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Digital lifeline for developing nations

Donato Tramuto, Health eVillages

By Cindy Atoji Keene

 |  Globe Correspondent  

  May 20, 2012

In the US, physicians are as likely to be toting a smartphone as a stethoscope, to communicate and help diagnose ailments. For health care entrepreneur Donato Tramuto, it was clear that mobile devices could be a tool for caregivers anywhere - especially in developing countries in regions like Asia and Africa. “This is the new frontier in improving patient care in remote regions of the globe that ironically, may have few hospital beds, but plenty of cell phones,’’ said Tramuto

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