tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13967492.post8781131257255500760..comments2024-02-19T13:09:04.246+01:00Comments on Genomic Entertainment: Instant Diagnosis: Is #Theranos the creative destruction of lab testing? Ethics, Health and Death 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/17009076490421439239noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13967492.post-29485578070994983822013-09-11T09:55:44.982+02:002013-09-11T09:55:44.982+02:00"The other obvious tech reality is that the d..."The other obvious tech reality is that the devices keep shrinking, and over the last several years Theranos has been granted several patents for portable diagnosis system at the point of care. One of them even invokes—forget the iWatch—a wearable diagnostic device that would attach to the body with silicon microneedles 'about the size of a human hair.'"Ethics, Health and Death 2.0https://www.blogger.com/profile/17009076490421439239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13967492.post-76128687819451053492013-09-11T09:53:51.910+02:002013-09-11T09:53:51.910+02:00"Ms. Holmes says Theranos can conduct a batte..."Ms. Holmes says Theranos can conduct a battery of tests for "tens of dollars," a phrase that does not exist in U.S. health care. She calls it 'a watershed opportunity to change the trajectory of health costs through price transparency.'"Ethics, Health and Death 2.0https://www.blogger.com/profile/17009076490421439239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13967492.post-75129594450472671142013-09-11T09:51:15.417+02:002013-09-11T09:51:15.417+02:00"Only about 62% of tests that doctors order a..."Only about 62% of tests that doctors order are ultimately carried out, according to health-policy researchers at the Lewin Group. One reason tests aren't performed: not enough blood. To ensure that labs don't reject samples, several studies have documented that medical institutions sometimes collect as much as 45 times the amount of blood from patients that conventional tests actually require.<br /><br />Luckily, blood is a renewable resource, though the small Theranos sample size is a particular advance for the elderly, for whom blood draws can be agony because of collapsed veins. It's also good news for children who fear needles, and for oncology patients, whose blood is being constantly tested." !!!!<br />Ethics, Health and Death 2.0https://www.blogger.com/profile/17009076490421439239noreply@blogger.com