Fast Company notes that doctors can now read your breath to deduce your health. A breathprint seems like a pretty wild innovation, but there's a nod here to "traditional Chinese medicine" that puts me in mind of Ram Dass and the story of Yeshi Donden, even if that story isn't really about breath.
Posts for Tag: health Care
Smartphone Medical
The moment when Dr Topol turns to his patient during an ultrasound and says “Can you see that?” is amazing. Seems to dissipate a lot of the wait and anxiety in diagnostic tests. I can see how mobile health will help patients become more involved and responsible patients.
The SmartPhone Physical
Are you looking forward to “The SmartPhone Physical” a “first of it’s kind demo” of a “well-patient checkup using only smartphone-based devices“ as much as I am? mHealth points to what sounds like an interesting session at TEDMed and provides an overview of many of the devices that are now available. I'm interested in devices that are reliable, accurate, easy-to-operate, and capable of storing data and providing reports, all in the name of better health and being a better and better informed patient. The SmartPhone Physical appears to have an established website.
Rise of the Digital Doctor
Getting out of the hospital
This is the first promoted Tweet I've ever been interested to see. Watch GE's video, and you'll be asking, with thousands of hospital patients, "Why is it so hard to get out of this place?" It's a topic I've visited before. Here's one example, and here's another.Meet the winning designers who took on our #HospitalQuest & imagined a hassle-free healthcare experience: youtu.be/Y2JfKizxtsc
— General Electric (@generalelectric) April 3, 2013