It pitches its mini ultrasound machines as the "new stethoscope" for general practitioners to check for coronary artery disease.

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WorldClinic is even building fully networked emergency rooms so its docs can listen to a stethoscope held by a nurse half-way around the world.

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Future capabilities, Mr Murphy hopes, might include a digital stethoscope to analyse breathing sounds and a haematoma scanner to look for a brain haemorrhage.

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He proceeded to stick the gadget on all sorts of surfaces -- glass, metal, rock, an elevator wall -- like a doctor with a stethoscope.

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Dr. Gowen gently asked me about my headache and told me to roll up my pyjama jacket so he could listen to my chest with his stethoscope.

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At the other end of the stethoscope, gamification is also helping healthcare providers, enabling doctors to better manage the constant onslaught of information they digest in order to stay current.

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No one gets rich as a salary slave, but if you lack the entrepreneurial spirit and want to make a comfortable living, put away that salad tosser and start getting cozy with a stethoscope.

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The stats-and-stethoscope upstarts are nonetheless making their dash.

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U. I asked him how long it would be before the average doctor or nurse is as apt to have a checklist in hand as a stethoscope (which, unlike checklists, has never been proved to make a difference to patient care).

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Dr. Blork had said that a fungus was growing there, and had admitted that this news was, in fact, bad, and he had looked both awkward and grave as he sat with them, twisting his stethoscope around in his hands and apologizing for the turn of events, though not exactly accepting responsibility for the failures of the treatment.

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