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iPad could be 'like gold' for radiology and image sharing
With its 9.7-inch display, resolution of 1024x768 pixels and long battery life, Apple's new, hot-selling iPad could be the first true mobile device to bring medical imaging access to the point of... Read more...
Globaltel, ScribeWell combine to offer SMS transcription, image exchange
Text-messaging software company Globaltel Media has teamed up with medical transcription firm Scribe-Well to create what's being billed as the first application that allows transcriptionists to send... Read more...
Specialists clamor for remote access, wireless devices at UK hospital system
One of the unique qualities of mobile healthcare technology is that adoption is often led by users rather than than the IT department, from the grass roots rather than the C-suite. Such is the case... 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...
FDA ruling on mobile image viewers could shake iPhone app market
In January, a moment that all kinds of mobile application developers have long feared finally arrived, when the FDA decided that an iPhone image viewer from Cleveland-based vendor MIMvista was a... Read more...
Mass General to test Merge Healthcare's mobile imaging apps
Massachusetts General Hospital will serve as a test lab for Merge Healthcare's new mobile applications that support workflow in medical imaging, as part of a recently announced partnership between... Read more...
Physicians split on iPad's impact as healthcare apps debut
The iPad won't be on sale for another month, but the floodgates have already opened for apps to run on the new Apple device, the healthcare field included. We report elsewhere in today's newsletter... 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...
Handheld ultrasound to make its Olympics debut
Handheld ultrasound is ready for its close-up, in front of a global audience. Physicians at the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, British Columbia, will be able to take images right on the spot with... 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...
