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Far From a Lab? Turn a iPhone Into a Microscope

Source: NYTimes.com MICROSCOPES are invaluable tools to identify blood and other cells when screening for diseases like anemia, tuberculosis and malaria. But they are also bulky and expensive. Now an engineer, using software that he developed and about $10 worth of off-the-shelf hardware, has adapted cellphones to substitute for microscopes. “We convert cellphones into devices that diagnose diseases,” said Aydogan Ozcan, an assistant professor of electrical engineering and member of the...

Medical Platform: Android or iPhone ?

Source: GooMedic.com First of all Why iPhone is the best phone of doctor so far ?! My points of view is different as i am a developer , a doctor , a linux and open source user as well as a current Windows mobile User on my HTC phone ! First of all Why iPhone is the best phone of doctor so far ?! My points of view is different as i am a developer , a doctor , a linux and open source user as well as a current Windows mobile User on my HTC phone ! My points of view as i explained...

iPhones are helping a Sarasota hospital connect its nursing staff via text messaging, and soon, VoIP telephony.

Source: InformationWeek.com Sarasota Memorial Healthcare System, a hospital in Florida, plans to deploy iPhones to its nurses, to replace audible alarms and alerts, bringing peace and quiet-- and improved performance--to the healthcare provider. "One of the biggest problems in any complex environment, particularly healthcare, is communication," CIO Denis Baker said. "It's a nightmare to get a hold of someone, even people on the same floor, as they go about their tasks." So Baker's ears perked...

Medical software and Outstanding Contribution to Innovation and Technology Award

Source: Imperial.ac.uk Scientists from the Institute of Biomedical Engineering (IBE) received the Outstanding Contribution to Innovation and Technology Award at the 2009 Times Higher Education Awards ceremony. The IBE researchers were recognised for pioneering work that has led to new developments in medical diagnosis equipment, personalised healthcare devices, new regenerative medicine techniques and new medical imaging technologies. The researchers are currently trialling a new digital p...

White House: President Obama’s innovation strategy, mobile technologies and future of Wireless healthcare

Source: MobileFuture.org At this week's Mobile Future forum on President Obama's Innovation Agenda, Tom Kalil of the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy spoke. Highlights: -  focusing on  the area of mobile health; - Android Developer challenge; - support wireless health initiatives in USA and  developing markets; Watch it below: Direct link:  link

Wireless Health: Personalized Medicine Comes to the Device Industry

Source: MedicalDevicesToday.com This is the device industry's wireless wake-up call. With all the speed and acceleration of an advancing information technology industry, forces outside of the medical device industry are driving shifts in medical product markets and business models. Those forces include the consumerization. globalization, systematization, and economies of scale created by IT. Wireless medicine enables connectivity between caregivers and patients, continuous monitoring of patie...

Gartner foracast: Symbian – Leader in 2012, not iPhone or Android

Source: Gartner.com Marketing Report Is iPhone still the best mobile platform for innovative medical software? Are you sure? :=) Read Gartner's forecast first:

WebMD HLTH Corporation Q3 2009

Recently was published WebMD's Q3 financial report(direct link) This company has 2 very popular iPhone Medical Apps on App Store: App Store and   App Store Some interesting highlights: - "We’re also investing into markets for the future as we see the market going more mobile and more global. Our WebMD mobile health applications for consumers was launched on the iPhone less than a year ago, and they have already generated over 1 million downloads, consistently ranking at the top of th...

Good idea for iPhone Medical App: AET’s Telemedicine Solution Offers Real-Time Echocardiogram Consult

Telemedicine solution provider American Educational Telecommunications, or AET, is making waves in the medical field with telepresence technology. The company recently completed a real-time remote diagnosis of a newborn baby's heart murmur between Faith Regional Health Services in Norfolk, Neb. and Children's Hospital & Medical Center in Omaha, Neb. Medical doctors performed the diagnosis using advanced wireless video conferencing technology through a mobile camera device connected to an ...