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Welcome to MedPatch

Thriller set in the future about AI healthcare.

Dangerous Visions: Welcome to Medpatch by Kevin Core

It is the day after tomorrow. The NHS is history and the Artificial Intelligence health app Medpatch has ushered in a new era of diagnosis and treatment. As ex-health workers adjust to a vanished career, Jenna, a former doctor, finds herself employed on a new frontier of public health. And she鈥檚 about to make a discovery. Thriller about healthcare and technology.

Jenna........................Ophelia Lovibond
Medpatch/Lauren.....Meera Syal
Luke............................Joe Bannister
Dean............................James Cooney
Sash..............................Verity Henry
Jake..............................Kenny Blyth

Director/Producer Gary Brown

Drawing on the revolution in remote, smartphone led diagnostics and advances in health AI, it鈥檚 a thriller about how much of ourselves we鈥檙e willing to hand to the private sector. And as corporations vie to become the Google of Health - Welcome to Medpatch considers questions about technology and healthcare which may have to be answered sooner than we think.

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44 minutes

Last on

Wed 26 Oct 2022 14:15

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  • Wed 10 Feb 2021 14:15
  • Wed 26 Oct 2022 14:15

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