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NewsCancer-management app guides patients through treatment regimen
Hospitals now have a new tool to offer breast and colon cancer patients--a mobile app to help them manage their disease, coordinate their treatment regimen and work more closely with clinicians on Read more...
Johns Hopkins, Omnnea team up to bring mobile healthcare to Iraq
Mobile healthcare is making its way to Iraq thanks to a collaboration between Johns Hopkins University and Omnnea Wireless, Ltd. JHU's Carey Business School and the Iraq-based wireless provider are Read more...
Hopkins tries text messaging to reach teens
"For better or worse, this technology is here, and sending a text to a patient's cell phone about an upcoming appointment or a test or simply to remind them to take their meds is a great example of 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...
RFID tracks infant pneumonia in Pakistan
We've written frequently about the increasing use of mobile technology to provide basic health services in developing countries, but often we're talking about nothing more advanced than text Read more...
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