Healthcare Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

iPhone-connected blood glucose meter now closer to reality

by Steven Sande (Sep 21st, 2010)

TUAW received a tip this morning about something that could be immensely useful to the over 17.9 million people in the U.S., as well as millions in other countries, who have diabetes. Pharmaceutical company Sanofi Aventis has announced the iBGStar Blood Glucose Meter that connects directly to the ...

New app helps the uninsured find free healthcare

by Michael Grothaus (Apr 17th, 2010)

Though The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that President Obama signed into law last month was a huge step in advancing universal health care for Americans, most of the dramatic benefits won't go into affect until 2014 (and even then, it's still not technically "universal"). But until we ...

Voalté One iPhone and iPad apps streamline healthcare communications

by Steven Sande (Mar 3rd, 2010)

We've posted about the use of both the iPhone and iPad in the healthcare industry before, and there are a number of apps that have been developed to take advantage of the iPhone in hospitals and clinics. One of our readers pointed out that Voalté, a company that specializes in hospital paging ...

Hospitals eye the iPad for low-cost paperless records

by Steven Sande (Feb 3rd, 2010)

Unless you have absolutely no imagination, you've probably noticed the resemblance of the iPad to one of those cheap little clipboards that your friendly neighborhood doctor carries around on rounds. Apple is rumored to be making its own rounds of hospitals marketing the new über-iPod touch, ...