Medical Equipment – Insight Sciences

FDA reigning in medical apps

October 3, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Data Governance, Health Informatics, Knowledge Management, Network Science

FDA to start reining in the Wild West of medical apps
by Elizabeth Armstrong Moore, cnet.com

The FDA says it is only regulating products that turn smartphones into medical devices it already oversees, such as apps that let your phone act as an electronic stethoscope or give feedback on CPR.

The Wild West of mobile medical apps is gett…

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Scanadu tricorder

November 29, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Science, Design UX, Health Informatics, Knowledge Management, Network Science

Scanadu’s Medical Tricorder Will Measure Your Vital Signs In Seconds
BY ARIEL SCHWARTZ, fastcoexist.com

No more searching the medicine cabinet for the thermometer or being worried that your blood pressure is too high. Just hold this device up to your temple for a moment and you can start to track your health.

It was less than a year ago that we fi…

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