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1,800 iPads on the way to Ottawa Hospital

by Steven Sande (Apr 21st, 2011)

The Canadian Broadcasting Company is reporting that the Ottawa Hospital, which already has about 500 Apple tablets being used by health-care providers, has recently ordered another 1,800 iPads to replace paper medical charts. Doctors at the facility currently use iPads to examine X-rays, ...

Mumbai surgeons perform knee surgery replacements using an iPod touch

by David Winograd (Apr 21st, 2011)

The newest winner in the "there's an app for that" sweepstakes has to go to the DASH app and its supporting system. It's putting the iPod touch at the heart of a system that allows surgeons to make it easier to do hip and knee replacement surgery. This medical system, developed by Smith & ...

iPads are becoming as important to doctors as their stethoscopes

by David Winograd (Mar 30th, 2011)

For many doctors, iPads are becoming "...as important to patient care as their stethoscope," according to a segment on CNBC. Last year about 22 percent of doctors started integrating iPads into their practice. At Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, iPads became a mainstay in patient care from ...

Muscle Trigger Points app helps you locate sources of pain

by Michael Grothaus (Mar 28th, 2011)

Trigger points are taut bands of muscle that send pain to other areas of the body. Oftentimes people with trigger points might suffer pain in one area of the body, like the lower back, and not realize that the pain is actually originating on the other side of the body (the psoas, in this case). ...

Motion Doctor turns your iPad into a physical therapist

by Michael Grothaus (Mar 25th, 2011)

I've got a lot of friends who are doctors, physical therapists and trigger point therapists. One thing they all tell me is that patients usually follow and perform prescribed exercises flawlessly while seeing the PT, but as time goes on and the patients are expected to do their exercises at ...

Muscle System Pro II shows the great potential of iPad apps

by Michael Grothaus (Mar 25th, 2011)

Mark my words: Muscle System Pro II will one day appear in an iPad commercial. It's that good. This is one of those apps that show you just how powerful the iPad can be. Muscle System Pro II by 3D 4 Medical is an interactive learning tool that allows the user to completely explore the muscular ...

iPods assist German doctors during surgery

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jan 18th, 2011)

The next time you are wheeled into the operating room, don't be surprised to see the surgeon toting an iPod touch. Before you try to scramble out of your gurney, he or she will most likely be using the portable media player to assist with the surgery, not rock out to some tunes while you are ...

Steve Jobs to take a medical leave of absence

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jan 17th, 2011)

According to wire reports, Steve Jobs sent out an email to Apple staff stating that he is taking a medical leave of absence. In the email, reproduced by BusinessWire here, Tim Cook is named as being in charge of Apple's day to day operations for an indeterminate amount of time; Steve will remain CEO ...

iPhonECG turns your iPhone 4 into an affordable cardiac event monitor

by Michael Terretta (Jan 3rd, 2011)

Quick -- you're watching House, M.D. with a friend and he suddenly complains of lightheadedness and heart palpitations, then passes out on your couch. Is it a common atrial fibrillation, or is it a third-degree atrioventricular block needing emergency atropine and an electrical pacer? Soon, ...

Mac OS X, Microsoft Kinect create gesture-based MRI demo

by Kelly Hodgkins (Dec 20th, 2010)

A team of researchers from the Institute of Forensic Medicine at the University of Bern in Switzerland has developed a Kinect-based system for the touch-free control of medical imaging software. The group filmed an impressive proof-of-concept video showcasing their hands-free medical imaging ...

iPads headed into operating rooms along with surgeons

by David Quilty (Dec 6th, 2010)

While some hospitals are eying the iPad as a way of going paperless with patient records, Georgetown University is already putting them directly in the operating room and into the hands of its surgeons. Offering real-time access to records and images of patients while inside the operating room, ...

Australia election campaign promises iPads in every hospital

by David Quilty (Nov 15th, 2010)

In what I can comfortably say is a previously unimagined application, the iPad is now being used as an election promise to entice voters in Australia. ZDNet notes that the promise was made last week by Victorian Premier John Brumby as part of a proposed new state health policy, which would see iPads ...

iPads join tongue depressors and latex gloves as a hospital fixture

by Steven Sande (Oct 22nd, 2010)

The next time you visit a hospital or medical clinic for a routine check or emergency, don't be surprised if the doctor shows up with an iPad in hand. The Chicago Sun-Times is reporting that in several Windy City hospitals, the iPad is making inroads in a big way. The Loyola University Medical ...

iTriage provides mobile health advice with style

by Michael Rose (Apr 8th, 2010)

As the clock ticks down on World Health Day, there's an app that we should tell you about: the free iTriage 2.0 for iPhone (now also available for Android, and with a version coming soon for iPad). It's a provider locator, a symptom and disease database, and more. The iTriage story is intriguing ...

It's World Health Day! Medsy free for 24 hours.

by Michael Grothaus (Apr 7th, 2010)

Today is the 60th annual World Health Day; it's a day of awareness and programs sponsored by the World Health Organization to promote better health across the globe. In honor of the day, and in order to raise awareness about the importance of taking medications on time, the people at Medsy are ...