Physicians Communicating With Patients Electronically Should Be Cautious
Sensitive information should be discussed in person or over the phone.
Diagnosis & Disease Information
Effective Monitoring of Mood Instability with Smartphone Questionnaire
The Mood Zoom questionnaire rates anxiety, elation, sadness, anger, irritability and energy.
There’s An App For That, Even To Improve Heart Health!
This recent study says that smartphone apps can help patients decrease their risk of cardiovascular events by adopting a more healthy lifestyle.
Smartphone, Finger Prick, 15 Minutes, Diagnosis—Done!
A team of researchers, led by Samuel K. Sia, associate professor of biomedical engineering at Columbia Engineering, has developed a low-cost smartphone accessory that can perform a point-of-care test that simultaneously detects 3 infectious disease markers from a finger prick of blood in just 15 minutes.
Self-Defense…Smartphones?
It’s late at night, walking back to your car after a long day at the office when suddenly you are fighting for survival against an attacker. Normally, help would come in the form of a fellow bystander, if any, but during this attack, your smartphone was used to deter the assailant.
App Recommendations for Diabetes Sufferers
Affecting roughly 9.3% of the population in 2012 and listed as the seventh leading cause of death in the US, diabetes cannot be ignored. Diabetes requires time, and close management of ones condition, to stay as healthy as possible.
New Scholarly Article Declares Wireless Devices a Safety Risk for Children
A scholarly article on wireless safety, published online in the Journal of Microscopy and Ultrastructure, reports that children and fetuses are the most at risk from neurological and biological damage that results from microwave radiation emitted by wireless devices, due to the higher rate of absorption of microwave radiation by children than by adults.
Will Virtual Doctors Become More Commonplace Than Face-to-Face Doctor Visits?
We are living in a world of convenience. Fast-food restaurants are around every corner, television shows can be streamed instantly, and the answer to almost any question is just a Google search away. Medicine is also becoming more convenient through health-centric smartphone apps and EMRs, but the real convenience lies with virtual doctors. For many practices, no longer will patients have to get out of bed and travel to their doctor’s office when they are feeling sick. A virtual doctor is just a mouse click away.
Smartphones Now Instant Heart Rate Monitors
Smart phones are getting smarter all the time, but this time, they are getting healthier as well. There are more than 43,000 apps that focus on health, and heart monitoring apps are among the most popular. The new Samsung Galaxy S5 smartphone even has a heart rate monitor built directly into the back of the device. Rumor has it, however, that Apple is trying to take heart monitoring to the next level by even being able to predict heart attacks with their devices. Here’s what you need to know about the latest heart monitoring smartphone tools.
iOS and Android Apps for Medical Professionals on the Go
We live in the information age. Data are at our fingertips, but efficiently locating the relevant and important data is the trick. Time spent foraging for information is time wasted. And time is inevitably something that we as human beings are always lacking. The apps suggested below are designed to help you be more efficient and are all available for both iOS and Android mobile devices.
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