Computers don’t rubberneck. They don’t fight with their spouses during the evening commute. They are more consistent, predictable, and less distracted. But in the case of an emergency, how else might a driverless car help you?
Read MoreNearly 800,000 strokes happen in the United States each year.[1] Like heart attacks, strokes are time-sensitive emergencies. Nearly two million neurons are at risk of permanent damage for every minute that elapses until the blocked artery is opened up and circulation is restored, meaning “time is brain” during a stroke.
Read MoreNew technologies, including advances in remote monitoring systems, offer the promise of transforming the delivery of EMS, impacting everything from dispatch to treatment and diagnosis in the prehospital setting and moving EMS toward a more predictive, rather than reactive, response model.
Read MoreFor many people who don’t work in the EMS industry, the inner working of the ambulance system is a black box. We hope we never need an ambulance, but we understand if we have a medical emergency we can call 911 and an ambulance will show up at our door.
Read MoreRecently, a number of headlines have claimed that the mobile-enabled car service company, Uber, now offers faster service than an ambulance.
Read MoreTelemedicine is making big headlines with predictions that one in six doctors visits in US and Canada will be virtual in 2014. Telemedicine could save US employers as much as $6 billion every year. Some predict telemedicine revenues will top $13 billion in the next four years.
Read MoreEarlier this year, the Commonwealth Fund compared the US healthcare system with 10 other countries using measures such as equity, quality, efficiency, and access. The US ranked last in 5 out of 12 categories and last overall.
Read MoreGigaOm published “Coffee & Empathy: Why Data Without a Soul is Meaningless,” in which author Om Malik argues that consumer habit tracking tools will find their most meaningful, and presumably successful, application when they can interpret the emotional context behind people’s habits.
Read MoreThe Advanced Development for Africa released a report, “Scaling Up Mobile Health: Elements Necessary for the Successful Scale Up of mHealth in Developing Countries,” which details the work of nine projects that are deploying mobile technology to achieve specific global health goals.
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