In the WHAT HEALTH !? newsletter, find the latest news that has made the buzz, cutting-edge trends and groundbreaking innovations in the digital health field.
This week’s headlines paint a familiar contrast: the promise of scientific breakthroughs against the reality of their adoption in healthcare systems.
In Lausanne, EPFL researchers are redefining human-machine interfaces. Their flexible brain implant could soon enable high-resolution “neuroprosthetic” hearing. Meanwhile, a new AI language model, inspired by the brain’s architecture, underlines how medical AI is moving closer to biology itself.
In Lyon, a resorbable bioprosthesis for post-cancer breast reconstruction offers hope for more natural and sustainable solutions. In Geneva, researchers are exploring a new therapeutic path: could the gut microbiome hold the key to slowing the progression of Alzheimer’s disease?
Meanwhile, the cyberattack on the French-speaking Swiss Radiological Network highlights the urgency of building digital resilience. And the Electronic Patient Record—still rarely used outside of emergencies—raises the question of how ready we truly are to turn ambition into adoption.
At the crossroads of breakthrough and resistance, digital health continues to challenge and redefine our systems, our practices and our expectations.
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