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Haney Mallemat informs you how technology is improving healthcare. Haney’s talk is grounded in a patient experience. Jim is a gentleman from a small farm in a rural area of United States. His farm is everything to him and his wife and daughter. When Jim got seriously sick, he had to have an extended stay in a major tertiary hospital. As a result, he and his family lost their farm, which was their world. Could Jim have been treated locally with the utilisation of technology? Haney thinks technology may be the way of the future in medicine. Through the utilisation of technology which already exists, patients such as Jim can stay in their communities and have more holistic outcomes. There are three areas Haney discusses. Telemedicine Defined as medical information exchanged though electronic telecommunications to improve a patient’s outcomes. Traditionally telemedicine is big, bulky, and complicated. This brings with it resistance to use. However, with the advent of lighter and faster computers, telemedicine bec