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(Image credit: AFP/Getty Images via @daylife) By Ellen Lee The IBM computer that won a game of "Jeopardy" more than a year ago could soon be part of a patient's medical team. That's just one of the dizzying number of ways technology could transform the health care industry.

This is an incredible piece of technology that allows a paralyzed man to generate movements in his otherwise disabled arm/hand using only his thoughts! The electrodes attached to him actually pick up the signals created from his brain and reroute them around the damaged part of his spine to be received through the muscles in his arm. It's absolutely incredible!

Digital innovations have now made it possible for consumers to use portable devices to access their medical information, monitor their vital signs, take tests at home and carry out a wide range of tasks.

We now have the technology to digitize a human being in highest definition, in granular detail, and in ways that most people thought would not be possible. Accessing our medical records and our personal medical data has never been easier, with EMR portals, apps and other products from the digital world.