Tuesday, September 1, 2009

iPhone Medical News

iPhone Medical News

"Outbreaks Near Me" App: Practical Epidemiology for The iPhone

Posted: 01 Sep 2009 01:23 PM PDT

ipho343.jpgFor the last three years we've been covering HealthMap, an online tool that tracks the spread of infectious disease, as reported from a number of credible sources (see flashbacks below). Now researchers from Children's Hospital Boston in collaboration with the MIT Media Lab have combined the resources of HealthMap with the networking and geolocation abilities of the iPhone to create a portable application that can keep you aware of disease outbreaks around you. The app will even raise an alarm when it realizes you, for example, entered an area with a high rate of recent reports of H1N1.

The new application also features an option for users to submit an outbreak report. This will enable individuals in cities and countries around the world to interact with the HealthMap team and participate in the public health surveillance process. Users may take photos - of situations and scenarios of, and/or leading to, disease - with their iPhone and submit them to the HealthMap system for review and eventual posting as an alert on the worldwide map.

"This is grassroots, participatory epidemiology," says HealthMap co-founder Clark Freifeld, a PhD student at the MIT Media Lab and research software developer at CHIP. "In releasing this app we aim to empower citizens in the cause of public health, not only by providing ready access to real-time information, but also by encouraging them to contribute their own knowledge, expertise, and observations. In enabling participation in surveillance, we also expect to increase global coverage and identify outbreaks earlier."

Press release: New iPhone app "Outbreaks Near Me" locates H1N1 (swine flu), infectious diseases

Product page: Outbreaks Near Me

Flashbacks: Swine Flu As Spectator Sport; The Latest on HealthMap, an Online Disease-Mining System; BoingBoing Shamefully Ignores Valid Questions; More about User-Generated Content; HEALTHmap Global Disease Tracker

MedicNews for iPhone

Posted: 01 Sep 2009 01:26 PM PDT

This application is developed by MobileMill studios. This application let’s you to access latest medical news and artcles on subject of interest. It Costs 19.99 $ for the service. This can be bought from the iTunes store here.

Features

  • My News – Select the medical news categories you want to follow. Use our news rating to choose articles to read most interesting articles first. Share the interesting news with your colleagues and send them an email.
  • Other News – Browse through hundreds and thousands articles from all healthcare related categories. The news rating helps you to find the most interesting articles easily and share them with your colleagues.
  • My Categories – Select from various categories and get the news you want.
  • Settings – Helps you to adjust your MedicNews to suit your needs.

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