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Eric Dishman is used to thinking about how technology can transform the world of health care. As an Intel Fellow and general manager of the company\u2019s Health Strategy & Solutions Group, his job is all about finding innovative new approaches to healthcare. But just two weeks ago, at TED@Intel<\/a>, Dishman tells the much more personal story<\/a> of his battle with kidney disease.<\/p>\n To say that his battle is with disease isn\u2019t the full story. Instead, as he describes in this second talk<\/a>, his fight is not only with faulty kidneys, Two decades ago, when he was a college student, Dishman had several fainting spells. This kicked off months of testing by six different doctors, in what he describes as a \u201cclash of medical titans.\u201d Dishman was told he would not live longer than two or three years.<\/p>\n The doctors were wrong — but not because they weren\u2019t good doctors. Instead, they were stuck in an old-fashioned system that lacked technologically advanced tools and a culture of communication.<\/p>\n With smartphones and tablets becoming increasingly ubiquitous, and social networks connecting us more and more, Dishman sees three major steps to achieving better, individually-tailored healthcare that takes pressure off of brick-and-mortar hospitals and clinics, and empowers a patient to be the captain of a team working toward their well-being: Care anywhere, care networking, and care customization. To hear what each means, watch this talk<\/a>.<\/p>\n On the stage, Dishman demonstrates MobiSante\u2019s smartphone-based ultrasound imaging system, called MobiUS<\/a>, which he used to scan his newly donated kidney. A doctor hours away at Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital in Oregon examined the kidney live over the Internet, dispelling worry over a few dark spots and noting they\u2019d double check them at Dishman\u2019s next scheduled appointment.<\/p>\n Here is a round up of other disruptive products and projects that could hugely impact the way we think about our health care. Have more to add? Put them in the comments.<\/p>\n Health tests on your smartphone<\/b> The doctor isn\u2019t in\u2026 but that\u2019s okay<\/b> Another less-futuristic option: as Daniel Kraft, the chair of the FutureMed program at Singularity University, mentioned in the TED Talk, \u201cMedicine\u2019s future? There\u2019s an app for that<\/a>,\u201d the website AmericanWell.com<\/a> can connect you to physicians and specialists in your state who do appointments over secure chat, Skype or the telephone.<\/p>\n Health care at your local drugstore Medical devices that can leave the hospital<\/b> Are you interested in where health care is going? Watch the TED Playlist, the Future of Medicine, below.<\/p>\n![\"Eric](\"http:\/\/images.ted.com\/images\/ted\/156795_240x180.jpg\")
Eric Dishman: Take health care off the mainframe<\/span><\/a> And he\u2019s no stranger to talking about them. At TEDMED 2009, in the talk featured to the left, Dishman asked us to \u201cTake health care off the mainframe<\/a>,\u201d boldly comparing the current American health care system to mainframe computers circa 1959.<\/p>\n![\"Eric](\"http:\/\/images.ted.com\/images\/ted\/c0694f2a60d1de3e606ab3c8f368ef037b39766d_240x180.jpg\")
Eric Dishman: Health care should be a team sport<\/span><\/a>but also with a flawed healthcare system.<\/p>\n
\nMobiSante\u2019s affordable, portable ultrasound<\/a> isn\u2019t the only medical device to take advantage of mobile networks and the power of smartphones. Some other examples:<\/p>\n\n
\nInTouch Health\u2019s RP-VITA Remote Presence Robot<\/a> is the first-ever that will connect doctors to patients across the world.![\"Daniel](\"http:\/\/images.ted.com\/images\/ted\/c95178fd819125c136730ce0403b140181f4eb82_240x180.jpg\")
Daniel Kraft: Medicine's future? There's an app for that<\/span><\/a> Doctors can do rounds in a hospital across the country or the world, controlling Jetson-like robots that show their faces on a screen. Through the robots, the doctors can visit with and diagnose patients from afar.<\/p>\n
\n<\/b>While it isn\u2019t tech-heavy, the move towards what this recent article from T<\/em>he Economis<\/em>t calls<\/a> \u201cretail clinics\u201d is taking some health services out of hospitals and doctor\u2019s offices and into malls and popular pharmacy chains. The article details how CVS and Walgreens are bringing basic care clinics to many stores \u2013 640 and 372 of them respectively.<\/p>\n
\nThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services put out a recent request for information<\/a> seeking new approaches for smart medical hardware that can remain on even during power outages in natural disasters. The goal is to to protect hospital patients on life-saving medical devices — including ventilators or IV pumps — by keeping the machines on and mobile if there is need for evacuation.<\/p>\n