British department of health has said that the doctors are considering on providing mobile phone apps to their patients. These apps may help the patients to check themselves without the help of any doctor. However, still no such app has been introduced but many other doctors have given a negative view on this.
Many of health experts has raised questions that how could a person be left on his own to check himself without taking help from doctors. On December U.S food and Drug Administration has said that they will look after very few such apps that works for medical devices.
When an interview was taken from Daniel Craft he was holding a scanner in his hand that was similar to the Tricoder shown in the film Star Trek. This Tricoder can scan you if you keep it on your forehead it will provide you with your Blood Pressure, Heart Beat, Temperature and you oxygen.
Dr. Daniel Craft is the head of Medical school in a University that is located in Silicon Valley named as Singularity University. He further said that in future such devices will be attached to people’s smart phones and through them to the computers. And by this many people would be able to know about their problems.