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Dr. Joseph Kvedar talks about the power of “always on, always connected” health care #mHS11

Nov 15, 2011 by
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Joseph Kvedar, MD, is the Founder and Director of the Center for Connected Health, which was established in 1995 by Partners HealthCare. Partners was founded by Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and is a principal teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School. The Center’s mission is to “develop new strategies to move health care from the hospital and doctor’s office into the day-to-day lives of patients.” Dr. Kvedar will be speaking in the Super Sessions at the Summit on “Mobile Health in the Clinical Enterprise”.

Johns Hopkins Internal Medicine residency launches iPad program

Nov 15, 2011 by
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An insider perspective on the move to mobile at the nation’s number one hospital. In this first series installment, we answer the question – why the iPad?

Dr. Eric Topol discusses this “extraordinary time” in medicine #mHS11

Nov 08, 2011 by
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mHealth Summit is the largest annual gathering dedicated to mHealth in the world and convenes a global group of researchers, health professionals, and industry. As a media partner for the Summit, iMedicalApps will be presenting an exclusive series of interviews with keynote and prominent speakers between now and the December meeting.

Monster Anatomy Upper Limb iPad app is a decent radiographic introduction to the upper limb

Nov 03, 2011 by
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Monster Anatomy HD – Upper Limb would be particularly useful to students who are looking to transfer their gross anatomical knowledge to actual radiographs.

Patty Mechael and the interconnected web of mobile health, global organizations & wireless companies #mHS11

Nov 01, 2011 by
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The mHealth Summit convenes a global group of reserachers, health professionals and companies and is the largest annual gathering dedicated to mHealth in the world. Between now and the December meeting, iMedicalApps will be presenting a series of interviews with keynote and prominent speakers

Diagnosing skin conditions with an interactive dermatology iPad app, DermoMap

Oct 24, 2011 by
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An app review of the DermoMap, an iPad and iPhone app that helps generate differential diagnoses for skin conditions.

Health eVillages from Skyscape parent and RFK Center aims to take mHealth global

Oct 04, 2011 by
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This initiative seeks to take mHealth to the most underserved populations, which is where it may get the most bang for the buck.

Continuous heart rate monitor integrated into headphones to be unveiled at CTIA conference

Oct 03, 2011 by
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Much of what patient’s are asked to do, healthcare providers would have a tough time doing themselves. One reason that many of these tasks – from blood glucose monitoring to a low fat diet – are so hard is that they are generally inconvenient and unpleasant. However, as healthcare continues its move to mobile, one hope is that we can integrate many of these tasks into our patient’s daily routine. A new cardiac monitor, set to be unveiled at the [Read more]

New kit attempts to transfer low cost mobile phones into high tech stethoscopes for low resource areas

Sep 23, 2011 by
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A simple kit developed by Oxford University and the University of Cape Town turns a low cost mobile phone, not a smartphone, into an advanced stethoscope.

Trial shows medical app reduces errors in emergency situations

Aug 30, 2011 by
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A small trial comparing a medical app to a traditional reference shows reduced errors and improved accuracy in an emergency simulation.

Visible Body is a complete, fully interactive 3D rendering of the human body and may one day replace traditional anatomy texts

Aug 08, 2011 by
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It’s hard to believe that it was less than a year ago when anatomy apps were little more than drawings and textbooks digitized for use on mobile devices. In fact, in my previous review of Heart Illustrated I was lamenting the fact that anatomy apps of the day didn’t really take advantage of the touchscreen interface to present anatomy in a novel way. Visible Body  3D Human Anatomy Atlas for iPad 2 is a huge breath of fresh air. While we [Read more]

UptoDate finally comes to the iPhone, but with a few catches

Jul 14, 2011 by
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Looking back on my medical internship, there are a few things I can point to as critical to my survival – a limitless supply of coffee, 24-hour availability of cheese fries, chewable antacids, and UpToDate. Whether I needed to know how to manage a patient with a pulmonary embolism or was trying to figure out what Takotsubo cardiomyopathy was, UptoDate was a go-to resource for practically any clinical situation. In fact, it became a verb among interns, as in “I [Read more]