Improving Inpatient Experiences
As a hospitalist, I am pretty much always on the delivery side of healthcare: I help determine the treatment plan, write the orders, call in specialty services, and communicate the anticipated schedule for the day. This past week, a close family member was hospitalized, and I got to see how patients and families typically experience […]
Q & A: XPRIZE Tricorder
During the XPRIZE Tricorder Competition, we were asked by various press outlets to answer questions regarding our experiences and challenges. I wrote up our responses – and for posterity sake – am placing it here so people can read our answers. So here it is: _____________________________________________________________________________________ Q1. Can you tell us a little about your […]
Qualcomm Tricorder Experience
A little story about my experiences on the Qualcomm XPRIZE Tricorder Challenge: $10M comp to create a Star-Trek “Tricorder”. Goal: To create portable smart device weighing <5 lbs able to diagnose 13 medical dxs as well as panel of MDs collect 5 continuous vital signs Our team was composed of […]