| | October 2019 8The Importance of Accurate Tests to Good MedicineDespite advances in healthcare over recent decades, infectious diseases remain burdensome illnesses.Influenza kills more people in America than car accidents, tuberculosis kills over 5,000 people every day around the world, and antimicrobial resistance is a growing threat.Making an accurate diagnosis early in the illnesses' course and connecting the patient to optimal treatment is the key to improving the outcome to the individual, and reducing the burdenon healthcare systems.Ellume was founded to create solutions to these problems by developing accurate, simple-to-use tests that connect diagnostic results to optimal treatment.Making Digital Diagnostics SimpleThe rise of the smartphone has hugely impacted healthcare globally. When I founded Ellume in 2010, smartphones were becoming more mainstream, but flip phones were still the norm.In 2017, nearly 90 percent of American consumers used digital tools such as telemedicine, wearables and online health, and the industry is just getting started.Digital diagnostics connect to smart devices to enable a seamless connection with appropriate care, and it promises to play a major role for consumers and clinicians. Most importantly, this type of testing can fast-track the care plan for time-sensitive diseases. For highly contagious and burdensome illness like flu, the delay to result impacts the quality of care as the effectiveness of available therapies decreases as How Digital Diagnostics are Changing HealthcareSean ParsonsBy Sean Parsons, Founder and CEO, EllumeOPINIONIN MY
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