The Science Behind Healthcare Meaningful Innovation

PUTTING THE TECH IN MEDTECH
Molding innovative technologies into modern medical marvels

Tools like artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, and predictive modeling are creating a bold new era in personalized medicine. One where technology makes healthcare more efficient, accessible, and equitable.  

• Device connectivity is helping patients and providers with daily disease management.
• Sensing technologies are powering smart neurostimulators, pacemakers, insulin pumps, and surgical tools.
• Robotics are opening a new frontier of minimally invasive surgical capabilities.

ROBOTIC SURGERY GIVES DOCTORS NEW SAVVY
Paving the way for better health outcomes worldwide

MIT Technology Review Insights, in association with Medtronic, discusses the potential of robotic-assisted surgery (RAS) to help patients and explores the ongoing journey to get this technology into the hands of surgeons.

• Advancements in technology and design are increasing effectiveness and raising the bar on system intelligence.
• Remote RAS could lead to wider access to surgery around the globe.
• The medical field is exploring how best to train surgeons on RAS.

AI AND SMART DEVICES
Revolutionizing medicine and patient care

MIT Technology Review Insights, in association with Medtronic, examines how smart medical technology is helping combat chronic conditions through:

• Advances in AI, connectivity, and data analytics
• Improved device development and performance
• Machine learning and individualized patient care

TELEHEALTH IN A POST-PANDEMIC WORLD
Moving forward with the help of technology and collaboration

Medtronic vice president of Global Clinical Research and Analytics, Dr. Laura Mauri, talks with MIT Technology Review Business Lab about the value of telehealth and the ongoing evolution of healthcare technology through:

• Advances in minimally invasive therapies
• Smart devices and remote patient monitoring
• Virtual clinician training and support

MEDICAL EDUCATION
Innovative products require innovative training

In 2019, Medtronic invested $142 million in capacity building and training, reaching 83,000 people. This investment enabled us to take our training to the next level:

• Through a global network of Medtronic Innovation Centers
• With extended reality tools and other innovative technology
• At preclinical research facilities

MINIATURIZATION AND IMAGING
Revolutionary medical technologies

Two complementary medical technologies enable smaller devices and optimized visualization, revolutionizing the practice of medicine by:

• Providing doctors more ways to diagnose and treat disease
• Giving patients access to lower cost, less invasive treatment options

3 AREAS OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY IMPROVING CHRONIC DISEASE MANAGEMENT
Artificial intelligence, machine learning, sensor technology

The application of data science, whether built into a device, or leveraged in a managed care offering, may be today’s biggest opportunity for technology to advance chronic disease management (CDM). Sensor technology, artificial intelligence, and machine learning enable:

• Devices that use sensing and AI technology to provide closed-loop therapies
• Clinicians to create more coordinated care pathways for patients
• Improvement at both an individual patient level and in terms of population health management

SMALLER, SMARTER DEVICES
Healthier patients and lower costs

In association with MIT Technology Review Insights, see how smart devices can personalize care, lower costs, and help manage chronic conditions.

• Ways to monitor and adjust care in real time
• Advances in miniaturization and sensor technology
• How personalized care can cut costs and improve patient outcomes

BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY IN HEALTHCARE
Healthcare data sharing, analysis, and verification

Blockchain’s decentralized, automated third-party system to transfer data freely and securely offers healthcare the ability to accelerate R&D and create more efficient care pathways.

• Recently Medtronic innovators prototyped a blockchain to help patients share their EHRs with clinicians via a trusted, private third-party intermediary.
• Researchers project that 55 percent of healthcare applications will have adopted blockchain for commercial deployment by 2025.³

BIOSENSORS — THE NEXT GENERATION
Using patients’ data to respond to their needs in real time

Added functionality in biosensor technology opens up new  ways to use data to drive therapeutic changes, save money, and improve access to care:

• Professional continuous glucose monitoring during a change of diabetes therapy (such as moving from one diabetes medication to another) among patients with Type 2 diabetes could save the healthcare system more than $3300 per person per year.⁴
• Stakeholder partnerships enable mobile apps that integrate with Medtronic sensors to increase actionable information.
• The Medtronic Labs Empower Health™ is a model of care that uses sensor technology to reach hypertension patients in underserved regions.⁵