HINZ 09 Wed 1.15 M-Health - Dr David Dembo, MD, Microsoft Australia, Mobility and Health

David Dembo kicked off the afternoon session at the m-Health workshop. David talked about ‘Data Liquidity’ which is about being able to access your data on multiple devices in different environments. He showed a smartphone device connected to an ultrasound probe to act as a very portable ultra-sound machine. He showed a video of the Palm Treo being used by the Royal Nursing Service in Australia. Next, he described a smartphone based video-conference solution for wound management. The advantage of using smartphones was that it was much less expensive than laptop video-conferencing. He then showed a video of the a young diabetic patient interacting with a futuristic health system. He then showed a video of some of microsofts new mobile technology and the Texas Health Surface. He then showed a video of a surgeon interacting with a computer screen using a ‘hands free’ system of gestures. David then demoed Vista’s voice recognition software.