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When you say health, all I can think of is a fitbit for older folks. I wonder if a small device like that could collect enough different kinds of data to be us
by bloaf 14y ago
When you say health, all I can think of is a fitbit for older folks. I wonder if a small device like that could collect enough different kinds of data to be useful to doctors.
- dllthomas 14y agoGiven that someone was looking at getting medically relevant data out of patterns in the amount of time it takes people to answer the phone, I expect there would be plenty of useful information there. The problem is making the relevant information accessible and understandable.
- blcArmadillo 14y agoHere is a TED talk about this research: http://www.ted.com/talks/eric_dishman_take_health_care_off_the_mainframe.html http://www.ted.com/talks/eric_dishman_take_health_care_off_t...
- laut 14y agoHealthcare spending in the US is something like 15% of GDP. It's a trillion dollar industry. Think health insurance, pharmaceuticals, nursing, dentistry etc.