As Schmidt said in the podcast episode that, oftentimes, when a patient has to have multiple tests done by different specialists, the medical information is not shared between their systems. This is just one example of the disconnected communications that Schmidt says could easily be fixed.
Schmidt said that a key step would be to put all medical data on the cloud, where it can more easily be accessed and analyzed.
For Schmidt, cloud computing is beneficial in healthcare because it's often less expensive and can support the massive amounts of data the industry constantly produces.
He also wants to collect other clinical data from hospital systems and eventually all clinical data in the healthcare industry.
Schmidt said he believed healthcare systems would be quick to move to the cloud if it could prove to be beneficial for the patient and doctor by saving time and peoples' lives.
With access to more patient data, Schmidt believes computers can help the healthcare system by providing more accurate medical diagnoses for a larger group of people.
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