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Radio 4,10 Feb 2021,44 mins

Welcome to MedPatch

Dangerous Visions

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Dangerous Visions: Welcome to Medpatch by Kevin Core It is the day after tomorrow. The NHS is history and the Artificial Intelligence health app Medpatch has ushered in a new era of diagnosis and treatment. As ex-health workers adjust to a vanished career, Jenna, a former doctor, finds herself employed on a new frontier of public health. And she’s about to make a discovery. Thriller about healthcare and technology. Jenna........................Ophelia Lovibond Medpatch/Lauren.....Meera Syal Luke............................Joe Bannister Dean............................James Cooney Sash..............................Verity Henry Jake..............................Kenny Blyth Director/Producer Gary Brown Drawing on the revolution in remote, smartphone led diagnostics and advances in health AI, it’s a thriller about how much of ourselves we’re willing to hand to the private sector. And as corporations vie to become the Google of Health - Welcome to Medpatch considers questions about technology and healthcare which may have to be answered sooner than we think.

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