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The smart phone is going to be the foundation and the starting point of a medical revolution from diagnostics to treatment. With the dramatic decreases in cost and increases in functionality, it isn't hard to imagine that the Buffet, Dimon, Bezos alliance will make this a key piece of lowering the cost of medical, while increasing the quality from the 37th ranking the US has with the world's highest cost. Already we have sports scales that measure fat, muscle mass, bone mass, water weight and in the near future many other functions that will be read and processed by the smart phone keeping down the cost of these devices while increasing their functionality all the while keeping a running record and coordinating it with other devices and attachments. Already we have attachments that can have an EKG, oximeter, blood pressure, pulse rate, analyze our breath and blood sugar. I see the smart phone camera for imaging for many conditions and in the near future add thermal imaging opening a whole new array of medical functions not ever carried out in hospitals. When all these inputs are combined and taken over time instead of a single moment in time like a standard physical we will have far lower cost and vastly increased quality. The number of functions available with only increase in time. When all this is hooked to AI/ML in the cloud we will have diagnostic and statistical power that no human could match. Much, if not most of diagnostics will be done by AI/ML and in the near future even treatment and surgery by robotics. This will become a mega market for semis/mems/sensors/nanotechnology on a scale that will dwarf most other industries world wide.
I agree that such advanced diagnostics will lead to a big increase in catching health problems before they become serious, which will overall save money and improve outcomes. But the problems with the US healthcare system are the ridiculous costs of what happens after diagnosis and the lack of coverage for poor people, and technology won't fix either of these problems because they're political -- these are why the US system is ranked #37 with the world's highest costs, not lack of early diagnosis.
Like I have said many times, the US is the most corrupt country in the world in percentage and absolute terms because this is where the money is, plain and simple. Other countries don't have enough money to support the level of corruption we have. The corruption here is of all types, from very obvious to so subtle even most intelligent, perceptive people can't see it or figure it out.
Like I have said many times, the US is the most corrupt country in the world in percentage and absolute terms because this is where the money is, plain and simple. Other countries don't have enough money to support the level of corruption we have. The corruption here is of all types, from very obvious to so subtle even most intelligent, perceptive people can't see it or figure it out.
I disagree with most politicians, including Trump on most issues, but Trump did call medical the biggest of the lobbies early. People don't like honest politicians, because the want to hear there is a free lunch that no one has to pay for and everything has a simple answer. Also FDR a man of the people said unions have no place in government. Government largely serves itself with a few scraps off the table for the average man. Influence goes to the highest bidder or largest organized group.
