Mobile health -- the future of medicine? Pieter Vandervoort at TEDxUHasseltSalon

In his talk, Prof. Dr. Vandervoort gives a snapshot on how mobile technology, wireless sensors and social networks could transform the current health care system into a patient-driven model. Prof. Dr. Vandervoort is a cardiologist at the Ziekenhuis Oost Limburg. He is one of the initiators of the Mobile Health Unit, which is an interdisciplinary research cooperation between Hasselt University, Ziekenhuis Oost Limburg and Jessa Ziekenhuis. Their vision is to apply common technologies, such as smartphones, the Internet and laptops in healthcare.

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