TalTech Digital Health
TalTech Digital Health podcast is for current and future health care change managers and healthcare enthusiasts in general. We talk about digitalisation of healthcare, which goes hand-in-hand with smart change management. We ask, how to implement positive change in healthcare? We discuss change at system, organisation and individual level. Our guests are innovators, clinicians, scientists, regulators from the digital society of Estonia and around the world. The podcast is hosted by Priit Kruus and is in both, Estonian and English, depending on the scope of the topic.
TalTech Digital Health
#24 Elli Valla: How can handwriting help detect Parkinson’s disease?
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TalTech Digital Health
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Episode 24
In this episode, Priit Kruus talks with Elli Valla, a recent TalTech PhD graduate, about her research using AI and microkinematic analysis to detect Parkinson’s disease through fine motor skill assessment & handwriting on tablet devices. With 96.6% accuracy achieved through synthetic data and deep learning, Elli shares how this method could transform remote diagnostics.
We also dive into the realities of healthcare AI—regulatory hurdles, real-world implementation, and the promise of digital twins in personalized medicine.