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Will healthcare embrace digital or will we die waiting?

30,841 views | Karalee Close • TED@BCG Berlin

Using a mobile app to check glucose levels, sending selfies to receive diagnoses and receiving text reminders to take pills. Is this what the future of healthcare will look like? Karalee Close believes it should, considering that medical mistakes are the fourth leading cause of death in the US. She argues that a closer marriage of technology, big data and healthcare can improve today's system -- especially when it comes to mitigating human error.

Using a mobile app to check glucose levels, sending selfies to receive diagnoses and receiving text reminders to take pills. Is this what the future of healthcare will look like? Karalee Close believes it should, considering that medical mistakes are the fourth leading cause of death in the US. She argues that a closer marriage of technology, big data and healthcare can improve today's system -- especially when it comes to mitigating human error.

This talk was presented at a TED Institute event given in partnership with BCG.

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About the speaker

Karalee Close

Healthcare champion

Karalee Close is a Managing Director and Partner in the London office of Boston Consulting Group and leads the Technology Advantage practice globally. Prior to joining BCG, Close worked in hospital management. She was Director of Corporate Planning at the University Health Network and Director of Customer Service at The Toronto Hospital. Karalee holds an MBA from University of Toronto and a BSc in Health Information Science from the University of Victoria.

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This talk was presented at a TED Institute event given in partnership with BCG.

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