Episode #6 - The lab in your pocket. Digital Health with Fernando Ammann

Healthcare and technology go hand-in-hand. But you may ask
yourself where are they going? The Trends in the Digital health
area like telemedicine, IoT devices, and virtual reality surgical
training are not a science-fiction anymore and continue to
attract big investment rounds, helping the industry improve
health equity worldwide. It’s not a surprise that the COVID-19
pandemic triggered massive disruption in the healthcare industry
and pushed the sector to invest more in innovative new
technology. What we can say for sure: digital health trends
gained momentum during the pandemic and are predicted to change
the future of medicine. As the pandemic reduced in-person visits,
healthcare providers had to pivot quickly.


What is obvious: many people would like to be able to carry out a
diagnosis, a blood test or a doctor's consultation at home,
without having to go out of their way and lose time. So-called
TELEHEALTH expanded healthcare access: More people can access
health-related services, including medically vulnerable people
and people without transportation or a provider in their local
area.
But what does it need apart from tablets, mobile phones and
computers, to be able to conduct a test at home and get and the
fast and reliable result?


ams OSRAM is a global leader in optical technology and sensors.
Many biometric sensing applications depend on optical
technologies, which offer high sensitivity and the ability to
measure multiple parameters. The optical sensor technologies
support the development of next-generation point-of-care
diagnostics systems, including light detectors, light sources,
on-wafer filter technologies and micro-optics lens systems. To
find our how these technologies work I invited my colleague
Fernando Ammann, Marketing Manager for Digital Health Topics at
ams OSRAM being my guest today in the Photon Studio.