Radio programme on new health technologies

[MeSci]

This programme on BBC Radio 4's 'In Business' last night was very relevant to discussions on here about wearable monitoring gadgets. I particularly liked the bits about doctors becoming obsolete or their role having to change dramatically!

Synopsis:

Health Technology
Duration:
30 minutes
First broadcast:
Thursday 21 August 2014
Peter Day reports from Silicon Valley on the cutting-edge innovation that's promising to transform healthcare. From apps which monitor your fitness to phone attachments that diagnose ear infections, the boom in high-tech gadgets is attracting millions of pounds of venture capital money. But can the technology companies really come up with the goods which will make us live longer, healthier lives?

Contributors, in order of appearance:

Ashwin Raut, Samsung
Young Sohn, Samsung
Sam De Brouwer, Scanadu
Eric Douglas, Cellscope
Vinod Khosla, Khosla Ventures
Daniel Kraft, Singularity University
Elizabeth Holmes, Theranos
Esther Dyson, HICCup

 

[Sasha]

Thanks - I missed that.

Here it is on "listen again" and it's being repeated on air on Sunday at 9:30 pm.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04dqrt5

 

[MeSci]

Thanks - I missed that.

Here it is on "listen again" and it's being repeated on air on Sunday at 9:30 pm.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04dqrt5

That's the link I gave.

 

[Sasha]

That's the link I gave.

Oh! Sorry, didn't see the link.

 

[MeSci]

Just seen this related article, about FDA Regulation Of Mobile Health Technologies.