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The Future of Healthcare

Submitted by sharpsteve on Thu, 03/18/2010 - 03:02
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Technology will be very useful in providing info on our health. Who will have control, access and what will be done with that tech and info is why I don't want Govt anywhere near healthcare. These two videos show where we may be headed.

Eric Topol: The wireless future of medicine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTZM9X3JfTk
Eric Topol says we'll soon use our smartphones to monitor our vital signs and chronic conditions. At TEDMED, he highlights several of the most important wireless devices in medicine's future -- all helping to keep more of us out of hospital beds.

Eric Dishman: Take health care off the mainframe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3OhcpK-UBc
At TEDMED, Eric Dishman makes a bold argument: The US health care system is like computing circa 1959, tethered to big, unwieldy central systems: hospitals, doctors, nursing homes. As our aging population booms, it's imperative, he says, to create personal, networked, home-based health care for all.

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