If one futurist is to be believed, healthcare and medical technology are on the verge of very exciting possibilities. During a recent speech, physician and engineer Peter Diamandis, highlighted some of the many ways technology could usher in incredible advances in medicine over the coming decades.
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I’m starting to see this offered in more and more places. Telemedicine. Companies such as MDLive are partnering up with board-certified physicians and connecting them to people in need of seeing a doctor. These virtual doctor visits are done through video chats using their phone, tablet or computer.
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Heart attack victims may someday have a new lifeline thanks to the use of ambulance drones. A new kind of drone program from a Dutch graduate student utilizes GPS to deliver defibrillators to heart attack victims. By honing in on a mobile phone within 4.6 miles, the drone can be at a victim’s side in under a minute and then use live streaming audio and video to allow emergency personnel to provide instruction and advice on the defibrillator’s use.
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