[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":177},["ShallowReactive",2],{"slug-digital-technologies-disaster-relief":3},{"post":4,"relatedPosts":175,"relatedBooks":176},{"id":5,"date":6,"date_gmt":7,"guid":8,"modified":10,"modified_gmt":11,"slug":12,"status":13,"type":14,"link":15,"title":16,"content":18,"excerpt":21,"author":23,"featured_media":24,"comment_status":25,"ping_status":25,"sticky":26,"template":27,"format":28,"meta":29,"categories":30,"tags":34,"project_category":49,"contact_email_category":50,"yst_prominent_words":51,"class_list":57,"better_featured_image":81,"acf":118,"yoast_meta":119,"_links":122},16309,"2017-09-14T16:00:05","2017-09-14T14:00:05",{"rendered":9},"http:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F?p=16309","2022-05-12T12:02:13","2022-05-12T10:02:13","digital-technologies-disaster-relief","publish","post","https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fdigital-technologies-disaster-relief",{"rendered":17},"Using Digital Technologies Makes Disaster Relief More Efficient",{"rendered":19,"protected":20},"\n\u003Ctable style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: #eee; border-top: 4px solid #444;\" cellpadding=\"5px\">\n\u003Ctbody>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Ctd style=\"width: 100%;\">\n\u003Cp style=\"color: #555;font-size: 12px;line-height: 14px\">THIS ARTICLE HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED SINCE 2017. THE INFORMATION SHARED IN THE ARTICLE WAS ACCURATE AT THE TIME OF ITS PUBLICATION, BUT IT MAY BE OUT OF DATE NOW. \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fmagazine\">BROWSE OUR LATEST ARTICLES HERE\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003C\u002Ftr>\u003C\u002Ftbody>\u003C\u002Ftable>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Digital technologies, such as interactive maps, open databases, textbots, apps, telehealth services or drones have great potential to help people stranded in life-threatening situations and make first response teams more effective during disasters. Let’s see how!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003C!--more-->\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Hurricane season arrived in the Atlantic with destructive forces\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Hurricanes hit the Atlantic coast and the Caribbean hard. Hurricane Harvey arrived in Texas at the end of August, left at least 39 people dead and \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.bbc.co.uk\u002Fnewsround\u002F41094278\">30,000 people in need of temporary shelter after their own homes were flooded\u003C\u002Fa>. On 26 August, 56,000 emergency calls were placed in Houston after the storm hit. Fortunately, the police were able to rescue 3,500 people from the floods in the city and the surrounding areas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Hurricane Irma roared and raged in Florida and the Caribbean. The destructive storm \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.bbc.co.uk\u002Fnewsround\u002F41165108\">arrived in the state on 10 September with heavy rain and winds of around 100 miles an hour\u003C\u002Fa>. Millions of people there had already left their homes. Huge areas in Florida are without power, and parts of the city of Miami are under water. The „big monster”, as it was called by US President Trump, cost the lives of four people there, while it already claimed 137 lives in the Caribbean. It is estimated that 1.2 million people on the islands have been affected by Irma and that could rise to 26 million after hitting the US, according to the Red Cross. As two more hurricanes, Jose and Katia, are also approaching the area, it is worth looking at how digital health can help people in need.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"580\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F09\u002Fhurricane-irma.jpg\" alt=\"Technology for disaster relief\" class=\"wp-image-16310\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F09\u002Fhurricane-irma.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F09\u002Fhurricane-irma-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F09\u002Fhurricane-irma-512x341.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F09\u002Fhurricane-irma-375x250.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>When medical facilities are affected, digital technologies jump on the stage\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In the case of natural disasters, it’s even more important to be connected to our loved ones and others, get information as quickly as possible and to find help. Especially, since hurricanes do not differentiate between medical and non-medical facilities. For example, Irma and Harvey heavily \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.marketwatch.com\u002Fstory\u002Fhow-hurricanes-harvey-and-irma-are-affecting-health-care-companies-2017-09-07\">affected health care companies with business in the hurricane areas\u003C\u002Fa>, from hospital chains to medical technology facilities and parts of the pharmaceutical supply chain. As Irma swept through the US Virgin Islands, i\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.usatoday.com\u002Fstory\u002Fnews\u002F2017\u002F09\u002F07\u002Fhurricane-irma-cripples-only-hospital-st-thomas-churns-through-caribbean\u002F641242001\u002F\">t tore off the roof and crippled the only hospital on St. Thomas\u003C\u002Fa>. The islands’ 911 emergency system was also down. Moreover, 23 hospitals in the Houston region alone have evacuated their sickest patients, according to the \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.chron.com\u002Fbusiness\u002Farticle\u002FHospital-crisis-deepens-as-water-rises-1-500-12159473.php\">Houston Chronicle\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In such an ungodly situation, when you cannot turn to hospitals or pharmacies the same way as you usually do, technology might give a helping hand how to reach out. Social media, apps, open data, creative and fast acting software developers or drones might be indispensable partners of people in need in disasters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-full wp-image-16311\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F09\u002Fst.thomas.jpg\" alt=\"technologies for disaster relief\" class=\"wp-image-16311\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F09\u002Fst.thomas.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F09\u002Fst.thomas-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F09\u002Fst.thomas-512x384.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F09\u002Fst.thomas-333x250.jpg 333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Fire and police stations collapsed and the main hospital in St. Thomas sustained heavy damage.\u003Cbr>Source: CBN News\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Tech giants for more effective rescue\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Interactive websites, online maps, and social media have an enormous potential in aiding first response teams in rescuing stranded individuals. In the future, saving people stranded in disaster-affected areas should be as smooth as the way Google Maps is organizing traffic. It knows where users are so it can analyze traffic too. Although we are not there yet, Google, Facebook, and all the other tech giants have invaluable resources for helping those in need – and they \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ftechcrunch.com\u002F2017\u002F08\u002F29\u002Ftech-companies-harvey-houston-fundraising\u002F\">do their share in giving a helping hand\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The search giant, Google added \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.google.com\u002Fsearch?q=hurricane+harvey&stick=H4sIAAAAAAAAAONQecSoxC3w8sc9YSnJXWcbq0WsBExTjS2TTYyTkxOTLC1S0pIzGHkAfUnWWicAAAA\">Texas and Houston-specific alerts\u003C\u002Fa> combined with SOS Alerts to its map layers that detail emergency phone numbers, relief fundraisers, maps and other resources. Moreover, ahead of Hurricane Irma, Google Maps showed closed roads in Florida in real time. As in the case of previous life-threatening events, Facebook activated its Safety Check service for both Harvey and Irma, so users can see whether friends or family members were impacted by the disaster. The giant house-sharing website, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.airbnb.hu\u002Fwelcome\u002Fevacuees\u002Fhurricaneirmaevacuees\">Airbnb opened its platform\u003C\u002Fa> to all the people who had to be evacuated from their homes and to members of the rescue teams helping victims of both Harvey and Irma.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-full wp-image-16313\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"455\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F09\u002Fhouston-traffic-harvey.jpg\" alt=\"Technologies for disaster relief\" class=\"wp-image-16313\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F09\u002Fhouston-traffic-harvey.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F09\u002Fhouston-traffic-harvey-768x402.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F09\u002Fhouston-traffic-harvey-512x268.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F09\u002Fhouston-traffic-harvey-458x239.jpg 458w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Transportation Shut Down in Houston on 28 August on Google Maps\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Interactive maps and open data bases\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>VentureBeat \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fventurebeat.com\u002F2017\u002F09\u002F11\u002Fthe-tech-tools-crucial-to-rescuers-during-hurricane-harvey\">reported\u003C\u002Fa> that a trio of Houston-area software developers created an online rescue site entitled Houston Harvey Rescue in under three hours. Amazing achievement under hurricane conditions! They realized that 911 might not be able to handle all the incoming calls or there might also be problems in the phone system reach as well. The website helped carry out more than 7,600 rescues, but it also served organizational purposes: it could be indicated who was already rescued to avoid duplications.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The Houston-based community of tech advocates and volunteers, Sketch City built \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.texasrescuemap.com\u002F\">the Texas Rescue Map\u003C\u002Fa> for providing information about shelters, rescue vehicles and people who need to be saved. Lately, the website is rebuilt into the open source project entitled \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.crisiscleanup.org\u002Fpublic_map\">Crisis Cleanup\u003C\u002Fa> with the aim to make the recovery works faster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fsunlightfoundation.com\u002F2017\u002F08\u002F31\u002Fhow-houston-is-using-open-data-to-handle-hurricane-harvey\u002F\">City of Houston\u003C\u002Fa> made timely information available to the public before, during, and after the storm through a number of open data feeds. Residents of Houston and the area could use open data to track rising water levels, see which evacuation routes were still passable, and find nearby open Red Cross shelters. I think that in such extraordinary situations as floods or other disasters, safety issues overwrite certain privacy concerns, thus in the future, we are going to see many more open sources shared and used for specific purposes, such as disaster relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-full wp-image-16314\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"580\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F09\u002Fcrisis-crisis-clean-up-interactive-map.png\" alt=\"Technologies for disaster relief\" class=\"wp-image-16314\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F09\u002Fcrisis-crisis-clean-up-interactive-map.png 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F09\u002Fcrisis-crisis-clean-up-interactive-map-768x512.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F09\u002Fcrisis-crisis-clean-up-interactive-map-512x341.png 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F09\u002Fcrisis-crisis-clean-up-interactive-map-375x250.png 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Crisis Clean Up Interactive Map – Houston\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Lead me to a safe place, textbot!\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>A member of the Sketch City network, Nile Dixon developed a textbot for Harvey’s victims. Phone users only needed to text their zip code to the given number, and the bot informed them about the nearest shelter. The app called \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.usatoday.com\u002Fstory\u002Ftech\u002Ftalkingtech\u002F2017\u002F08\u002F31\u002Fzello-app-helping-harvey-rescue-efforts\u002F619924001\u002F\">Zello\u003C\u002Fa> helped volunteer responders organize fleets of \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.usatoday.com\u002Fstory\u002Fnews\u002F2017\u002F08\u002F27\u002Fcajun-navy-heads-texas-aid-rescues\u002F606883001\u002F\">power boats, party boats and canoes\u003C\u002Fa> to find those caught by the rising waters. Zello is basically a \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.usatoday.com\u002Fstory\u002Ftech\u002Ftalkingtech\u002F2017\u002F08\u002F31\u002Fzello-app-helping-harvey-rescue-efforts\u002F619924001\u002F\">walkie-talkie in your pocket.\u003C\u002Fa> Users push and hold a button to talk immediately with others on radio-style channels. With the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Firmasafetycheck.herokuapp.com\u002F\">Irma Safety Check\u003C\u002Fa> app, anyone can look up whether their friends and family members are safe and sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The Verge \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theverge.com\u002F2017\u002F9\u002F9\u002F16280250\u002Fmit-urban-risk-lab-riskmap-hurricane-irma-real-time-crowdsource-flood-reporting\">reported\u003C\u002Fa> that MIT’s Urban Risk Lab has launched \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Friskmap.us\u002F\">RiskMap.us\u003C\u002Fa>, an open-source platform for tracking flooding in southern Florida. The pilot project provides updates in real time to citizens and emergency planners and allows for people to submit reports about the flood and the hurricane via Twitter, Facebook, or Telegram. \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fnews.mit.edu\u002F2017\u002Fmap-real-time-crowd-sourced-flood-reporting-hurricane-irma-0908\">The system uses a chatbot that users can message directly\u003C\u002Fa> through any of the three social media sites, which sends users a link that will allow them to upload their location, the depth of the water, a description, and a picture, which is then displayed on a map. MIT hopes to create similar maps in other parts of the US in the future and add further social media platform to it. It might also become a platform for sending out alerts of emergency officials.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Survival kits come from drones\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In the future, the deployment of drones in regions struck by a disaster will be natural. Within the next 3-5 years, technology and regulation will allow for an extended use of these small and agile helpers to deliver equipment, drugs and survival kits to people in need. They already successfully delivered small aid packages after the Haitian earthquake in 2012. Unmanned aerial vehicles help in humanitarian operations collect data and imagery about destroyed infrastructure; as it already \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.npr.org\u002F2017\u002F09\u002F10\u002F549922317\u002Ftelecom-companies-turn-to-drones-for-help-after-hurricanes\">started in the areas hit by Irma and Harvey\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Yet, they might be the best at spotting people in distress. Imagine that your house is flooded, the landline (if you have any) does not work, you are alone and your mobile phone is dead. How will you reach out? According to the Federal Communications Commission, Harvey disrupted at least 17 emergency call centers and 320 cellular sites, and it caused outages for more than 148,000 Internet, TV and phone customers. What to do in such a situation? Beyond rescue teams, drones need to be sent out to the field. In Florida, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nbcnews.com\u002Fmach\u002Fscience\u002Fhurricanes-show-why-drones-are-future-disaster-relief-ncna799961\">several drones have been out circulating over the flooded territories\u003C\u002Fa>. In the future, I expect many more to join their forces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F01\u002Fdisaster-relief-drones.jpeg\" alt=\"Disaster Relief Drones - Drones in Medicine\" class=\"wp-image-14729\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F01\u002Fdisaster-relief-drones.jpeg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F01\u002Fdisaster-relief-drones-768x461.jpeg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F01\u002Fdisaster-relief-drones-512x307.jpeg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F01\u002Fdisaster-relief-drones-417x250.jpeg 417w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Distance diagnostics through telemedicine\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>When hospitals are overstrained or under the effect of the disasters, and the arrival of medical aid is in delay due to weather conditions or organizational problems, telehealth companies come into the picture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>When Harvey and Irma hit the Atlantic coast and the Caribbean, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedcitynews.com\u002F2017\u002F08\u002Ftelehealth-providers-hurricane-harvey\u002F\">many ventures working in telemedicine offered their help\u003C\u002Fa>. Florida-based MDLive, \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.businesswire.com\u002Fnews\u002Fhome\u002F20170830005331\u002Fen\u002FDoctor-Demand-Cover-Video-Visits-Cost-Affected\">Doctor on Demand\u003C\u002Fa> provided free telehealth consultations, while Boston-based \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.americanwell.com\u002Fpress-release\u002Famerican-well-waives-fees-for-people-affected-by-hurricane-harvey\u002F\">American Well\u003C\u002Fa> is offering free telehealth visits for psychological counseling and medical needs to victims through at least September 15, and Palo Alto, California-based \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.healthtap.com\u002F\">HealthTap\u003C\u002Fa> is giving affected individuals a week of online or mobile virtual consultations at no cost. I hope that in the future, telemedicine services will be made readily available for everyone in such crisis situations to let medical professionals deal with cases even before the patients arrives at a facility.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Disaster relief in the future\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The future of disaster relief will contain a lot more interactive maps, open databases, and drones. Although, I hope that collaboration will work smoothly among tech companies – at least in case of natural disasters – and instead of creating many different interactive maps, open databases, and apps, they will strive for having one platform. As it would facilitate transparency, avoid any duplications and make rescues more efficient.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F09\u002Ffuture-of-disaster-relief.jpg\" alt=\"Technologies for disaster relief\" class=\"wp-image-16315\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F09\u002Ffuture-of-disaster-relief.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F09\u002Ffuture-of-disaster-relief-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F09\u002Ffuture-of-disaster-relief-512x384.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F09\u002Ffuture-of-disaster-relief-333x250.jpg 333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Telehealth companies could offer valuable services for disaster victims from a distance, but in most of the cases, rescue teams have to be at the site of the catastrophe to save people. In these situations, portable diagnostic devices will be invaluable in the future. These gadgets can even be used by people without a medical background for health assessment. 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