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eICUs allow doctors to follow multiple remote critically ill patients and intervene

Mar 24, 2011 by
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We have reported in the past on AirStrip, a smartphone and iPad app that allows a mobile doctor to monitor the vital signs of patients in an obstetric ward or an ICU. The reverse, where a fixed doctor monitors multiple remote patients is now entering the mainstream and already making a difference in many patients’ lives. In a compelling anecdote recently reported in Computerworld, a man experienced cardiac arrest while shopping and was taken to a nearby community hospital. An [Read more]

Turning your iPhone into a Portable ICU Monitor – AirStrip Technologies is Revolutionizing Mobile Health Care

Mar 10, 2010 by
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AirStrip Technologies was founded in 2003 by Dr. Cameron Powell, an ObGyn from San Antonio TX, and his partner Trey Moore, who is the software architect behind the products. Their first product, AirStrip OB was launched in 2005 and received FDA clearance in 2006. It allows for a physician to view the real-time fetal heart rate monitor of a woman in labor on an iPhone over a 3G connection. As Donna Morrow, RN, Vice President of Client Services told me, [Read more]