"Medical diagnostics equipment accounts for just 1.5% of healthcare spending in the US, yet it forms the basis for 80% of decisions taken by doctors, " says the chief executive of a medical diagnostics company.

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In addition to consumer use, the airlines are planning to use Wi-Fi for onboard medical diagnostics, weather updates, and in-flight equipment monitoring, so ground mechanics arrive at a flight knowing what needs to be serviced.

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