Social Medicine Is The Next Big Thing After Social Media

This according to the Forbes.com website…

Click here to access their fact filled report.

Note that I have read and do recommend Dr. Eric Topol’s book, The Creative Destruction of Medicine: How the Digital Revolution Will Create Better Health Care. This book provides a detailed look into our medical future.

Note that it was on January 10, 2012 The X PRIZE Foundation and Qualcomm Foundation announced the launch of the $10 million Qualcomm Tricorder X PRIZE, a global competition to revolutionize healthcare. In this competition, teams will leverage technology innovation in areas such as artificial intelligence and wireless sensing – much like the medical Tricorder of Star Trek® fame – to make medical diagnoses independent of a physician or healthcare provider. The goal of the competition is to drive development of devices that will give consumers access to their state of health in the palm of their hand.

Click here to visit the $10 Million Qualcomm Tricorder X PRIZE website.

Click here to learn even more about the future of medicine.