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S2E15: Why Did it Take So Long? with Victoria Reinhartz, CEO at Mobile Health Consultants and host Dr. Nick. During the pandemic there were some significant shortage problems with access to ventilators and oxygen supplies which extended into the community as we learned more about the disease, its biomarkers, and signals, in particular your blood oxygenation. The pulse oximeter was another item that disappeared off the shelves with panic buying. Unfortunately, like many other discoveries during the pandemic, this one exposed another gaping hole inequitable access to healthcare. In development and testing they failed to include a balance presentation of our population to include the wide range of skin colors and ethnic groups. So while we await progress in the development of new devices and approaches to non-invasive monitoring of blood oxygenation it is essential to raise awareness of the challenges and discrepancies in the accuracy of the current devices. Your better pill to swallow is to treat the patient not the number and using the available mobile resources that can intelligently support the home healthcare or medical home that is of increasing importance in delivering the best possible total care. To stream our Station live 24/7 visit www.HealthcareNOWRadio.com or ask your Smart Device to “….Play Healthcare NOW Radio.” Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen