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Volume 2, Issue 1
The Editorial Board at the Journal of Mobile Technology in Medicine is proud to present Volume 2, Issue 1, published in April 2013. Mobile technology in Medicine is a rapidly developing area, and we hope to continue accelerating research in the field. We look forward to your submissions for Issue 2. Editorials 001 The Growth of mHealth in Low Resource Settings R. Chakrabarti, C. Perera Original Articles 002 Healthcare professionals’ use of mobile phones and the internet in clinical practice N. Koehler, O. Vujovic, C. McMenamin 003 Are...
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The Editorial Board at the Journal of Mobile Technology in Medicine is proud to present Volume 1, Issue 4, published in December 2012. Mobile technology in Medicine is a rapidly developing area, and we hope to continue accelerating research in the field. We look forward to your submissions for Issue 5. Volume 1, Issue 4 Contents Editorials 001 Application of mobile technology in ophthalmology to meet the demands of low-resource settings R. Chakrabarti Original Articles 004 Review of Neurosurgical Smartphone Applications 2012 J. Tseng...
read moreVolume 1, Issue 4S
The Editorial Board at the Journal of Mobile Technology in Medicine is proud to present Volume 1, Issue 4S, published in December 2012. As media partners of the mHealth Summit 2012, Journal MTM is proud to present a special edition of the Journal presenting all the conference abstracts. We look forward to your article submissions. Journal of Mobile Technology Volume 1, Issue 4S.PDF Volume 1, Issue 4S Contents Abstracts WelTel Retain: A randomized controlled trial protocol of a text-messaging intervention to improve patient retention...
read moreDiagnoses at home: Introducing the Remotoscope
Move over iPhone 5 – And make way for the Remotoscope- an iPhone otoscope that will be patient- worthy in the near future. Georgia Institute of Technology announced in a press release recently, that they are currently developing the ‘Remotoscope’ as an iphone app in combination with a clip-on attachment which instantly transforms a regular iphone into a powerful diagnostic tool, through which physicians can remotely diagnose a large number of ear diseases. Georgia Tech is in the process of improving its software and hardware to make it...
read moreSpiroSmart: the mobile spirometer
A spirometer is a device used mainly by respiratory physicians to diagnose and objectively monitor the lung function of patients suffering from common conditions such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma and cystic fibrosis. Traditionally, this device works via a differential pressure transducer to determine the flow and thus the amount of air that is exhaled as the patient breathes into the machine. The recent announcement of SpirosmartTM by the University of Washington Department of Medicine and Seattle Children’s...
read moreVolume 1, Issue 3
The Editorial Board at the Journal of Mobile Technology in Medicine is proud to present Volume 1, Issue 3, published in September 2012. Mobile technology in Medicine is a rapidly developing area, and we hope to continue accelerating research in the field. We look forward to your submissions for Issue 4. Volume 1, Issue 3 Contents Editorials 001 Principles of m-Health survey design R. Chakrabarti Original Articles 006 Validation of Near Eye Tool for Refractive Assessment (NETRA) – Pilot Study A. Bastawrous, C. Leak, F. Howard, V. Kumar...
read moreSecuraFone Health – A Glimpse to the Future
The days of the trusty watch dog are over. Say hello to the 21st Century boys and girls where all you have to do is switch on your grandad’s iPhone and it’ll watch your grandad for you! Thanks to SecuraTrac and Vital Connect potential medical emergencies can be managed both effectively and in record time giving you,your loved ones and even your doctors some well deserved peace of mind. From epileptics to patients with heart failure the uses of this app are endless, and the technology’s fairly simple. SecuraTrac’s...
read moreNews – Hemoglobe device and mobile technology a solution for global maternal anemia
The effects of suboptimal maternal haemoglobin levels on perinatal outcome have been well studied in numerous cohorts around the world. Child-bearing women who are anaemic (defined as a haemoglobin level of less than 11 grams per decilitre) are at risk of preterm delivery, having babies of low birth weight, neonatal APGAR scores of less than 5 at 1 minute and most significantly are at increased risk of fetal death in utero.[1] The prevalence of anemia (most commonly iron deficiency anemia) is highest among pregnant women due to the...
read moreNews – StethoCloud: a smartphone stethoscope
A low-cost digital stethoscope that can attach to a smartphone may represent the future of saving millions of children in Third world countries. StethoCloud is is designed to listen and digitalise a patient’s breathing sounds and patterns. Those patterns are then compared against a medical database via cloud infrastructure. Then an automated report is generated though Algorithmic Artificial Intelligence Decision Support. Such software could potentially allow an earlier diagnosis of pneumonia and reduce the mortality of children in...
read moreNews – Mobile Chronic Disease Management
Medical devices that combine consumer electronics and apps are revolutionizing chronic disease management. These new breeds of medical devices interface with smartphones to allow patients with chronic diseases, such as diabetes, to monitor their health and share the information with their treating physicians. Mobile disease management has the potential to collect, organize and analyze patient data through evidence-based clinical guidelines, and then give patients feedback when they need it. Furthermore it can connect patients to their health...
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