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Silicon Slopes Startup Makes Healthcare Costs Comparison Available

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On the New Tech Tour, we had a stop in Salt Lake City. We came across an interesting web service in the health space - Pricing Healthcare . The name speaks for itself. Pricing Healthcare allows you to compare prices for local health services at the procedure level so manage your health bills effectively. Our Greg Viloria aka SocialGreg interviews Pricing Healthcare's Founder and CEO - Randy Cox live at the New Tech Tour - Salt Lake City at The State Room.

Emerging Tech 2013: Robots in Healthcare: Help or Hurt?

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Picture Credit: PARO Happy New Year everyone! As you know, I follow Asia/Japan tech trends. I was watching an NHK World journalistic piece on robotic therapy for Dementia using a baby seal called PARO and wanted to investigate this trend more.  Interestingly, there is a sizable debate amongst medical professionals and sociologists on whether robots like PARO can replace the human element versus aiding health professionals caring for patients.