Nursing Schools.net names the 15 most revolutionary iPhone apps: The nursing school resource and networking site Nursing Schools.net made a list of what it believes are the 15 most forward-thinking iPhone apps for doctors and nurses. Their slate covers mobile applications designed to help medical professionals “do their jobs in revolutionary ways.” The list includes e-911, Epocrates, ICD9 Consult, Human Body Advanced Encyclopedia 3D Anatomy, Medscape, iRadiology, Reach MD CME, NeuroMind, Drug Trials, Informed RN Pocket Guide, Nursing Central, Nursing Pharmacology, PubMed on Tap, Skyscape’s Medical Bag and iMurmur 2.
InteractiveMD launches a telemedicine platform in the Bay State: InteractiveMD will next month launch its telehealth platform in Massachusetts as part of a coordinated national launch. The company’s system is comprised of a videoconferencing platform designed to remotely connect patients and physicians and will soon available on 4G-capable mobile devices. If implemented correctly, telemedicine could address the national shortage of primary care providers in addition to helping individuals who are not able to get to a doctor’s office get care, the company says.
SunTech’s 247 Diagnostic Station wirelessly transmits data to EMRs: Morrisville, N.C.-based SunTech Medical announced an updated version of its modular SunTech 247 Diagnostic Station that can now transmit data to a doctor’s EMR system over a Bluetooth connection. The company made its Bluetooth connectivity available at the same time it released a software development kit that EMR providers can use to allow their software to interface with the diagnostic station.
An app for downloading and viewing neurological images during emergencies: Clinicians at Tokyo’s Jikei University Hospital now have their own iPhone application for receiving tomographic scans of brain aneurysms of incoming stroke patients. The medical center’s physicians can now provide professional consults on patients from the convenience of their home and without the delay of having to first travel to the hospital. Dr. Hiroyuki Takao of the Jikei’s neurosurgery department developed the application, which is on its way to other medical centers with the help of the hospital’s commercialization partner Fujifilm Corp.
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