A health care house is being built in Durham, North Carolina. The house will be equipped with a "smart toilet" for urine sample analysis, a "smart medical room" for dispensing drugs for different people, and energy-saving and safety measures using high-tech means.
Soon after entering the next century, middle-income families will enjoy the following health care services:
After getting up in the morning, they will go to the bathroom, where they can complete urine sample analysis and send the information to the doctor's office.
Then stand on the weighing scale. It can tell you the proportion of fat in your body, tell you how much weight you have gained or lost, and remind you of the doctor's instructions to pay attention to your diet. It can also ask if you would like to have a look at the recipe. A printer in the kitchen will print out a menu for you to choose from according to the leftover food in the refrigerator and the fresh food in the storage room. The computer is connected to the store and can order any used food, and the ordered food can be delivered to the door in the afternoon.
If you are still in the bathroom, you can press the display to indicate the dosage of thyroid medicine. It can also remind you that it's time to buy medicine and make an appointment with the doctor this afternoon.
in the afternoon, you get in touch with the doctor's office through the desktop computer, and the doctor asks you face to face through the computer. The doctor can access all your medical records through another display screen, so you can talk about the treatment; Talk about the progress you have made according to the recipes and physical exercise methods instructed by the doctor, and talk about your other concerns.
you told the doctor that you felt throat discomfort. After you describe the symptoms, the doctor arranged an appointment with the nurse in your office building for an hour. During this hour, the doctor will check your medical records, read the medical records of other patients with similar medical histories, and browse the latest research results through the computer.
an hour later, you come to the nurse station as scheduled. After the nurse gets in touch with the doctor through the computer, she puts a digital stethoscope on your chest, and the doctor uses the stethoscope to auscultate on her own terminal. Doctors can also obtain other physiological indicators. Then, the nurse picked up a small video camera and put it in your mouth, so that the doctor can see your throat.
it's nothing serious, just a little inflammation. The doctor sends the prescription to the pharmacy by email, and the medicine will be delivered to your home together with the food you ordered in the morning.
go back to your desk and keep a work log. Your computer shows that it took you 45 minutes to see a doctor twice today, and send this information to the computer of the personnel department.