Medical Uses of the iPhone (Part 2)
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Joshua Schwimmer, MD, FACP, FASN
So of course, when I returned I bought an iPhone.
This wasn't a surprise. I've written about potential medical applications of the iPhone and I've agonized over significant usability issues for those switching to the iPhone from the Treo or Blackberry. So I knew what I was getting into. And like 90% if iPhone users, I'm very satisfied. It really is worthy of the hype.
Previously I discussed potential medical uses for the iPhone for both providers and patients. I'm interested in ways that people are using the iPhone for health care. Here are a few examples and resources:
The Life Record electronic medical record has an interface for the iPhone.
Dr. Salvatore Volpe writes the iPhone Medicine Blog.
Medical Marketing and Media wonders whether physicians will get their continuing medical education credits on the iPhone. (As an aside, I routinely email myself articles from UpToDate and read them later on the iPhone.)
Unbound Medicine offers access to multiple reference materials formatted for the iPhone.
Heart Imaging Technologies offers a system for viewing medical images on the iPhone.
In the future, I'll be writing more about the iPhone and medicine. If you're aware of any medical resources for the iPhone, or if you have ideas for potential applications, please feel free to comment.
5 Comments:
At Thu Jul 19, 07:36:00 AM 2007,
Huck said…
While WebPacs is requires a fee. Osirix is a free Dicom reader for OS X and is outstanding.
You can export directly to iPods...iPhone should be similar.
At Fri Jul 20, 04:44:00 AM 2007,
Salvatore Volpe MD FAAP FACP CHCQM said…
Thanks for the reference to my blog,
http://iphonemedicine.blogspot.com/
I found your recent article on the potential medical applications of the iPhone very useful.
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/medical_devices/2007/06/medical-uses-of-iphone.html
I think the iPhone is the first "high tech" non-diagnostic device to which most physicians can relate.
At Fri Jul 20, 08:52:00 PM 2007,
john said…
How do you meet HIPPA when you have to return the iphone to apple for a battery replacement?
You can't back it up and wipe it if the battery is dead.
At Fri Sep 07, 08:25:00 PM 2007,
David said…
I am a cardiology fellow and have found a great sight for cardiologists.
www.zunis.org/library1.htm
Topics, calculators, etc in alphabetical order.
At Thu Jul 17, 05:31:00 PM 2008,
Peter Stangel MD FCCP said…
The ability to rapidly input clinical charting, in clinical format, on the iPhone could encourage migration of clinicians to electronic charting and tremendously expand the iPhone's use in healthcare. Using prompts to encourage the input of clinical data relevant to the patient-physician encounter could be an additional benefit of iPhone clinical charting.
I am a physician-developer and have created this innovative iPhone capability, which can be reviewed on my website, UMsource.com. I would welcome reader input.
I do believe that the iPhone represents a tremendous opportunity to positively affect healthcare in the near future.
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