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The Truth About Telemedicine and Stethoscopes

April 28, 2020 By Bryan Vartabedian · Reading Time: 2 minutes

I watched a news segment this week about the rising popularity of telemedicine. The segment profiled a doctor and showed him conducting a telemedicine visit in his home. To my surprise he was wearing a stethoscope around his neck. It got me thinking about telemedicine and stethoscopes.  I asked my wife, ‘what’s he plannin’ do with that stethoscope, I ... Continue Reading about The Truth About Telemedicine and Stethoscopes

Tagged With: Physician Identity, Stethoscope, Telemedicine

Future Medicine, Physicians, Technology

Butterfly iQ Moments – Should Med Students Have a POCUS?

August 21, 2019 By Bryan Vartabedian · Reading Time: 2 minutes

During its revered white coat ceremony last week The University of California Irvine School of Medicine gave Butterfly iQ pocket ultrasound devices to its medical students. The future, it seems, belongs to POCUS (point of care ultrasound). Twitter lit up. Social sentiment pinned the Butterfly iQ as the new stethoscope. Every armchair futurist was over the ... Continue Reading about Butterfly iQ Moments – Should Med Students Have a POCUS?

Tagged With: Medical education, Physical exam, Stethoscope, Technology

Physicians, Technology

Eko Core Digital Stethoscope – Analog Dressed for Digital?

November 21, 2018 By Bryan Vartabedian · Reading Time: 2 minutes

Digital health startup Eko has a product that can detect murmurs more reliably than humans. At the recent American Heart Association meeting they presented a clinical study revealing the first murmur detection algorithm to outperform cardiologists. Predictably, the digital Twitterati touted the Eko Core Digital Stethoscope as the next great thing. Evidence of ... Continue Reading about Eko Core Digital Stethoscope – Analog Dressed for Digital?

Tagged With: Digital health, Stethoscope

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Digital Stethoscopes: Analog Dressed for Digital

March 4, 2015 By Bryan Vartabedian · Reading Time: < 1 minutes

In the late 90’s I was pursued by a start-up that was using web-based audio for physician dictations. Doctors would record, ladies would type, and the web sat in between. During an expensive dinner with the company’s leadership I asked how this was different from recording on a dictaphone.  I was met with a broad veneered smile and the incredulous reply, “C’mon Dr. ... Continue Reading about Digital Stethoscopes: Analog Dressed for Digital

Tagged With: Stethoscope

Physicians, Technology

The Stethoscope’s Quiet Eclipse

December 5, 2011 By Bryan Vartabedian · Reading Time: 4 minutes

My concerns about the stethoscope’s future began at lunch recently among a group of doctors where it was suggested that the revered icon had evolved as an ornament of clinical medicine – an iconic relic of medicine’s past.  Others around the table held firmly to the idea of the stethoscope as a critical diagnostic tool.  The contrast was striking. The more I looked ... Continue Reading about The Stethoscope’s Quiet Eclipse

Tagged With: Physical exam, Stethoscope, Technology, Turkle

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The Stethoscope in Room 2

January 27, 2011 By Bryan Vartabedian · Reading Time: < 1 minutes

Thursday is my endoscopy day at Texas Children's Hospital.  Room 2 in the Endoscopy Suite is where I conduct my business. If you visit Room 2 you’ll find a stethoscope hanging on the coat hook.  I started scoping here in 1994 and it’s been around as long as I can remember.  Every Thursday as I wash my hands I look at the stethoscope and assume that by next week it ... Continue Reading about The Stethoscope in Room 2

Tagged With: Stethoscope

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