Video: OSU discusses the iPhone as medical tool

By: Brian Dolan | Sep 4, 2009        

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Two years ago, Ohio State University College of Medicine’s Vice Dean of Education, Catherine Lucey and a fourth year medical student going into plastic surgery, Justin Harper, spearheaded the school’s use of iPod Touches and iPhones as medical and learning tools on campus. In the video below, (UPDATE: which was created by CurrentMedicine.tv), Lucey and Harper discuss how the program has evolved at the school and the ways in which students apply the devices in clinical settings. As you might expect the devices are used mostly as access points for medical reference apps and sites.

Continue on for the 8 minute video that includes demos of some of the apps the students use:

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  • http://www.motionphr.com Jeff Brandt

    The iPhone is one of the coolest devices that I have ever seen. Unfortunately, this has many drawbacks as a healthcare device. Apple has alway’s been a walled garden an the iPhone is one of the worst. You cannot even backup application data other than Apple’s own applications. Healthcare has so many specific needs that you have to have an open Platform such as Android to accomplish any real use. Hopefully Apple will wise up before some else takes their top position

    Jeff Brandt http://www.motionPHR.com for the iPhone
    http://www.myMedBox.info for the Android