As HIMSS kicks off in New Orleans, Txchnologist discusses the medical apps marketplace
“(The) medical app industry, currently valued in the hundreds of millions of dollars with some 40,000 apps available for download in the iTunes store. This boom is thanks to entrepreneurs from various backgrounds who are combining medical research with the latest developments from the digital world to create new and promising applications of medical information technology.”
and has several examples including
“Cardiio, (in photo) which, unlike most medical apps, requires no connection to the user’s body. Here’s how it works. Every time your heart beats, the blood volume in your face increases. Higher blood volume absorbs more light and, therefore, reflects less light. The nifty software in Cardiio uses the camera on your device to detect these very small changes that are usually invisible to the human eye. It then uses the data to calculate how many beats per minute your heart is ticking at. Based on research conducted in 2010, the Cardiio team claims that the app is accurate to about 3 bpm.”
“The Wisconsin-based company Asthmapolis created a small device that attaches to an inhaler and syncs with a smartphone. The device helps users identify the time and location they use their inhaler, which provides valuable data for health-care professionals. Recovery Record is an app aimed at curbing eating disorders that uses a similar format as Prevent and WellDoc, another app and online platform that targets a number of chronic diseases.”
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