Tag Archives: mobile healthcare

Looking for a Clinical Trial? There's an App for That

Last week, trial-matching platform developer Healogica announced the availability of a new iPhone app that allows potential patients to search for clinical trials via the mobile web. Only $.99 to download, Clinical Trials 2.0 is an extension of Healogica’s current website, which provides a database for patients to search and connect with trials based [...]

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FDA Approves Wireless Remote Monitoring Device for Personal Health Data

Arizona-based MedApps late last week announced FDA approval of its HealthPAL wireless remote monitoring system. Designed to link patients with their doctors more efficiently through convenient and timely transmission of personal health data, HealthPAL is a portable personal health device that collects readings from glucose meters, blood pressure monitors, weight scales and pulse oximeters, and [...]

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Bedside Diagnosis, Courtesy of Your Cell Phone

Really cool news out of the UK today: experts there claim they are on the verge of perfecting a tiny mobile phone microchip to diagnose medical conditions on the spot. According to execs at Orla Protein Technologies and Tokyo-based Japan Radio Company, the diminutive device will read swabs and blood tests and slot into a [...]

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