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Now, I have this device on. I didn't want to take my shirt off to show you, but I can tell you it's on.
現在我的身上有一個類似的設備。我不想把襯衫脫掉給各位看，但是可以告訴大家我的確戴著它。
This is a device that not only measures cardiac rhythm, as you saw already, but it also goes well beyond that.
這項設備不僅能夠測量你的心律--正如你已經看到的，它能做的事情遠比這個要多。
This is me now. And you can see the ECG.
我現在就站在這里。你可以看到我的心電圖。
Below that's the actual heart rate and the trend; to the right of that is a bioconductant.
它的下面是我的實際心率和心臟跳動的趨勢，右邊是一個生理參量，這是動態的。
That's the fluid status, fluid status, that's really important if you're monitoring somebody with heart failure.
這對于患有心力衰竭的病人非常重要，這對于患有心力衰竭的病人非常重要。
And below that's temperature, and respiration, and oxygen, and then the position activity.
再下面是體溫，呼吸強度以及體內含氧量，這是我的位置活動。
So, this is really striking,
這些的確是振奮人心的，
because this device measures seven things that are very much vital signs for monitoring someone with heart failure.
因為這項設備能夠監控心力衰竭患者7大項重要的生命體征。
OK? And why is this important? Well, this is the most expensive bed.
為什么說很重要呢？大家看，這是世界上最貴的一種床。
What if we could reduce the need for hospital beds? Well, we can.
假如我們能減少人們對醫院病床的需求，這將會產生什么影響？
First of all, heart failure is the number one reason for hospital admissions and readmissions in this country.
首先，在美國，入院的病人中，心力衰竭患者所占的比例是最大的。
The cost of heart failure is 37 billion dollars a year, which is 80 percent related to hospitalization.
心力衰竭患者每年的花費將近370個億，其中80%屬于住院治療的費用。
And in the course of 30 days after a hospital stay for a Medicare greater than 65 years or older,
經過住院治療30天后，65歲以上患者中
is -- 27 percent are readmitted in 30 days, and by six months, over 56 percent are readmitted.
會有27%的人30天內再次入院，否則，6個月后將會有56%的患者再次入院。
So, can we improve that? Well the idea is we take this device that I'm wearing,
因此，我們能否改善一下這種情況呢？我們的想法是，把我現在戴的這個裝置，
and we put it on 600 patients with heart failure, randomly assigned, versus 600 patients who don't have active monitoring,
戴在600名隨機抽取的心力衰竭患者身上，同時，我們對比另外600名沒有佩戴這種裝置的心力衰竭患者以便查證
and see whether we can reduce heart failure readmissions, and that's exciting.
這個裝置是否可以降低患者再次入院的比例，結果將會是令人驚嘆的。
And we'll start that trial, and you'll hear more about how we're going to do that,
我們即將開始這個試驗，大家將會聽到更多關于我們如何進行這項試驗的消息，
but that's a type of wireless device trial that could change medicine in the years ahead.
這是一項能在未來幾年將改變醫療現狀的無線設備試驗。
