From WDSU.com
A stray bullet hit a man in his chest while he was mowing his lawn Saturday, but he escaped injury because the bullet slammed into a cell phone in his pocket. . .
(The man) said he didn’t know what hit him, but he knew something was wrong. When he tried to dial 911, his cell phone fell apart in his hands. . . The stray bullet had hit his Motorola cell phone. . . he normally keeps the phone in his pants pocket, but that day he had it in a pocket over his heart.
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In my continuing posts on mobile phones in health care comes news from the Telegraph:
People suffering from asthma, diabetes and high blood pressure simply enter details of their condition and treatment into standard mobile handsets that have been programmed with special software.
The data is automatically sent to hospital database where it is analysed by a nurse who decides whether any action needs to be taken.
Studies have shown that the system helps catch complications before they get out of control, without burdening patients with regular visits to their GP.
It also reduces hospital admissions for long-term patients by up to 90 per cent, potentially saving the NHS millions of pounds per year. (More)
Thanks to ICMCC.
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The Institute for the Future‘s Health Horizons Fall Conference on Reinventing Health Care in a Mobile World will be held on October 14-15, 2008 at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco. I’ve been asked to participate on a panel moderated by IFTF Research Director, Cesar Castro, looking at health care innovation in a mobile world. As readers of this blog know, I’m very interested in the multiple uses of cell phones in health care – see here, here, here, and here – and believe that for the underserved, rural, poor and disabled the development of this technology and the promotion of its use in health care is critical.
While I’m there I’ll also do some blogging on the emerging issues as the mood strikes.
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From the Official Google Blog:
There are currently about 3.2 billion mobile subscribers in the world, and that number is expected to grow by at least a billion in the next few years. Today, mobile phones are more prevalent than cars (about 800 million registered vehicles in the world) and credit cards (only 1.4 billion of those). While it took 100 years for landline phones to spread to more than 80% of the countries in the world, their wireless descendants did it in 16. And fewer teens are wearing watches now because they use their phones to tell time instead (somewhere Chester Gould is wondering how he got it backwards). So it’s safe to say that the mobile phone may be the most prolific consumer product ever invented. (more)
How in health care do we tap the power on mobile devices featured in this pre-android deployment post on the future of mobile phones – smart alerts, augmented reality, mainstream crowd-sourcing, remote sensoring, development tool, and – I love this – trusted valet?
Trust is the most important currency in the always connected world, and your phone will help you stay in control of your information. You may choose to share nothing at all (the default mode), or just share certain things with certain people — your circle of trusted friends and family. You’ll make these decisions based on information you get from the service and software providers, and the collective ratings of the community as well. Your phone is like your trusted valet: it knows a lot about you, and won’t disclose an iota of it without your OK.
I hope it can help us know our health as well.
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From Health Data Management:
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.-based AllOne Health Group Inc. will integrate its AllOne Mobile software with the HealthVault initiative of Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft Corp. This will enable consumers to access and transmit their personal health information using cell phones and smart phones.
AllOne Mobile software enables a consumer to download a personal health record to a phone, or access it via the phone. The record can be changed either on a Web site or the phone and automatically updated on both ends. Under the alliance with HealthVault, an AllOne Mobile user will be able to fax information from a personal HealthVault account to a physician, family members and others via a smart phone or any cell phone with text messaging.
The technology will support Health Level Seven messaging standards and a standardized Continuity of Care Document.
See the video from AllOne Mobile.
(Thanks to ICMCC)
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MyRapidMD offers an Emergency Service Profile (ESP) prominently placed on your cell phone that can help protect you at the scene of medical emergencies and accidents. Not the be-all solution to improving your chances of getting the right health care at critical moments, for sure as noted in the LA Times, but certainly an advance in using mobile communications in a critical setting. See an interview below with the president of the company.
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Image by Getty Images via Daylife As we move into online health care, and by extension the expansion of the use of mobile phones in health care (see here, here and here), we have yet to see the killer mobile phone app: the ability to video-chat in real time. Just like in the emerging online health care services, the ability to see and talk to doctors, along with their ability to see and talk to you, is critical to the evolution of this mode of care. You would need a lens facing the caller, along with some kind of picture-in-picture capability, as well as documentation and transfer of remote sensing data functions as well. Complicated for sure. But health care on-demand-in-your-pocket as a health care technology goal would address some of the pressing challenges in rural and medically under-served areas.
Now I recognize that the country is still adjusting to the concept of the on-line delivery of health care. But technology has a habit of pulling us along to new ways of thinking and doing things. Getting health care literally into the hands of consumers is a technological advance well worth the investment. Mr. Jobs, are you listening?
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We keep adding to the 101 uses of mobile phones in health care I alerted readers to recently. An article in the recent edition of The Economist alerts us to the use of mobile phones as microscopes. From a research team led by Dan Fletcher, a professor of bioengineering at the University of California, Berkeley, comes
a cheap attachment to turn the digital camera on many of today’s mobile phones into a microscope. Called a CellScope, it can show individual white and red blood cells, which means that with the correct stain it can be used to identify the parasite that causes malaria. Moreover, by transmitting an image directly over the mobile network, the CellScope could greatly help with the remote diagnosis and monitoring of many illnesses.
In addition, some reader comments on other possible uses:
Alex Sicre Says:
Great list from Wireless Healthcare, but I do not see baby monitoring working? Maybe from a video phone to a monitor? If you are interested in learning more about SMS, email and voice messaging for healthcare, please visit my company’s website, http://www.intelecare.com.
Intelecare is a healthcare technology company focused on enhancing medication adherence. We have developed a proprietary messaging platform that sends user created reminders for daily medications, prescription refills, doctor’s appointments and vitals monitoring – all delivered how and when the user wants them.
Our service is free on our website, and we license our technology to industry as a hosted or enterprise solution. If you would like to learn more or sign up for your free medical reminders, please visit http://www.Intelecare.com.
David Doherty Says:
With 3G networks launching in the USA soon you could also add a couple more including:
“Remote Video Consultation” and “Creation, Management and Sharing of your important health infomation”. For more information on these please visit http://www.3gdoctor.com
John Brohan Says:
I think this list of 101 things is very interesting. I am willing to modify it to allow the “things” to link to the various websites where the application is available. Mine is wound healing for example http://www.woundfollowup.com.
This list, with many kudos to Wireless Healthcare, shows the kinds of health care options that can come with the creative use of cell phones.
1 Appointment Reminders (SMS)
2 Patient Support (SMS)
3 Medication Reminders (SMS)
4 Appointment Booking
5 Medical Data On SIM Card
6 Patient Information For Relatives
7 Peer Support For Patients
8 Post Cardiac Surgery Support
9 Accessing Patient Records
10 Access To Dietary Information
11 ePrescribing
12 Patient Paging In Outpatient Clinics
13 Support For Alzheimer Patients
14 Support For Diabetes Sufferers
15 Clinical Trials
16 Support For Dementia Sufferers
17 Support During Rehabilitation
18 Support For The Deaf
19 Support For The Chronically Ill
20 Support For Addicts
21 Support For STD Sufferers
22 Baby Monitoring
23 Suicide Watch
24 Support For Children
25 Food Product Dietary Information
26 Allergy Alert Services For Asthmatics
27 Doctor At Home
28 Self Diagnosis
29 Patient Data For Overseas Travelers
30 Data Capture From Medical Instrumentation
31 Smart Card Applications
32 Monitoring For Asthma Sufferers
33 Blood Glucose Monitoring
34 Temperature Measurement
35 Weight Measurement
36 Medication Compliance Monitoring
37 Voice Pattern Analysis
38 Analysis Of Breath
39 Heart Rate Monitoring
40 Smart Homes For The Elderly
41 Patient Diaries For Clinical Trials
42 Collecting Data From Pacemakers
43 Fitness Monitoring
44 Real Time Patient Assessment
45 Sleep Monitoring
46 Collection of Data From Wearable Sensors
47 Collection of Data From Implanted Devices
48 Diabetes Monitoring In Chiropody
49 Detection Of Septic Episodes
50 Remote Antenatal Care
51 Telehealth Gateways
52 Patient Location
53 Pulse Oximetry
54 Personalized Diagnosis
55 Early Detection Of Cardiological Syndromes
56 Appointment Scheduling
57 Access to Patient Data For Domiciliary Workers
58 Diagnosis Support For Domiciliary Workers
59 Personal Attack Alarm Services
60 Clinician Identification
61 Asset Tracking (RFID)
62 Stock Control (RFID)
63 Patient Identification (RFID)
66 Dispensing Support
65 Locating Staff
66 Conferencing During Emergencies
67 Accessing Training Material
68 Accessing Laboratory Results
69 Blood Bank Support Services
70 Locating Blood Donors
71 Locating Organ Donors
72 Support For A&E (accident and emergency services)
73 Tracking Surgical Instruments
74 Controlling Insulin Patches
75 Billing
76 Patient Consent
77 Drug Authenticity Verification (RFID)
78 Patient Entertainment And Communication
79 Patient Notes Dictation Systems
80 Administration At The Point Of Care
81 Linking Emergency Services To A&E
82 Access To X-ray Images
83 Skin Cancer Monitoring
84 Remote Consultation (Telemedicine)
85 Data Collection From Capsule Endoscopes
86 Conventional Endoscopes (Picture Phones)
87 Nutrition Coaching
88 Monitoring Wound Healing
89 Support For Neurosurgeons
90 Breast Cancer Screening
91 Context Sensitive Medicine
92 Disease Monitoring
93 Food Contamination Alerts
94 Environmental Contamination Alerts
95 MRSA Detector
96 Telecare In Rural Areas
97 Telecare In Developing Countries
98 A&E Field Support
99 Wireless Stethoscope
100 Support For AIDS Sufferers
101 Call Center Supported Health Services
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