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I read about two exciting technologies this week relating to healthcare. First, we need technologies to monitor our health so that we do not need to wait till disease symptoms occur. One such tool in the making I learnt about is called Scanadu that tracks six physiological essential parameters and can transfer data via Bluetooth. Second, once we go in for a treatment, various imaging modalities are available giving complementary information. This adds to cost, dose, and ultimately needs a good registration of these information. One interesting solution is called Omni-tomography, which does targeted interior tomography, and claims to support multi-modality. These ideas look just amazing.

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Great article, showing the leadership of IBM. Well done Shalini

Commented on Machine-to-Machine Service: Is it a Necessary Evil?

Great article, showing the leadership of IBM. Well done Shalini

Commented on What does it take to make Healthcare more accessible?

[...] Access to affordable healthcare is not just a life-or-death issue in emerging economies. As Gopi Katragadda, Managing Director, GE India Technology Center, writes on the Forbes India blog: [...]

Commented on What does it take to make Healthcare more accessible?

End – of – life to preventive care the healthcare accessibility and affordability is an amazing and challenging game today . A very well thought out article . Providing primary healthcare to the rural community is more of a fundamental right. They shouldn’t be prevented from getting the care they need because of the time or cost associated with getting it.The rapidly changing lifestyles in the urban population necessitates top class healthcare for complex diseases … typical scenario in ICU – a battery of life support systems . Our task should be to continue to promote biotechnology by funding more research programs . What it takes for a healthcare professional to preempt an emergency situation is vital signs and health symptoms to recognize emergent conditions. Expanding the use of telemedicine would go a long way in that direction . At the end of the day , we realize that to make health care more accessible and affordable the hospital networks and the health insurance companies need to collaborate in a big way.