Comments on: The wireless future of medicine: Eric Topol on TED.com

By: personalitytestonline

personalitytestonline — Thu, 17 May 2012 15:24:29 +0000

It’s hard to believe that technology has advanced so much that we can use a phone to help diagnose and treat patients. Unreal.

By: Framework for future of medicine — from Health Evolution Partner conference « neupertonhealth

Thu, 03 May 2012 00:26:05 +0000

[...] similar to Frances Collins head of NIH. In addition, Topol’s focus in his book (and other talks) is that technology convergence and consumerism will necessarily drive medicine through the [...]

By: bankherald

bankherald — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:04:12 +0000

Various companies like Welch Allyn make devices that are simliar to this that help doctors treat patients faster with devices for EMRs. This is really fascinating and is indeed the future of health care.

By: A Khan Academy For Doctors | Publicyte

A Khan Academy For Doctors | Publicyte — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:02:48 +0000

[...] can read the article or perhaps watch his TED talk if you want to know more generally what Dr. Topol is thinking about the future of medicine. But one [...]

By: Dan Dennis De Leon

Dan Dennis De Leon — Mon, 02 May 2011 15:08:21 +0000

True enough that the gadgetry and its applications in modern medicine is moving forward in this direction. However, another wireless innovation that has a lot of potential is cloud computing and electronic medical data management and epidemiology. Imagine how the future of research can be greatly improved by a seamless acquisition of vast amounts of medical data from the population and storing it anonymously in a pool from which a researcher can access whatever information may be pertinent to his line of study.

By: So long, stethoscope: the future of medicine is wireless - SmartPlanet

So long, stethoscope: the future of medicine is wireless - SmartPlanet — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 15:40:13 +0000

[...] at TEDMED 2009 in San Diego, Calif., Topol highlights several smart, connected wireless devices that can be used [...]

By: Fred Vanderpoel

Fred Vanderpoel — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Dr PANG DOH is an expert in telehealth working with the HCIL, Hawaii Centers for Independent Living and Gordon Fuller it’s new Executive Director. You might want to get in touch with these gentlemen who are proponents of the technology.
lorrin.pang@doh.hawaii.gov] gordonf@pacificil.org, http://www.myhcil.com

By: dpri priya

dpri priya — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Very interesting. If this smartphone reaches all persons then maybe they can diagonise their health themselves and become their own doctor.It will be a remarkable developement in the field of medicine. They have chose the common chronic diseases in man and have developed a remarkable prevention technique. This smartphone is really smart. Hats off to the inventor.

By: shine pink

shine pink — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

I am very proud of the growth in technology to such an extent.I thank Gary and Mary West who was the founder of the health institute named “WEST WIRELESS HEALTH INSTITUTE”.It does a beautiful job of saving human lives prior to death..The iPhone has replaced the work load of thousands of doctors since it could monitor the critical diseases ,very absolute than a doctor could do…it saves people ‘s time as they could care of their health themselves.The man has given an accurate statistical data to prove his talk,which shows that they had undergone a deep study on human diseases as well as they are concerned about human health.

They examined their technology in some chronic diseases which thus helped to bring a great improvement in medicine field.I again thank him for his contribution..and also requesting him to examine the side effects too…Wishing him to bring further modifications in the existing technology so that people’s precious lives could be saved…hats off… and good luck .

By: Doctor Bob

Doctor Bob — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

I think this is great, but a little google time shows you can already do ultrasound on one’s cell phone, today, too. To me, that’s the key. GE’s system is very nice but imagine having all of the things shown on a single platform. I’ve read many of the comments and questions about security and such and every one is surmountable. We do financial transactions every day over cell phones and nobody worries about that (well, I’m sure some people do, but they have been shown to be accurate and secure). We have lots of patient data on laptops and PCs and don’t worry about that (again, some do, but it’s a solved problem). And I’m getting a bit tired of the people who refuse to read the research on wireless devices that show that there is no significant effect of them on our health. Stop quoting one study that shows some small increase in something and look at the science (there is a huge body of evidence).

Another way to look at all of this is that the benefits far outweigh the risk.