We asked six researchers to share their most ambitious and optimistic views of the future, grounded in the present but looking out a decade or more from now to consider what's possible. They paint a picture of a connected and data-driven world in which patient value, patient feedback, and patient empowerment shape a continually learning system that ensures each patient's experience contributes to the improved outcome of every patient like them, whether it be through clinical trials, data from consumer devices, hacking their medical devices, or defining value in thoughtful new ways.
PatientsLikeMe, 10 John Street, London, WC1N 2EB, UK. pwicks@patientslikeme.com.
Paul
P
Wicks
National Institute of Health Research Biomedical Research Centre at the Maudsley, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, SE5 8AZ, UK.|Department of Psychological Medicine, King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, Weston Education Centre, London, SE5 9JA, UK.
Matthew
M
Hotopf
Janssen Research & Development, LLC, 1125 Trenton-Harbourton Road, Titusville, NJ, 08560, USA.
Vaibhav A
VA
Narayan
Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, 170 Manning Drive, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599, USA.
Ethan
E
Basch
AstraZeneca UK, 1 Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, CB2 0AA, UK.
James
J
Weatherall
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, 18 Middle Way, Oxford, OX2 7LG, UK.
Muir
M
Gray
D006801:Humans; D008511:Medicine / Q000639:trends*
Machine learning; Medical informatics; Patient engagement; Patient reported outcomes; Smartphones