Want to quit? There’s an app for that
The Department of Health has launched an iPhone application to help people stop smoking. The application was launched today by public health minister Gillian Merron to coincide with No Smoking Day. The DH said the application was the first official NHS Quit Smoking app for the iPhone and iPod Touch. The application provides daily hints […]
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Mayo Clinic to develop mobile phone apps
The internationally renowned Mayo Clinic has announced plans to jointly develop and sell mobile phone health applications.
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Critical Care data debuts on iPhone
On Monday Apple showcased a third party app that allows doctors to monitor patients’ vital signs remotely. The iPhone application allows real-time heart rate, temperature, blood pressure and other data to be transmitted from patient monitors to a doctors’ iPhone. The Critical Care application was demonstrated at Apple’s annual developers conference in San Francisco as […]
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DH announces ‘app store’ style toolkit
The Department of Health has announced a new toolkit that will allow trusts and other developers to create and share new IT products. The announcement was made by chief information officer for health Christine Connelly, who compared the new toolkit to Apple’s iPhone ‘app store.’ The DH said the tookit will “allow new products to […]
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Cutting the ties to one GP system
GP Dr Neil Paul wonders if IT advances mean primary care should become less dependent on one operating system and on client side software.
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ICW looks to integrate PHRs with iPhone
InterComponentWare (ICW) has announced plans to integrate the Apple iPhone and other smartphones with the Life Sensor personal health record to transmit vital emergency medical information to hospital staff. Patients who have access to ICW’s web-based LifeSensor system can print out a personal emergency card with a one-time use personal identification number to carry in […]
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iPhone service locates open pharmacies
Apotheken.de has introduced a new Web 2.0 iPhone service in Germany, locating open pharmacies and providing directions to them.
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