Featured in the cover theme of this October’s edition of National Geographic, Ana Teresa Freitas, a senior INESC-ID researcher and coordinator of INESC-ID’s Life and Health Technology Thematic Line, shared valuable insights and predictions about the revolution of medicine currently underway.

Unlike TV shows like House or Grey’s Anatomy, where doctors are the sole protagonists, Ana Teresa, an international expert on AI applied to medical research, highlighted that the future of medicine and the profile of medical doctors will likely see significant changes. Algorithms will play a larger role in triage and diagnosis, and hospitals will be transformed by technology. In the future, wearables will replace basic exams, providing continuous data to computing hubs, computing specialists, teleconsultations, and robotic arms in operating rooms will be the norm, and medicine will include a  much broader range of skills beyond traditional expertise.

Read the online editorial (in PT) here or the full article in the printed version.