Fortune March 7, 2020
Picture this: An ambulance rushes a seriously injured patient to the hospital. In the back, the paramedic makes a video call with doctors while sending them real-time vital signs and images of the injury.
It doesn’t look good.
The paramedic pulls out what looks like an oversized ski glove connected to wires and grabs an ultrasound wand that a sonographer in an office somewhere virtually steers over the patient’s injury. The sonographer then reviews the images for signs of trouble.
By the time the ambulance pulls up to the emergency room, the patient’s data, medical history, and insurance information has already been reviewed. The operating room is prepped, and a doctor starts robotic-assisted surgery, which provides crystal-clear 3D images...
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