Thursday, May 26, 2011

iPad for medical professionals

I am currently working on a iPad app.

Curiosity got me and was thinking of various way iPad can be used for other than business professionals.

Medical professionals came to my mind, just came up with a quick list of areas where it can be applied.

• Real time view of patient history and medical reports
• All patient test results (X-rays and MRIs) can be accessed via ipad as soon as its uploaded onto the system
• Learning tool for medical students (Video’s, podcasts, notes, books, curriculum, blogs)
• Research tool for doctors
• Real time report and patient status monitor for senior hospital management
• Video conference between hospital/doctors/patients on the move
• Video conferencing between medical professionals across the world
• Note taking tool (voice-recognition software would let doctors dictate notes)
• Instant on the go access to patient medical history
• Specialist can educate their patients by showing them the anatomy of their speciality in a rich graphical and interactive qay
o Heart surgeons can show the block in the heart through an interactive anatomy of the heart.
o Podiatrist / foot doctor can ‘peel back’ various layers of the foot anatomy to show patients what is wrong.