a cellular device, transmitting data, fluid amounts in the lungs and other things. seems sci-fi, the fact we could know things before the patient would themselves. is that really going to happen? we re investigating a number of devices now where we measure, for instance, pressure in the heart, and we know that that goes up two weeks before patients get symptoms. first time the capability for a patient to self interrogate. that s what i m seeing. the patient trying to see the physician is connected to their smartphone. we were able to develop and make technically work an entirely new way to ask the questions, know what they re doing, and communicate to patients, all remote. in today s scenario, a patient might have to travel a couple hours and sit in an emergency room for another hour and a half once they arrive. with this technology, we give them the capability to self
case for this for a usc athlete or a professional athletes or a cardiologist? how can we educate the next generation of patients? it s changed my practice and it s changed my life in a lot of ways. we had our numbers up there the whole time. you and i were we were in the red zone. we were on overdrive. when we come back, one of my most challenging workouts, and technology dr. saxon hopes will change sports forever. [ male announcer ] the lexus command performance sales event has begun. featuring the lexus gs and is performance lines. because control is the ultimate expression of power. get great values on your favorite lexus models,
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because they want to learn and be better and have better outcome. you can get this information all the time, realtime. what do you think about that? it s amazing, the technology, where it s taking us. the technology around me measures the body s most basic functions like pulse rate, respiration, blood pressure. that s valuable information, but dr. leslie saxon wants all of us to have access to as easy as we have access to our e-mail. the kind of first principle of digital health is access to your own data. i imagine that anyone in the public that waujts to check on their health status, this will be standard of checking yourself, like you check your sports scores. she s somewhat fearless in terms of being an advocate for patients. in your case, we re treating blood pressure or we re treating arrythmia. she s the chief cardiologist at the school of medicine. she s working to make health care more convenient, more
i collaborate with dr. saxon on bringing health to the 21st century. the case talks wirelessly to the phone which then transmits it immediately to the worldwide web where securely, a doctor literally on the other side of the world, could diagnosis an athlete or a patient instantaneously, within five seconds of me finishing. turn it over. uh-huh. and that s your beautiful ekg. basically, just by putting your fingers on these eelectrodes, you can get a single ekg, and all i have to do on my iphone is launch an application. five years from now, every phone will be a smartphone. that s going to be how people interact with their physicians. that s going to be how you deliver health care. what we like to do at the center is take a beautiful breakthrough technology like this and apply it across large segments of the population. you know, yes, do it scientifically, but also try to imagine on it. you know, what is the best use