How to reduce health care costs.

[gabester]

cbelt3 wrote:
I actually worked on software to automatically read CT scans and provide guidance for brain cancer diagnoses. In 1974. Bioinformatics and automated detection of outlier conditions have existed for a LONG time. Consumerizing them is awesome.

Can you get to work on some software that analyzes 3D ultrasounds for detecting breast cancers so that we can end the evilness of mammograms already??

[samintx]

swampy wrote:
I found this 8 minute video amazing. If this is our medical future, we need to jump on it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=r13uYs7jglg

Think of how much money we could save in medical testing if these devices were implemented ASAP.

Thanks, Swampy. That is a great video !

[Lemon Drop]

swampy wrote:
$tevie, real time medical readings (heart, blood pressure, glucose count without a finger stick, even a live sonogram of the heart pumping) and share with your doctor in real time. Saving thousands of dollars on standard tests. Test any time, any where for just a couple hundred dollars for the device.

fantastic!

wonder how the medical testing industry will react...

[mattkime]

I'm a bit skeptical. there is nothing about an iphone that enables these things to happen - there is no reason why ordinary equipment couldn't be made with the same simplicity.

then again, if something about iphones makes the medical industry go "OMG COOL!" and not think about process consequences then so much the better.

[swampy]

I don't think it will be limited to the iPhone, but the teleconnectivity is important. Folks with a smart phone account would benefit. The devices that attach seem like they would be reasonably priced and can be used over and over or constantly, unlike a one time clinical test. Looks like one device could serve more than one person too.

[cbelt3]

gabester wrote:
[quote=cbelt3]
I actually worked on software to automatically read CT scans and provide guidance for brain cancer diagnoses. In 1974. Bioinformatics and automated detection of outlier conditions have existed for a LONG time. Consumerizing them is awesome.

Can you get to work on some software that analyzes 3D ultrasounds for detecting breast cancers so that we can end the evilness of mammograms already??
Um.. well, also I worked on code that summer for analysis of IR images of breasts for breast cancer detection as well.

I have to also mention that I was 15 at the time. And even IR imaged boobies were amazing for a kid that age. In the 1970's. :booty:

Keep in mind that the reason you go through the whole squashing thing isn't some male medical conspiracy theory. It has to do with structure and sensetivity of the equipment. Besides, if there was a male medical conspiracy I would not have to undergo those prostate hand puppet exams

[haikuman]

GREAT video Swampy ~!~!~!~ Thank you very much for posting it *(:>*

[davester]

So why exactly is this posted to the political forum?

[Sam3]

davester wrote:
So why exactly is this posted to the political forum?

I was wondering the same thing. Could we not have this post moved to the other side as there is nothing political in any of the responses, and the topic would benefit by reaching a wider audience.

[$tevie]

mattkime wrote:
I'm a bit skeptical. there is nothing about an iphone that enables these things to happen - there is no reason why ordinary equipment couldn't be made with the same simplicity.

then again, if something about iphones makes the medical industry go "OMG COOL!" and not think about process consequences then so much the better.

I think the idea is that people are more inclined to carry a smart phone with them than they are to carry a piece of medical equipment, regardless of how small it may be. A smart phone would have countless uses wrapped up inside the medical benefit.