Quite an interesting list, here are the top 5 downloaded apps by med school students at Harvard, care of Mobihealthnews: Dynamed – Students and physicians can use this clinical reference tool created by physicians for point-of-care situations Unbound Medicine uCentral – This apps serves as a portal bringing popular medical publications to students’ iPad with
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No Comments » A couple of posts ago I mentioned that the FDA had approved the first medial use iPhone application, well it looks like the FDA will be having a busy time over the coming months reviewing more UC applications for the healthcare industry. Extension Inc has recently submitted to the FDA for Class III Medical Device
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It was is sure to be the first of many applications in the health market MIM Software has announced they are the first developer to receive FDA approval for their medial imagining tool for all iOS devices. The application provides physicians the ability to receive medical scans on iPhone/iPad or iTouch devices from doctors or other health care providers. Take
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HealthcareITNews has an article on an Israeli medical center that has deployed iPads to all of its doctors. Take a look at the press release from the medical center to see the benefits the iPad is generating. Here is a quick quote from the Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center’s CEO; “A recent patient survey confirmed the importance
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Another great example of how Kinect technology can be used within the work place. Medical scientists in Berne, Switzerland are using a hacked Kinect as an input into their standard MRI data sets. Take a look at their whole project over at their website here
Although I can not find the direct link to the report it is interesting to read of another NHS trust pushing the use of technology. According to Publictechnology.net Dumfries and Galloway are recommending that the iPhone is fit for clinical use. This is just another example of the use of UC technology within health care.
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Maybe not quite Unified Communications but I wanted to highlight the St Helens and Knowsley Teaching NHS Trust that has just announced that they are going paperless in their day to day operations. By doing so they hope to improve customer service and reduce costs. Take a look at the publictechnology.net article for further details
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More evidence of iPad usage within the health care sector in that Medtronic are buying 4500 units reports cio.co.uk. It would be really interesting to find out what other uses Medtronic will find for them. CIO article here “It was such a huge success, because people came to our booth not to look at the
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While most of us struggle everyday to get basic elements of Unified Communications out to the business world the clever boffins at Bristol University are making Healthcare robots which contain several UC elements – webcam, voice recognition, email and voice capabilities. Oh boy we really do have a long way to go. I can’t seem
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Martha Lane Fox in today’s Daily Telegraph argues there has to be case for the UK’s NHS to adopt Unified Communications across the service. The article has two central themes: Adopting Unified Communications improves service In difficult economic times Unified Communications can help save money Public expectations are certainly racing ahead. A recent YouGov poll
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