The Medical Futurist

JUNE 17, 2025

Just like in the case of other medical specialties , disruptive innovations will have a huge impact on how dentistry will be practiced and how patients will take care of themselves in the future. How about having a teledentist consultation? In comparison, the first VR-recorded surgery was performed at the Royal London Hospital in 2016.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 8, 2022

As Thor notes, capturing patient stories has face validity as positively impacting the patients who share their stories and have them documented, and for the clinicians who get to truely and deeply know their patients in far greater depth than “what brought you to the hospital?” Within the VA it’s now at 70 VA hospitals.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Been in the hospital four times, vented, been told the story to her family, she won’t live. So those questions we ask when we’re doing a palliative care consult. Within the VA it’s now at 70 VA hospitals. So like I said, I got to meet Thor, I believe it was May, 2016. She was a heart failure patient.

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GeriPal

APRIL 14, 2022

So I have thought about this for months, maybe years since your 2016, cycle blog, but we have picked Under Pressure by David Bowie and Queen. I got one more lightning question, Janet, you’re at UCSF you’re caring for a patient in the hospital. Eric: And why Under Pressure. Alex: So we’ll see what these come out like.

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