Diagnostic Medicine news from FierceMobileHealthcare
NewsSmartphone-based ultrasound awaits FDA clearance
One of the developers of a prototype ultrasound probe that connects to a smartphone is involved in a startup company that could bring the phone-based ultrasound to market next year if the FDA grants Read more...
Lens-free smartphone microscope built from $1.50 chip
As UCLA researchers test a low-cost, lens-free microscope, a team of scientists at nearby California Institute of Technology have developed a similar device from a $1.50 digital camera sensor that Read more...
AT&T, device maker join for real-time monitoring of heart patients
Another major telecommunications company is making a big move into mobile healthcare. AT&T is teaming up with medical device manufacturer eCardio Diagnostics to embed machine-to-machine wireless Read more...
Portable, automated device moves blood, urine testing to the exam room
This being an IT publication, we generally don't pay much attention to medical devices and diagnostic equipment unless there's, you know, actually an information component to the technology. We'll Read more...
Smartphone apps can perpetuate poor work processes
Fans of smartphone healthcare apps, it's time for a little buzzkill. "Access to health information at the touch of a finger represents a technological advance leading to efficient healthcare service Read more...
Smartphone apps moving into regulatory gray area
This is the kind of statement that might scare the daylights out of your average healthcare software developer: "Medical applications are technically medical devices and therefore subject to federal Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Ways mobile computing is changing medicine
We're not big fans of sites that exist solely for search-engine optimization, but occasionally one will have an interesting blog post that's completely unrelated to the site's domain name. Such is Read more...
Mobile health featured at CTIA Wireless 2010
CTIA Wireless 2010 kicks off today in Las Vegas, and though FierceMobileHealthcare isn't there for the 25th annual event, mobile health and wellness products will have a prominent presence. On the Read more...
Study: Smartphones, PDAs just as good as 'secondary' monitors for reading images
It's not a pipe dream to say smartphones, PDAs and other handheld devices like iPod Touch could soon become indispensable tools for emergency radiology teleconsultation. In fact, now there is some Read more...
Study: iPhone image quality adequate for diagnosing appendicitis
Screen resolution of smartphones, particularly Apple's iPhone, has gotten so good that handsets are now suitable for making quick, preliminary diagnoses of acute appendicitis, a new study suggests. Read more...
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