transcutaneous oxygen saturation. This mechanism is being applied in practical use,
and the information thus recorded is transmitted from hospitals, nursing homes,
homes, etc., to laboratories, allowing researchers to create new knowledge from the
large databases using AI and machine learning.
At the same time, innovation is emerging in the world of health and medical care
by leveraging completely new information. Gene deciphering technology has been
applied to gene-editing technology, and preemptive medicine now realizes gene
manipulation. Until now, the physician interprets and diagnoses planar and stereoscopic images obtained by imaging techniques. However, today, AI loads hundreds
of thousands of millions of big data images and substitutes or assists physicians’
diagnoses. It has also been clarified that AI, which accumulates certain types of
learning than physicians’ cognitive functions, has a lower misdiagnosis rate. In
addition, the field of visiting nursing care is changing dramatically with the innovation through which sensors attached to patient bodies instantly transmit information
related to vital signs to visiting nursing stations.
These are just a few examples of the vast health and medical world of emerging
innovation. At least two important trends are evident in this field. People, especially
those in developed countries, can benefit from technological innovations and gain
new information that has never been known before. At the same time, the information obtained by technological innovations can be transformed into other forms of
innovation. However, the evolution of technology and information does not always
translate into patient benefits. Therefore, it is crucial to convert technology and
information innovation into service innovation in order to benefit patients.
2 On Translationality
The word, “translation” has a wide range of meanings with different contexts.
According to Oxford English Dictionary, “translation” has at least the following
meanings: Transference; removal or conveyance from one person, place, or condition to another. The action or process of turning from one language to another; also,
the product of this; a version in a different language. Transformation, alternation,
change; changing or adapting to another use; renovation. Transference of meaning;
metaphor. A transfer of property; alternation of a bequest by transferring the legacy
to another person (Simpson & Weiner, 1989). The connotation of the word “translation” was more transcendental and even mysterious in the Middle Age than it is
today. For instance:
In Middle English, flowers, bishops, captured peoples, and the relics of saints are all translat
from garden to garden, see to see, kingdom to kingdom, shrine to shrine; the soul is translat
to God in mystical rapture or at death; and learning, culture, political power, and divine
covenant are translat from east to west, pagan to Christian, Old to New Testament, in various
manifestations of “translatio studii et imperii,” the translation of learning and empire
(Watson & Nicholas, 2008).
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and the information thus recorded is transmitted from hospitals, nursing homes,
homes, etc., to laboratories, allowing researchers to create new knowledge from the
large databases using AI and machine learning.
At the same time, innovation is emerging in the world of health and medical care
by leveraging completely new information. Gene deciphering technology has been
applied to gene-editing technology, and preemptive medicine now realizes gene
manipulation. Until now, the physician interprets and diagnoses planar and stereoscopic images obtained by imaging techniques. However, today, AI loads hundreds
of thousands of millions of big data images and substitutes or assists physicians’
diagnoses. It has also been clarified that AI, which accumulates certain types of
learning than physicians’ cognitive functions, has a lower misdiagnosis rate. In
addition, the field of visiting nursing care is changing dramatically with the innovation through which sensors attached to patient bodies instantly transmit information
related to vital signs to visiting nursing stations.
These are just a few examples of the vast health and medical world of emerging
innovation. At least two important trends are evident in this field. People, especially
those in developed countries, can benefit from technological innovations and gain
new information that has never been known before. At the same time, the information obtained by technological innovations can be transformed into other forms of
innovation. However, the evolution of technology and information does not always
translate into patient benefits. Therefore, it is crucial to convert technology and
information innovation into service innovation in order to benefit patients.
2 On Translationality
The word, “translation” has a wide range of meanings with different contexts.
According to Oxford English Dictionary, “translation” has at least the following
meanings: Transference; removal or conveyance from one person, place, or condition to another. The action or process of turning from one language to another; also,
the product of this; a version in a different language. Transformation, alternation,
change; changing or adapting to another use; renovation. Transference of meaning;
metaphor. A transfer of property; alternation of a bequest by transferring the legacy
to another person (Simpson & Weiner, 1989). The connotation of the word “translation” was more transcendental and even mysterious in the Middle Age than it is
today. For instance:
In Middle English, flowers, bishops, captured peoples, and the relics of saints are all translat
from garden to garden, see to see, kingdom to kingdom, shrine to shrine; the soul is translat
to God in mystical rapture or at death; and learning, culture, political power, and divine
covenant are translat from east to west, pagan to Christian, Old to New Testament, in various
manifestations of “translatio studii et imperii,” the translation of learning and empire
(Watson & Nicholas, 2008).
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3