[grow_thumb image=”https://telecareaware.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/8-technologies-8-connected-community.jpg” thumb_width=”175″ /]The King’s Fund is still bullish on the transformative capabilities of technology-enabled care services for health (even if others are not, see following article). This article (which almost passed this Editor by this month) highlights eight areas which have the greatest potential. Some are expected–but at least two are surprises. You be the judge!

1. Smartphones: apps, as hubs/hub replacements, and research transmitters (voluntary but also involuntary?)
2. At-home and portable diagnostics; smart assistive technology
3. Smart or implantable drug delivery
4. Digital therapeutics/interventions; cognitive behavioral therapy; lifestyle interventions
5. Genome sequencing
6. Machine learning (computers changing based on new data, spotting pattern) in big datasets (Surprise #1)
7. Blockchain, the tech behind bitcoin; decentralised databases, secured using encryption, that keep an authoritative record of how data is created and changed over time, to bring together decentralized health records. (Surprise #2)
8. The connected community; P2P support networks and research communities

The King’s Fund’s publications 1 Jan