Raja Jasti’s Blog - Renaissance Thinking

Here is how healthcare will look in the future of the mobile. A baseball player from Sandiego Padres diagnosed his appendicitis using his iphone.

 Tim Stauffer, the San Diego Padres right-hander, is 2-1 this season as a spot starter.

Early Tuesday morning, he took a loss. His appendix.

Not only can he pitch, it turns out he can diagnose maladies, too. Stauffer had called up a medical website on his iPhone, entered his symptoms and came up with what could be appendicitis, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune.

Stauffer then called Padres head trainer Todd Hutcheson from his hotel room and described his findings.

“He had himself diagnosed,” said Hutcheson to the newspaper. “He said, ‘I think I have appendicitis.’ “

Later that morning, Stauffer had his appendix removed laparoscopically without complications and was placed on the disabled list.

This is an extreme case ofcourse, but you get the idea. We will be monitroing and managing various aspects of our health and making smart health choices daily using our mobile phones. This improves the quality of our health and reduces the healthcare costs. It is a win all proposition.