Fitness trackers 20 years from now
This is why DICOM is a thing: because hospitals <i>cannot</i> be tied to a vendor for radiology studies. They have to be able to cancel contracts, novate, etc.<p>Sounds like someone is trying to wrap this up, godspeed: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;spectrum.ieee.org&#x2F;wearable-health-data-standards" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;spectrum.ieee.org&#x2F;wearable-health-data-standards</a><p>Also, IMHO, I think healthcare is where protobuf could really win over JSON: a protobuf comes with the schema and any datatype can ride the message. Everything you need is there.<p>Is protobuf a heavier lift to get started? Yeah. So? Healthcare is too heavily regulated (and for good reasons) for this to be a significant issue. The barrier to entry is so much higher than the effort to handle protobuf, that it&#x27;s lost in the wash.