BALTIMORE, Md., April 22 -- The Uniformed Services University issued the following news release:
Imagine a pediatrician in a crowded military clinic, balancing a heavy caseload considering how to care for a pediatric patient with chronic ear infections, and rounds of failed antibiotic treatment. To avoid a missed diagnosis, they write a referral, extending the care timeline.
Now, imagine that same clinician instead pressing a digital otoscope to the child's ear. The device records a high-fidelity image that anchors directly into the electronic health record for a remote expert to validate in minutes. This isn't a distant future; it's a tangible outcome of Hacking for Defense(R) (H4D), a program the Uniformed Services University (USU) is n...