The Electrical and Computer Engineering in Medicine (ECEM) research group and the Pediatric Anesthesia Research Team (PART) at the Canadian University of British Columbia have developed a pulse oximeter that works with the iPhone.
An oximeter measure pulse rate and blood oxygen saturation and the device can be used at home by people with respiratory problems.
Readings are stored and sent over the Internet to the hospital or the doctor's office.
Just don't place stressful calls while you're measuring your pulse rate!
[Read the whole stuff at The Unofficial Apple Weblog]
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Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Buy Large Numbers of iPads
In the primary care setting, physicians typically give a pharma sales no less than 30 seconds per interaction, most of which is time spent signing for samples. […]
The pharmaceutical sales community is now undergoing an enormous shift, with widespread interest in transitioning toward HTML5-based tablet devices like the iPad. […]
Despite conventional wisdom, several major pharmaceutical companies are putting the cart before the horse by purchasing iPads in large quantities prior to even owning a single application to run on the iPad.
With so much care about the iPad even before having the good software, seems there's no cure for soi-disant iPad competition.
[read the original article by Eric Newmark on Computerworld]
The pharmaceutical sales community is now undergoing an enormous shift, with widespread interest in transitioning toward HTML5-based tablet devices like the iPad. […]
Despite conventional wisdom, several major pharmaceutical companies are putting the cart before the horse by purchasing iPads in large quantities prior to even owning a single application to run on the iPad.
With so much care about the iPad even before having the good software, seems there's no cure for soi-disant iPad competition.
[read the original article by Eric Newmark on Computerworld]
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