Timeline: Medical milestones for the iPhone

By: Brian Dolan | Jun 22, 2011        

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May 12, 2011: Telehealth services provider Teladoc announces plans to launch a group of iPhone and iPad medical apps for physicians that will enable them to collaborate using Apple’s FaceTime videocalling app. Teladoc CEO Jason Gorevic announces the company’s plans during a presentation at the Wireless Life-Sciences Alliance (WLSA) Convergence Summit in San Diego. Teladoc offers consumers consultations with licensed physicians for routine medical issues. The visits are on-demand and can be scheduled any time — day or night — and any day of the week. More

May 23, 2011: According to an interview with the general manager of the MEMS division of STMicroelectronics, Benedetto Vigna, smartphones (prominently including the iPhone) will soon offer up a whole slew of new embedded sensors that could help to make mobile health services more accessible. Vigna, whose company creates sensors for mobile devices, told the New York Times that he expects more sensors to find their way into our mobile phones leading to even more medical, health and fitness applications. More

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