How mobile devices are changing healthcare

Ali Parsa believes the mobile phone might be the most important medical piece of equipment we have and wants to use it to change the face of healthcare.

"If you have a little question you can type it in," he says, showing off his app, Babylon Health.

"We'll have a doctor respond to your question in minutes."

Babylon Health is a subscription service which you access via a smartphone app.

For a monthly subscription of £4.99 ($7.55/€7.99) customers can get unlimited medical consultations by text and video. Once you've had an online exchange, a doctor can send a prescription to your nearest pharmacy and arrange a referral for a follow-up consultation.

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