A pilot began with just a handful of doctors, but was broadened beyond primary care when it was found to be easy to use and capable of producing valuable information—especially to “downstream” physicians.
The yet-unnamed app, for iPhone and iPad, is intended to provide decision support — via the IBM Cloud — and assist in the selection of implantable intraocular lenses.
"I have to confess, I didn't know we were going to be right after Tim Cook," AirStrip CEO Alan Portela told MedCity News.
Download the MedCity Startup Index for July 2014 Recently we published news about a study that tested how well text messages worked as an engagement tool with people on Medicaid. The conclusions were: “Wow, it worked!” and “It was cheap too!” Although I like the company that provided the messaging – HealthCrowd has a sense […]
I went to an appointment today with a doctor in a high-paying specialty who presumably has the resources to organize his office the way he wants. I was very satisfied with the doctor’s thoroughness, empathy and communications skills –which for me were the key things I was looking for. But I was also struck by […]
Apple is showing off its marketing chops, and tugging at our heartstrings, in a new video posted to its YouTube channel. Called “Making a difference. One app at a time,” the 10-minute video depicts some of the ways the company’s devices and various iOS apps are solving problems across the world, starting with rural access […]
A specialty drug is a class of prescription medications used to treat complex, chronic or rare medical conditions. Although this classification was originally intended to define the treatment of rare, also termed “orphan” diseases, affecting fewer than 200,000 people in the US, more recently, specialty drugs have emerged as the cornerstone of treatment for chronic and complex diseases such as cancer, autoimmune conditions, diabetes, hepatitis C, and HIV/AIDS.
There are about eight halls of exhibitors at the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show and I swear at least one of them was full of iPhone cases and nothing else. I just bought a Droid Razr and I hate the Otter Box that I bought with it, so I was quite disgusted that I couldn’t find […]
iPads are just as effective as traditional workstations for radiologists reading MRI and CT scans in emergency situations, according to new research published in the Journal of Digital Imaging. Researchers from Changi General Hospital in Singapore theorized that tablet computers such as the iPad could hold lots of potential for radiologists, because they could fill […]
