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Apple products aid healthcare, dominate mHealth market
Apple, first with the iPhone and then the iPad, has "accidentally" revolutionized healthcare, so argues a blog post on The Motley Fool financial website. Although it was not Steve Job's...
Hearing aid app 'inspired' by biology
A free mobile app developed by U.K. researchers at the University of Essex enables an Apple iPhone or iPod to replicate the complexities of the human ear, according to an announcement from Essex....
Smartphone app enables urine analysis on your phone
Urine tests aren't just for the doctor's office anymore--a new app allows you to do it on the go. According to an article in Medical News Today , an Indian startup has developed a smartphone...
Study: iPhone app for speech laterality just as reliable as lab brain tests
A new study has found that an iPhone app is a valid method for administering a widely used laboratory-based speech laterality test, according to a Feb. 8 announcement from Norway's University of Bergen.
Smartphones 'ideal' for atrial fibrillation community screening
Results of a recent study presented last week at the 2012 American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions conference in Los Angeles show that a high quality single-lead ECG can be rapidly and simply recorded using an iPhone app to accurately diagnose atrial fibrillation (AF), the most common sustained arrhythmia which carries a five-fold increased risk of stroke.
iPhone app tracks concussion recovery in athletes
A new iPhone app developed at the University of Michigan enables athletes with concussions to track their injuries, symptoms, activities, and then to share that information via e-mail with physicians, coaches and trainers.
Nuance, Epic team on voice recognition for mobile EHR customers
Hoping to capitalize on physicians' growing interest in mobile electronic health record solutions, Nuance Communications last week announced the integration of its cloud-based medical voice recognition with both Epic's Haiku for the iPhone and Canto for the iPad.
AirStrip files lawsuit against mVisum for patent infringement
San Antonio-based AirStrip Technologies last week filed a lawsuit in Federal District Court for the Southern District of New York, arguing that mVisum violated its patented intellectual property rights.
Smartphone location data: privacy vs. faster emergency service
Recently, my health insurance company informed me that they launched a new mobile app to make it easier for me to access my health insurance information whenever and wherever I might need it....
Halamka: Native mobile apps will improve user experience for med students
In a recent post to his Life as a Healthcare CIO blog, John Halamka, CIO of Beth Israel Deaconess Memorial Center, offered his insight into mobile device use at Harvard Medical School. The biggest takeaway: Get ready for more native mobile apps.
