robots that helps remove cancertelemedicine to monitor patients’ health and algorithms predicts the likelihood of a heart attack. Although they may seem like science fiction, all these innovations have already become reality. And they are an applied technological reality. hospitals Catalonia that proves to be medicine Your future is already here.
HE World Mobile Congress (MWC) has been going beyond the mobile phone for years and has expanded into other areas where MWC has been adopted. technology. someone’s health is one of the most pioneering, and this is evidenced in this latest edition of the expo held in Barcelona and L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, overwhelmed by the deployment of all manner of healthcare tools based on the world’s advanced networks. 5G.
“Technology will mean a radical change for health at a global level,” said Josep M. Campistol, Managing Director. Hospital Clinic from Barcelona. At an event organized by the foundation Mobile World Capital BarcelonaThis doctor pointed out that the digital transformation of hospitals will profoundly change all areas of health, from surgery to patient care or the training of professionals.
Catalan hospitals are in the foreground
This century old folk medicine center was the first scientific production It is a reference in the adoption of Spain. health technology. 25% of their visits patients These are telematics, that is, from your home. “Personality will be almost a utopia and we will interact virtually,” he added. Innovations implemented in the hospital allow specialists to save a lot of time and complete their vision. That’s why Campistol explains that up to 80% of x-rays are due to machines.
The idea of a ‘smart hospital’ or smart hospital is not new at all. Already in 2010, Sant Joan de Deu HospitalAnother reference in technological adaptation, he supported a pioneering project to personalize the treatment of his patients and accompany them beyond the walls of the facility. More than a decade later, this mother and child center uses virtual reality and 3D to simulate complex pediatric surgeries before performing them on the patient. “This guidance helps surgeons progress, know how much tumor needs to be removed, and chemotherapy more effective,” explains Arnau Valls, innovation engineer and project manager at the hospital. artificial intelligence We created I4KIDS, a pediatric innovation ‘centre’ to detect diseases, foster social robots and new medical devices to accompany complex patients.
HE Sant Pau Hospital He also participated in these days in Mobil. In 2018 this extremely complex Barcelona center, Barcelona Health CenterMore than 400 companies, hospitals, beginnings, universities and investors will accelerate the financing of innovation projects in digital health. BHH was present in various actions. 4YFNthe hall dedicated to the entrepreneurial ecosystem of the congress.
These days, MWC hosted an exhibition of various disruptive technologies. This is the case of Rob Surgical, an initiative born in 2012 from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia. through some controls and 3-dimensionalsurgeons a robot allowing the execution surgeries Hybrid abs give them a greater capacity for precision and flexibility in their intervention. “It is also an open platform that can be adapted to all hospitals and makes the system more efficient,” explains Jaume Amat, the entrepreneur behind this project, which has already raised more than 20 million euros.
Another example of surgical robotics is opposite, a British system that King Felipe VI tested on the opening day of the convention. These robots will rival America da Vinciwhich is Vall d’Hebron Hospital He started using it for tumor removal in 2019.
showcase for entrepreneurs
Mobil is also a unique global showcase for women entrepreneurs who have started a medical enterprise. This is the case of the biomedical engineer. Judith Giro and his project Blue Box. This device, which enables the detection of breast cancer with urine samples, was at 4YFN two years ago and this issue was moved to the central congress. Along the way, it was named one of the 20 most disruptive emerging companies in the world.
Other entrepreneurs are taking steps to brighten their companies. Martí Engli and his team of medical professionals aged 22 to 30 created Room2Explore, a project to make hospital rooms interactive. “We want children to forget that they are in the hospital, to turn their experience into an adventure as if they are inside a story, so that they do not feel alone in the face of their illness,” she explains. After winning the ‘Hack the Hospital’ competition, they are now looking for partners to develop the first prototype. Mobile is your site.