It's this type of intuitive technology that's helping people get better care at OHSU. Steve Brown, who is a futurist, predicts there will be more of this type of AI tech in the coming years. He says in the future, fewer people will be going to the hospital because more people will be using things like "tele-health," where they get healthcare through a phone or screen. "Manage my health remotely, without having to go physically into the doctor's office," said Brown. That's the next step for doctors at OHSU who want to develop what they are calling a "virtual hospital."

This week at KGW we've been looking to the future to get a glimpse of what our lives might look like in the next 10 years A NASA-style command center, called Mission Control, at Oregon Health & Sciences University was just added a couple years ago. To keep it simple, it shows doctors the available beds across four hospitals: OHSU, Doernbecher, Hillsboro Medical Center, and Adventist Health Portland. The command center is staffed 24-7. Think air traffic control, but for hospitals. In 2016, OHSU turned away more than 500 people because a lack of beds.