Dangerous Visions: Welcome to MedPatch

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Drama: SciFi & Fantasy

Dramas that explore contemporary takes on future dystopias.

Dramas that explore contemporary takes on future dystopias. You will be disturbed, as you see the present reflected in the glass of an uneasy future.

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Welcome to MedPatch

BBC Radio 4 - Dangerous Visions, Welcome to MedPatch

Welcome to Medpatch. New Dangerous Visions drama for BBC Radio 4.

Thriller set in the future about AI healthcare.

Dangerous Visions: Welcome to Medpatch by Kevin Core

It is the day after tomorrow. The NHS is history and the Artificial Intelligence health app Medpatch has ushered in a new era of diagnosis and treatment. As ex-health workers adjust to a vanished career, Jenna, a former doctor, finds herself employed on a new frontier of public health. And she’s about to make a discovery. Thriller about healthcare and technology.

Jenna........................Ophelia Lovibond
Medpatch/Lauren.....Meera Syal
Luke............................Joe Bannister
Dean............................James Cooney
Sash..............................Verity Henry
Jake..............................Kenny Blyth

Director/Producer Gary Brown

Drawing on the revolution in remote, smartphone led diagnostics and advances in health AI, it’s a thriller about how much of ourselves we’re willing to hand to the private sector. And as corporations vie to become the Google of Health - Welcome to Medpatch considers questions about technology and healthcare which may have to be answered sooner than we think.

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