With smart phones patients now will be able to monitor their own health without a doctor, A US doctor has predicted.

By following the new technology, people would be able to maintain their glucose levels and pregnant women would be bale to conduct their ultrasounds.

Dr Eric Topol, director of the Scripps Translational Science Institute in California, says people would now be able to access the same data that doctors have been using to keep tabs on patients for years.

According to Dr Topol some of such devices are already in the market.

Technology is creating a need for making new medical devices that are handy.

"It is occurring at multiple levels, on the wireless side, we have now pervasive connectivity, we have a lot of bandwidth with 3G and more to come. We have got the smartphones, over 4 billion individuals with cell phones and smartphones and then of course we have got these ingenious sensors, so that's all coming together so quickly,” Dr Topol said.

Experts state that with this technology people who forget to take medicine would be able to manage the dose now.

Presenting a contrary view, vice-president of the Australian Medical Association Dr Steve Hambleton says there is a danger of self-diagnosis.

Dr Hambleton however stated that remote monitoring could benefit Australia's rural areas.