iPhone Medical Apps: news, reviews, trends

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 ...

Jitterbug Acquires MobiWatch to Bring Easy-to-Use Personal Safety Services to Consumers Anytime, Anywhere

Jitterbug, the leader in delivering easy-to-use, innovative and life-enhancing wireless services to people who seek simplicity, today announced that the company has acquired MobiWatch, a company focused on developing Mobile Personal Emergency Response Services (M-PERS). Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. The acquisition will provide Jitterbug customers with personal safety services that are intuitive, reliable and delivered through the easy-to-use Jitterbug cell phone. These new ser...

New and Noteworthy Medical iPhone Apps released last week in App Store

New weekly review by Iphone Medical Apps and News Aggregator: "New and Noteworthy Medical iPhone Apps released last week in App Store". New apps last week(from 28/oct  - 4/nov): ~ 45. We were selected these 6 new and noteworthy medical apps only: 1. CobbMeter Go! / App Store CobbMeter is a medical tool designed to measure the Cobb angle, the kyphosis angle, and the sacral slope on vertical spine radiographs ; It is intended to the Spinal care professional, and turns the iphone i...

Medical programmers are just as bad as the doctors.

Source:  http://thesystemmd.com Convert Doctor–patient into Programmer–doctor Take the discussion above, substitute the doctor for the patient, and make the computer programmer the person having the special knowledge. In other words, make the doctor the end-user and the programmer the one who organizes the information. With most medical IT systems, doctors experience the same frustration and user-unfriendliness as patients do when they try to get medical data. Read more:  link

Diversinet – free apps and $1.6M Q3 mobile health revenues

Yes, Diversinet's  partner AllOne Mobile Corporation sell apps for free. But Mobile security solutions provider Diversinet recently released its third quarter financial statements and  the company announced more than $1.6 million in revenues. "We are pleased with our progress during the quarter, as we continued to develop our suite of products and protect our intellectual property by adding to our portfolio of patents," said Albert Wahbe, Diversinet's Chairman and CEO. "Our financial posi...

North Shore-LIJ Launches Mobile Website to Provide Easier Access for Patients on the Go

The North Shore-LIJ Health System and Element115.net announced the launch of a mobile version of the NSLIJ Health System`s corporate website -- www.northshorelij.com -- utilizing the web technology solution of Element115.net. The mobile website, offered as part of Element115.net`s healthcare technology platform, delivers a greatly improved experience for website visitors using a mobile device such as a Blackberry, iPhone or Palm. The new platform on www.northshorelij.com enables mobile ...

Connect software will embed ‘meaningful use’

For iPhone software developers in government sector. Great potential! Source: http://www.govhealthit.com Federally developed software that lets organizations exchange health information will incorporate features next year to help users become “meaningful” users of health IT, according to a Health and Human Services Department executive. The updated version of the Connect software tool-set will make it easier for health care organizations to conduct transactions such as electronic prescr...

Smartphones increase trust among doctors; privacy concerns for patients

Source: http://mobihealthnews.com “It is amazing how much this technology begins to change culture. When communications and information flow are limited, too often a culture of distrust develops. But with improved communications and information sharing, feelings of greater teamwork and collaboration soon follow,” Dr. Robert Murphy, Chief Medical Informatics Officer at The Memorial Hermann Healthcare System in Texas told the BBC during a recent interview. Murphy contends that since his 13 hospit...