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Digital medicine is on the rise. Patients can benefit tremendously, but the German health care system does not provide the megatrend. Stuttgart - Everyone knows this: one wakes up in the morning, and deep down in the throat sits a frog, which causes a nasty cough. The cough does not sound very good. Is there something serious about it? And there is also this comical sluggishness. Should you be better off guarding and listening to the doctor's office? Australian doctors at the University of Queensland have responded to such questions - with the development of an app that actually invites you to linger, directly into the smartphone. MORE ON THE SUBJECT Medicine - Bosch is discovering health To the ResApp (Res stands for respiratory system, respiratory system) there is just a worldwide hype. The first tests have shown that the cough can be detected with astigmatism, asthma, lung inflammation, COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), or rather harmless upper respiratory tract infection. The inventors also assert that X-ray is not more reliable. Further major clinical trials, also in the USA, are imminent. In the end, the ResApp doctors will help in diagnosis and patient guidance. But of course, it should also be available to normal smartphone users, who would rather avoid a doctor's visit. Then the cash desks of the young start-up in Perth surely would ring strong. The cough application from Down Under is just one example of the enormous digitization wave, which has long since captured the health care system. It is no longer to be held: every day, new apps are introduced somewhere in the world. Most of the time, it is a place for healthy people in lifestyle and fitness. More and more, however, they are also targeting chronically ill people. Diabetics such as cardiac and rheumatoid patients or women and men who suffer from depression. Smartphones or so-called wearables (portable mini computers, for example, on the wrist), are always kept close to the body, collect data, evaluate them and tell the patient how they are. Millions of citizens are surfing on health Big Data for better medical monitoring and care: At the Medica in Düsseldorf, the world's largest trade fair for medicine and medical technology, you can still get information about the latest developments by Thursday. Apps and mobile health solutions are presented, as well as intelligent implants or prostheses from the 3-D printer. Germany is a suitable location for the world's leading trade fair, as the people here are extremely health-conscious. According to an investigation by the Bertelsmann Foundation, nearly every third party already has an app on the smartphone.
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