| The iPhone is a combination of video iPod, a touch | | | | data to the doctor using WiFi or Bluetooth. So, |
| screen phone, and an internet device with several | | | | just capture reports at home and transfer to |
| other "breakthrough" features including a doc | | | | doctor while visiting. |
| connector for external devices use for medical | | | | Virtualized Medical Device |
| purposes. A portable device can be used for | | | | Virtualized medical devices transfers the data |
| watching medical video casts and listening to pod | | | | produced by the sensor to a general purpose |
| casts. This would be very helpful for medical | | | | computing device, typically a laptop, for final |
| education and displaying medical information for | | | | processing and analysis. The sensor includes |
| patients. | | | | required front end electronics for first pass signal |
| Possibilities with iPhone for Healthcare & Fitness | | | | processing and amplification. The connection to the |
| are endless. iPhone has had tremendous effects | | | | computer is done via cable or a wireless cable |
| on healthcare industry particularly due to its doc | | | | replacement like Bluetooth. For instance, Blood |
| connector facilities. Healthcare technology | | | | Pressure Meter. |
| applications will more likely be used by physicians | | | | Sensor Gateway |
| for transferring it into a useful healthcare device | | | | This model differs from the virtualized device that |
| for patients anytime any place. | | | | the sensor produces data in its final form, ready |
| Healthcare providers do not want to carry around | | | | to be used by the patient or the doctor, while the |
| a beeper, hospital-issued phone, cell phone, | | | | data from a sensor in a virtualized device must |
| Blackberry and Tablet PC with them as they run | | | | be further processed and analyzed before |
| through the corridors of a hospital. They want to | | | | providing usable clinical data. For instance, Blood |
| carry around one device that can do everything | | | | Glucose Meter. |
| and that's what the iPhone is. | | | | Point of Care Computing Device |
| Medical and Health care features of iPhone | | | | This model for the iPhone is as a point of care |
| External Hardware | | | | computing device. Based on this latest Apple |
| External hardware devices will be able to integrate | | | | announcement, the iPhone would replace PDAs |
| with the iPhone via the dock connector or through | | | | and wireless VoIP handsets. Regulatory |
| a Bluetooth wireless connection. | | | | requirements and the producers design their |
| Wireless Connectivity (WiFi, Bluetooth, GSM - | | | | products will require some degree of device |
| including 3G, and EDGE): | | | | duplication at the point of care. So far this has |
| It is useful for sending stored/captured patient's | | | | impacted PDAs and barcode readers. |