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:

Good idea for the new iPhone App(accelerometer functionality)

Philips DirectLife shows you exactly how much time you spend sitting Philips just announced the new DirectLife product. It’s an activity monitor that you throw in your pocket, clip to your belt, or wear around your neck. It then senses all your movements, and tell you exactly what your daily energy expenditure is. The sensor (and the software that reads the information out of it) will help you to determine how much energy you expend on a daily basis, and how much you should be expending on a ...

Researchers Use Smartphones To Improve Health Of Diabetics In China

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/ Cellular phones - once a luxury used strictly for talking have taken on many new roles in recent years. Now researchers at Saint Louis University and Old Dominion University in Virginia say smartphones can be used to help elderly diabetics manage their health and learn more about their condition. Initial studies of the interactive diabetes self-management system, called the Chinese Aged Diabetic Assistant (CADA), are promising, researchers found. The ...

Apple, Epic team up for mobile EHR pilot

Source: http://mobihealthnews.com “The hottest company in the electronic medical records industry is a secretive Wisconsin outfit called Epic Systems,” a recent Forbes article explained. “It does little marketing or advertising, shuns acquisitions, never issues press releases and tries to stay out of the headlines.” An EMR company with a penchant for the secretive? No wonder Apple has teamed up with Epic Systems to increase its foray into the healthcare IT space. Here’s another reason: “Yet wi...

Boston Scientific’s concept iPhone app, Latitude

Earlier this month at the Body Computing Conference in Los Angeles, Boston Scientific showed off a concept iPhone app, called Latitude Connected, that is currently focused on cardiac rhythm care management, but its full range of functions enable physicians to access patient records, monitor implanted devices, tap into patient support networks and schedule follow-up care, according to a report from Fast Company. “It’s all about capturing those micromoments in the day–when a surgeon is waiting fo...