Dr. Timothy Miller, an orthopedic surgeon at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, streamed a surgical procedure on Periscope for medical education purposes, and he wants to do it again.
While Twitter-owned Periscope has been in general release only since March — and just since last month as an Android app — a handful of physicians are quickly becoming pros with the video-streaming app.
By reducing administrative burden and redesigning workflows around human needs, it creates space for what matters most: connection between clinicians and patients.
Mayo Clinic is branching off into a new realm of social media, namely live, streaming video, on the fast-growing mobile platform Periscope.