The Objective of the Crystal Ball Project is to examine digital healthcare technologies and applications that will have the most impact in the next three to five years and provide credible vision and examples of near-term advancements in Health related technology. Deliverables of the project include providing tools to assist in the assessment of such technology to streamline decisions and results.
The technologies discussed will solve urgent needs at a critical time for healthcare by bringing remote diagnostic abilities, automation, and scalability to a market struggling with supply and demand challenges; including, but not limited to:
- a growing patient population which is living longer, but with more chronic
comorbidities - escalating provider shortages
- an increasingly complex and sub-specialized healthcare
- ballooning costs
- healthcare access and equity issues
The Crystal Ball team identified six major topic areas:
- Artificial Intelligence including machine learning and natural language processing
- Expanded applications and use of telehealth/telemedicine
- Solution platforms: APPs, electronic health record (EHR) integration/data
management, bioWare/bioSensors - Virtual and augmented reality
- Drones
- Robotics
- Hearables
Authored and offered by a collaboration with the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC) and the National Telehealth Technology Assessment Center (TTAC)
