For physician consultants, entrepreneurs, and nonclinical career seekers, it’s important to keep in tune with the current and future trends in medicine. These areas are often where the most opportunities are and might help create a spark of an idea that could actually put you out in front of everyone else, making you a trend setter rather than a trend follower. Such opportunities often resemble hall-of-fame hockey player Wayne Gretsky’s approach of going where the puck will be, rather than where it surrently is. Well, here is where the Cleveland Clinic thinks the big medical innovations will be in 2021.
From the Cleveland Clinic Newsroom:
“An up-and-coming gene therapy for blood disorders. A new class of medications for cystic fibrosis. Increased access to telemedicine. These are some of the innovations that will enhance healing and change healthcare in the coming year, according to a distinguished panel of clinicians and researchers from Cleveland Clinic.
“In conjunction with the 2020 Medical Innovation Summit, Cleveland Clinic announced the Top 10 Medical Innovations for 2021. Now in its 18th year, the annual Medical Innovation Summit is organized by Cleveland Clinic Innovations, the development and commercialization arm of Cleveland Clinic.
“The list of breakthrough technologies was selected by a committee of Cleveland Clinic subject matter experts, led by Will Morris, M.D., executive medical director for Cleveland Clinic Innovations, and Akhil Saklecha, M.D., managing director of Cleveland Clinic Ventures.”
Here is the list, but you can find a lot more detail on each at the Cleveland Clinic website:
1. Gene Therapy for Hemoglobinopathies
2. Novel Drug for Primary-Progressive Multiple Sclerosis
3. Smartphone-Connected Pacemaker Devices
4. New Medication for Cystic Fibrosis
5. Universal Hepatitis C Treatment
6. Bubble CPAP for Increased Lung Function in Premature Babies
7. Increased Access to Telemedicine through Novel Practice and Policy Changes
8. Vacuum-Induced Uterine Tamponade Device for Postpartum Hemorrhage
9. PARP Inhibitors for Prostate Cancer
10. Immunologics for Migraine Prophylaxis
