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ACGME Smartphone Utilisation Survey
Smart phones usage amongst health care professionals is rapidly rising. It also been noted that there is a similar rapid adoption of smart phones and mobile tablets amongst many medical residents and other studying health professionals. A recent study has recently just been published in the Journal of Medical systems which consists of a survey of 8355, surveys which were sent out for distribution amongst various faculty fellows and house staff. Approximately 3000 responses were received from the survey. The ACGME (Accreditation Council for...
read moreMobisante revolutionises mobile medical imaging: MobiUS
You’re the general surgical registrar on overnight and a patient with non-specific abdominal pain presents to the emergency department. There are no ultrasound machines available for your use, you need to reach a diagnosis, and computed tomography is out of the question seeing the patient is young….. Stethoscopes have come a long way since their invention in France by René Laennec in 1816, from the crude, trumpet-like device to those now with built-in cardiac sound recognition software. Mobisante, a Washington-based medical...
read morePositiveID Corporation puts the “i” in glucose control
The recent FDA approval of an automated wireless blood glucose measuring system termed, iglucoseTM, by PositiveID corporation will revolutionise the way people with diabetes manage their condition – and all this thanks to the symbiosis of mobile technology and the great minds in medicine. iGlucose looks like a portable hard drive with a USB port and plug for a compatible glucometer. After plugging in a glucometer, the device relies on wireless cellular technology (via GSM) to relay real time blood glucose readings of a patient to a...
read moreTED talk: Dr Daniel Kraft discusses the scope of mobile technology in medicine
This is an entertaining talk presented by Dr Daniel Kraft (MD, track chair of Singularity University and chief medical officer for RegenMed Systems) on the potential of mobile technology to revolutionise medical practice. It eloquently summarises the contemporary technology available and provides a glimpse of how mobile technology can be integrated for personalised management of the individual patient in the not too distant future. A highly recommended talk....
read moreThe need for evidence-base practice for using mobile technology in medicine
Modern medical practice is undergoing a transformation in the way it communicates and provides healthcare. The evolution in medicine has been promulgated fundamentally by the human desire to provide and receive a high standard of affordable medical care within an appropriate time. This has been facilitated by advances in modern technology. But whilst a tsunami of easily accessible technology has engaged the attention of the medical community and improved access to medical care, particularly in remote areas, there is always an element of...
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