Sarah Willey's Blog – May 2011 Archive (2)

A week after Ford announced it is working on in-car systems that would let motorists keep track of health issues, such as glucose levels for diabetics or pollen levels for asthmatics, from displays on the car's dashboard, today Ford has another announcement to make.



Ford Motor will announce that its research team in Aachen, Germany, has developed a car seat with six sensors that can monitor a driver's heart by its electrical impulses. Such a seat, if brought to market, could help… Continue

When I read yesterday's blog post by KevinMD, I couldn't help but think about my recent visit to my PCP. As we all know, EMRs are going to be a part of every practice soon. But he reminds us that "one of the problems of the current crop of EMRs is how they obstruct the doctor-patient relationship."

I would have to agree with that.…

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