Test-driving the iPad in the OR: Dr. Felasfa Wodajo of iMedicalApps.com, an orthopedic oncologist in Virginia, recently took his Apple iPad into the operating theater to see how it performs in such an environment. Being one of the editors at iMedicalApps, Felasfa just published his initial findings and they bode a rather bright clincial future for the iPad in particular and tablets in general.

NEJM gets in the app game: The New England Journal of Medicine released an iPhone app called “NEJM This Week” which brings most of the journal’s website’s content to your iPhone in an optimized format. The app has four sections covering recent articles, images, audio and video. It include “online first” articles, with a seven-day lag before articles are available through the app. The audio section features article summaries and the video section has a limited number of how-to videos. The application is free and includes, for a limited time, access to all of NEJM’s content.

EPI Life cellphone records your ECG: Ephone International’s EPI Life is the first cellphone with integrated ECG functionality. Unlike other portable ECG devices, the EPI life does not send data directly back to your doctor, but rather to Ephone’s servers, which are monitored around the clock by a team of cardiologists. Should the doctors notice any abnormalities in the ECG, they can have emergency services sent to your location or get you priority admission into partner hospitals.

Pri-Med Mobile app for medical education: Clinicians can now earn CME credits and devour bite-sized nuggets of medical tidbits in as little as 10 minutes through Pri-Med Mobile, a mobile app developed by Pri-Med and powered by QuantiaMD.

A weekly roundup of new developments in wireless medical technology and mHealth, by MedGadget.com.