Medical Devices could become obsolete?

http://www.qmed.com/mpmn/medtechpulse/could-digital-health-make-most-medical-devices-obsolete

George Samaras of Samaras & Associates Inc., Pueblo CO suggested that 50% of Medical Devices could become obsolete as a result of trends in mobile health in a keynote at MD&M West.   The technology that is being demonstrated today should come online within the next 5 years and destroy the current landscape.  

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