Health Reading List | September 04, 2015 |
Startup Highlight: Eko Devices
This week's highlight is a smart stethoscope. While in the consumer space, I laugh at "smart x" type devices, there are some very cool ways these IoT products are impacting medicine. Physicians will be able to save, visualize, share, and annotate recordings as well as integrate the device with EHRs. Read more here.
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