In 2019, four teams of students from Georgia Tech worked on a project to develop an app, called “Digital Doctor,” based upon the book by Neil Shulman and an army of contributing health providers. The title of the successful book is, “Your Body’s Red Light Warning Signals.” Many testimonials have been received by Dr. Shulman describing emergency room visits by patients with life-saving outcomes resulting from emergency care that was warranted by information in the book. The book describes 400 warning signs of 250 life-threatening diseases that warrant immediate consultation with a health care provider. One of the greatest contributors to poor health outcomes, runaway medical expenses and overuse of emergency rooms in the U.S. is a lack of health and public health literacy. An app like Digital Doctor can empower patients with enough information to recognize patterns of symptoms that call for a visit to the emergency room NOW rather than later. The app can even locate the nearest emergency room facility, and it is absolutely free! Download the app by clicking here.
