Open AccessMedicine and health technology in 2018
Author(s) -
Kerstein Ryan
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
bulletin of the royal college of surgeons of england
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1478-7075
pISSN - 1473-6357
DOI - 10.1308/rcsbull.2019.28
Subject(s) - commission , test (biology) , politics , health care , set (abstract data type) , medicine , public relations , health technology , alternative medicine , political science , medical education , management , law , computer science , pathology , economics , paleontology , biology , programming language
2018 was a pretty big year for medicine and health technology. A new Health Secretary took over the political reins and reshaped the agenda ‘to revolutionise the NHS with new technology’. The RCS established the Commission on the Future of Surgery to set out a compelling vision for the future of our practices, and 2018 also reportedly saw an artificial intelligence system pass the RCGP’s clinical knowledge test (MRCS is safe so far). To look back over the past 12 months and comment on the year ahead, we have collected the opinions of some of the leading clinicians and corporate experts across healthcare. We asked each what they thought made the biggest impact in 2018 and what excited them looking forward to 2019 and beyond.