When it comes to your orthopaedic care, you can rest assured that your orthopaedic specialists are doing what they can to provide you with the best in the current standard of care. As the 2019 year comes to a close, one of the things that we can do is envision a brighter future for ourselves, from all perspectives. While orthopaedic care will vary, with time what was a dream, will become a standard. All fields are evolving in a fluid continuum. In the years to come, artificial intelligence will become an increasingly integral aspect of your treatment. Artificial Intelligence will help to ensure that your specialists practice is increasing in efficiency, provide you with personalized care and enhance their research ability due to more readily available data.

If you’re in the tech savvy bunch regardless of generation, you’ll already be engaging with artificial intelligence in the forms of mediums such as Siri and Alexa in your homes. If you have a modern car, you’ll realize that bluetooth is a feature you can indulge in. Additionally, many cars come with in-built tablets that track everything from your favorite stations, to your morning route to work. In the future cars will actually self-drive thanks to the advent of technologies being developed by companies like Tesla and Google. In much the same way, artificial intelligence will evolve in orthopaedics.

Artificial Intelligence is attributed to intelligence built into machines. A previous blog article was highlighting that robots such as the daVinci are actually helping to improve your surgical experience. Outside of the surgical scope the future will greet you with diagnostics software that will track your day to day performance. A familiar tool that you may recognize is the pedometer in a platform like your iPhone. Every day, the pedometer tracks your steps and with time you can calculate your average movements.

How Artificial Intelligence really helps you!!

With the information age upon us…one key adage is the fact that “Data is the new Oil”. Current artificial intelligence is based on computer algorithms that were built ages ago, but are only finding their relevance in the modern day because the market is ready for them. The same is true for medical care. Medical research is leaning towards incorporating readily available data into identifying critical decision making points in their decision making processes. As much as AI is a seeming buzz word, as more doctors embrace it for their operations, the more prevalent it will be for your treatments. Out of curiosity, when you’re out and about...ask your doctor about how they envision AI being used in their practice. As a patient, you do have power and if enough people ask, there can be a drive to incorporate change. Big Data is out to change the world, and it may well be part of your healing at a doctor near you.

What type of artificial intelligence will aid your healing?

Software: Software in the medical field is evolving. At this juncture in time, you may or may not notice your doctor with a tablet of some sort. This table is devised to help them with collating your notes, so that they don’t have to write them up after your consultation with them. With the advent of technologies such as text to speech, your meeting will be noted by an audio system, which will then take the notes and place them on your file. In surgeries for instance, software can do things like scan your body, and an AI program map out your surgery based on your body’s dimensions.
Human-Inspired: AI that can understand your moods and emotions will be key to your decision making process. Wellness is more than just how you physically feel, so in the future your mental health can be assessed by artificial intelligence!!

The field is evolving and as the new year approaches, you can envision what the future of your healthcare will be! It’s a brilliant world...if you take the time to process it. Utilizing all the mathematical tools including statistics, computer algorithms, artificial neural networks and robotics, you can feel excited about your treatments. Your health is your wealth!!

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The Future of Artificial Intelligence in Orthopaedics: https://ryortho.com/2019/04/the-future-of-artificial-intelligence-in-orthopedics/