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."

Covid-19 has caused an unprecedented amount of uncertainty across the world, with businesses and people alike feeling the strain. However, amidst all of this uncertainty, one thing has remained constant and that is the unwavering efforts of those on the NHS frontline. While we have passed the peak of the pandemic in the UK, we must not forget the immense strain which the NHS has been put under. It is a testament to all of those working within the service that it has remained firm, saving countless lives in the process. Moving forwards, though, we must find a way to ease the burden on NHS workers.

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.

It's hard to imagine what scenes Florence Nightingale witnessed when she arrived at the British military hospitals during the wars in her time. Armed with only a notebook and lamp, Nightingale redefined the problem she was trying to solve. She did not believe soldiers were simply succumbing to their wounds and was determined to curb any avoidable deaths. By recording and visualizing data she uncovered that poor sanitary practices were the main culprit of fatality in hospitals. Put simply, she used data to save lives.