our INDIA,with varied demographics needs medgadgets,mobile health solutions and to bring the health care to the door steps of aam aadmi,we have to implement the technology.
Just imagine, an ASHA worker with a mobile phone and handful of peripheral attachments, screening the rustic villagers for hypertension,diabetes,skin lesions,fundus,ear ailments,etc... and send the vital details to command center through the real time data transfer by her mobile phone.The specialist doctors in turn advise further procedures or prescribe medicines as the data suggests.
Stethoscope-clutching physicians are morphing into Star Trek’s Dr McCoy .
An increasing number of apps and peripheral devices are now helping people collect clinically-relevant data using their smartphones.
These apps go beyond from being simple medical wikis, pill reminders and fitness sensors to record vital signs, instant heart rhythm checks using ECG, and hi-definition images using ultrasounds. And all this can be done by simply hooking handy little gadgets such as arm cuffs, probes and sensors to a smartphone to closely monitor health without having to carry multiple devices.Most of these affordable devices —available online for less than $200 — are approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
The AliveCor Heart Monitor, for example, gives you an ECG reading in 30 seconds by just placing your fingers on a sensor. The recording can then be mailed to a cardiologist for analysis. In a clinical setting, the procedure takes at least 30 minutes and typically requires you to change into hospital robes to get probes and wires stuck to your chest.
The US-based "Smartphone Physical" offers smartphone-based weight/body fat scales, blood pressure cuffs, pulse oximeters, spirometers, otoscopes, ophthalmoscopes, electrocardiograms, stethoscopes, and even PCR (point-of-care genetic testing) and ultrasound probes.
These apps go beyond from being simple medical wikis, pill reminders and fitness sensors to record vital signs, instant heart rhythm checks using ECG, and hi-definition images using ultrasounds. And all this can be done by simply hooking handy little gadgets such as arm cuffs, probes and sensors to a smartphone to closely monitor health without having to carry multiple devices.Most of these affordable devices —available online for less than $200 — are approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
The AliveCor Heart Monitor, for example, gives you an ECG reading in 30 seconds by just placing your fingers on a sensor. The recording can then be mailed to a cardiologist for analysis. In a clinical setting, the procedure takes at least 30 minutes and typically requires you to change into hospital robes to get probes and wires stuck to your chest.
The US-based "Smartphone Physical" offers smartphone-based weight/body fat scales, blood pressure cuffs, pulse oximeters, spirometers, otoscopes, ophthalmoscopes, electrocardiograms, stethoscopes, and even PCR (point-of-care genetic testing) and ultrasound probes.
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