Technologies to help save our healthcare system
Found this while posting the last post, 9 Technologies to help bring down the costs of our healthcare systems. I’ve put a couple the ones I thought were amazing below, but you can read the whole article here. Some are simple changes to current tech and some are complete revamps, but awesome all around. Funny thing, I bet you no one will complain that we’re putting a bunch of lab workers or doctors out of jobs with this tech. But when we try to implement technologies to make local and federal government more efficient and need less workers, everyone goes crazy about job security.
Didn’t mean to go off topic, by NJ is bankrupt but everytime they try to cut people out to save money, it turns into a huge protest and I’m tired to paying some of the highest property taxes in the nation….
Medical Acoustics Lung Flute
“People with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease might be able to scale back on their meds by instead using this $40 reusable instrument (also a PopSci Best of What’s New award winner) that sends vibrations into the lungs to break up mucus. Make sure to check out the video of the Lung Flute in action, starring Senior Associate Editor Bjorn Carey and His Mucus.”
Insulin Made From Flowers
“Americans with diabetes shell out some $132 billion a year for insulin, which usually comes from genetically engineered yeast or bacteria. But Canadian scientists can make it cheaper. They inserted the human insulin gene into the common safflower plant, which churns out the drug for a fraction of the cost. Just 25 square miles of the crop could make insulin for the entire world.”