What’s one thing that nearly all patients have with them
when they come to the office? Aside from
the need for expert medical advice, most patients also have a cellphone. Why is this important? Advances in medical technology have made it
possible to use a cellphone to do things like take an EKG or check your glucose,
without the pain of having a needle stick.
These are just a couple of things that Dr. Eric Topol, chief academic
officer for Scripps Health, talked about with Dr. Nancy Sniderman on NBC’s Rock Center
with Brian Williams. It’s interesting that a 17-year-old
girl actually developed the program for taking EKGs over a cellphone.
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