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Rapid Diagnosis

Tech diagnostic tools quickly identify abnormal symptoms and their causes

Trend - Innovations in medical tech that help to diagnose symptoms and their sources are allowing doctors to supplement their expertise. The merging of human and tech diagnostic practices reduces the likelihood of human error while enabling immediate treatment plans.

Insight - In high stakes industries like health care, the ability to provide greater certainty and confidence in professional recommendations goes a long way in establishing trust for the consumer or patient. The current cultural context of the information age has made it such that many people want a balance between empathy-driven human expertise and the certainty of technology.
Workshop Question - How can your brand enable and strike a balance between human and tech expertise?
Trend Themes
1. Tech Diagnostic Tools - Innovations in medical tech that help to diagnose symptoms and their sources are merging medical and tech diagnostic practices and reducing human error while enabling immediate treatment plans.
2. Smartphone-based Healthcare Tools - The ongoing shift towards smartphone-based healthcare tools, as seen in the development of smartphone-based screening systems, provide to be more effective, efficient, and less invasive.
3. Fast-acting Diagnosis Machines - Various medical diagnoses practices are being increasingly aided by technology, innovations like the Abionic machine are making medical diagnoses in a variety of medical practices less invasive and more cost-effective.
Industry Implications
1. Healthcare - In high stakes industries like health care, innovating medical diagnostic tools that supplement human expertise with technology will provide greater certainty and confidence to professional recommendations to establish patient trust.
2. Diagnostic Testing - The development of fast-acting diagnosis machines for various medical practices will make medical diagnosis less invasive and cost-effective providing greater access to the market for all, including low income patients.
3. Medical Technology - Innovative medical technology developments are providing cost-effective and efficient healthcare solutions that merge human and tech diagnostic practices while reducing the likelihood of human error.
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