Wireless Medicine and Digital Doctors Part 1

By now most of us have seen the commercials by General Electric, Verizon and Cisco revealing their digital biomedical technology in passing. But, it hasn't really registered to most that these devices are now being produced to be held in the palm of your hand. Another company also making real strides in hand-held and small device technology is Samsung. Not to be overlooked , Samsung is well advanced into the 21st century's new version of how we all will be diagnosed and treated by our smart devices(cell phones, tablets, lap tops). Doctors in the 21st century will have a new team player in the lab, ER, clinic and hospital. Samsung has a really neat portable ultrasound device that gives real time data in 3-D. the Accuvix is 21.5 inches and can be used on the go. There's no need of going to a hospital or clinic to wait for long hours anymore. Samsung's digital x-ray, the X-GEO is another device that can be utilized for more practical x-rays on the go. The "Lab-on-a Disc" blood scanner at only 18 pounds is compact and just like a large state-of-the-art lab can do up to eighteen blood chemistry tests from remote geographical locations. So, if you're caught out in the sticks somewhere practicing medicine-no worries. All it takes is a squirt of blood on a disk-like device and blood is canned. What does this all spell? Diagnostics can really be done in real time and at lower costs. It is time to utilize these technologies and they benefits they offer in reducing inefficiency, waste and costs to those of us who utilize it.