AI is of huge aid to the healthcare industry as it provides efficiency, effectiveness, and less time and effort consumption

1. COVID-19 Impact: Emerging
Trends in Digital Health

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As the pandemic is taking in more days, the more we are getting into the virtual mode of almost everything keeping in
mind the social distancing.
With doctors, staff, and patients dreading to come in contact with the virus, everyone is turning towards the digital health
trends that will not only improve the healthcare standard and innovation perspective but it will also bring in better
revenue for the future.
As per the Indian Express, China’s GDP dropped by 36.6 percent in the first quarter of 2020, while South Korea’s output
fell by 5.5 percent, whereas, in Europe, the GDPs of France, Spain, and Italy fell by 21.3, 19.2 and 17.5 percent
respectively.
Also, there is a total of a 3% decline in the global economy due to the COVID-19 outbreak till now. This is a cause that more
such trends are and should be adopted in order to cover up the disruption of the economy as a whole. The best and most
secure way is definitely to go digital and towards the adoption of technology.
To improve healthcare trends and standard when already the sector is facing issues due to an upsurge in the COVID-19
patients, there is a palpable demand for digital healthcare which is growing by the day.

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These are the following trends in digital health.
AI 3D Printing
Technology
Rehabilitation
robotics
Telehealth
& Telemedicine
Patient
monitoring
Digital behavioral
health

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AI-Based Digital Diagnostics
Amid the COVID-19 outbreak, the diagnostic services as well as
equipment are running short in numerous hospitals. Hospitals
are also facing an upsurge in the COVID-19 patients which
ultimately demands a greater service at hand making it all the
more difficult for the limited number of staff members and
doctors to take care of such a number and handle the situation.
In such a crisis, applications and software tools are of huge aid.
Hospitals are turning to technology and digital adoption for
surviving through the pandemic.
AI is of huge aid to the healthcare industry as it provides efficiency, effectiveness, and less time and effort consumption. In the
form of smart wearables, testing, and tracking systems, AI-based digital diagnostics is helping doctors in witnessing more than
one patient’s health condition at once. AI applications are used primarily for screening, monitoring, and diagnostic assistance
which involves algorithms that reports the X-rays and other radiology related images, it even aids in scanning pathology slides,
assessing fundus images for signs of retinopathy, reading ECGs, and in spotting any abnormal pattern of the heart rate or any
test.

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On the other hand, the tools or software such as trackers are not just systems that keep a check on the patient’s health but
also warns and alarms if any change or issues occurs in the health condition of the patient.
The diagnostics based on artificial intelligence is making the tests automated and simultaneously consuming less time,
effort, and reducing errors. It is also helping in making clinical decisions by integrating a huge amount of data acquired
from lab results, smart wearables, digital diagnostics tools, lab results, electronic medical records (EMRs), etc. Not just this,
many companies that have adopted AI have been using it as a urinalysis test kit that utilizes computer vision to distinguish
signs of early kidney disease or urinary tract infections. Also, companies are developing AI-based imaging systems in order
to provide fast detection and diagnosis of COVID-19.
Whereas Ophthamalogy in healthcare technology is the leading sector with a wide range of innovation-based technologies
such as high-quality imaging of retina and cornea with smartphone coupled devices. Artificial Intelligence is also used for
the screening of diabetic retinopathy are developed, tested, and brought into clinical use.

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Usage of 3D Printing Technology in the Healthcare sector
Technology is in high demand now. With everyone going digital
and turning to the technology to help and survive through the
pandemic, another such application of technology has emerged
with great benefits for the healthcare sector.
1- For the protection of face, the 3D Printing technology has
provided face shields to protect not just your nose and mouth
but also your eyes. It comes as a shield worn at the front of the
head which can be cleaned with a disinfectant too. Most
companies deployed with the 3D printers are producing face
shields to overcome the challenging situation of the shortage of
Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs), the doctors are in greater
demand for protective pieces of equipment.
2- Many companies are providing the 3D Printed Emergency Ventilators. With a huge shortage of ventilators, these 3D
Printed Emergency Ventilators are providing patients with a proper breathing treatment.

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3- The other such 3D printed aiding
factor lies in the 3D printed respirator
valves which are also helping patients
with mild breathing issues to breathe
easily. As per reports of research, the
valves are designed to be used for a
maximum of eight hours at a time.

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Digital Behavioral Health
Behavioral health or mental and psychiatric
health is gaining a day by day demand along
with its treatment, therapies, and awareness
amongst the people. Mostly due to the
behavioral health conditions, people try to cope
with it by going or interacting digitally using
apps or different recommended websites.
Now when there is already a barrier of
communication directly, the digital behavioral
health treatment and sessions take place online
using digital platforms.
Moreover, with technology on its elevating state, the innovation of digital behavioral healthcare has spiked due to the
Coronavirus outbreak. Since people are stuck at home all day, most of them being alone are facing several mental health
and depression issues that have resulted in a sudden growth of the google search concerning the terms “depression” and
“mental health” since March 2020.

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Patient Monitoring
Patient care and monitoring digitally have been on the
rise due to the Coronavirus outbreak. With everyone
practicing social distancing digital patient care and
monitoring is being practiced via many ways such as
digital pharmacies, on-demand patient monitoring,
care, and healthcare services, virtual consultation, and
ambulance services.
Telehealth and telemedicine are such innovations of
technology that have taken a twist in the uprising
demand of digital healthcare. With people avoiding
direct contact with other people, many patients are
going through a digital consultation and pharmacy
option than the traditional ones. It is also cost-effective
in nature saving all the travel money and effort.

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There are many already set up apps and websites for telehealth helping and monitoring patient’s health remotely. As per
the Rock Health, funding for on-demand healthcare and monitoring companies is to multiply in 2020. In the first half of the
year, the on-demand healthcare services received $1.1B, while disease monitoring firms raised $831M.

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Rehabilitation robotics
Rehabilitation robotics is a field of research in technology
that is used to recognize the scopes and different fields in
the rehabilitation with the application and help of robotics
automation.
The technology of robotic automation is used to develop
and master a tool that helps in the movement of legs,
arms, ankles, hands, of the people who suffer from motor
impairments. It helps mostly the geriatric people who are
diagnosed with strokes. Developed for mostly senior care
services, rehabilitation robots falls under emerging
healthcare technology.
It includes a broad range of electromechanically assisted
training robots that improves the functions of the body
parts that have lost the ability to move. The first robot that
was used as a rehabilitation robot was “MIT-Manus” that
helped patients with strokes to reach across a tabletop as
they were unable to move their arms or legs

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The exoskeleton is used in rehabilitation robotics uses sensors that are placed on the skin of the patient to detect electrical
signals simultaneously responding and providing movement at the joints. It is designed to help patients from recovering
lower limb disorders such as spinal cord injuries or strokes. Not just this, an exoskeleton suit has also been designed
around 2019 that provides “machine-brain connectivity”, for example- exoskeleton helped a paralyzed man to move his
arms, legs, and body by reading his mind.
Healthcare technology came out as the biggest asset at the time of crisis such a the pandemic Coronavirus, and it is not
difficult to imagine how useful it would be on normal days too.
Moreover, as per Stratistics MRC, the Global Rehabilitation Robots Market was valued for $596.66 million in 2018 and is
expected to grow at a CAGR of 20.3% during the forecast period and reach $3,148.61 million by 2027.

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Healthcare Market Insights & Future Growth
The Healthcare sector along with other fields in the market is also growing very fastly with the help of technology,
digitization, and innovation. With so many different applications, digital platforms, and software tools, the healthcare
sector has managed to obtain results that consume less time and effort and also provides a source that offers
revenue.
With increasingly implementing new strategies and tools such as AI, Data Analytics, IoT, Cybersecurity, and different
types of equipment that helps in returning the reports at breakneck speed is helping in the recovery of a patient at a
better rate.
Moreover, as per a recent study report by Market Research Future (MRFR), the healthcare consulting services market
is poised to register a CAGR of 10.4% throughout the review period (2019-2024).
The demand for an increased response rate along with fast recovery and diagnosis is driving the healthcare technology
market which is definitely pushed by the COVID-19 outbreak.
Other factors include the rising adoption of health consultancy services, increasing competition in consulting in the
healthcare industry, and the rising initiatives to improve the healthcare sector with technology and digital adoption.

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Moreover, the Digital Health Market size was estimated to be over USD 106 billion in 2019 and is to grow at a CAGR of
28.5% till 2026. However, due to the pandemic, the growth in the adoption of digital and technology in healthcare has
increased at an exponential level ultimately resulting in the boosting phase of the industry, especially considering the
future.
(we can provide a chart similar to the one copied below-)

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