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“Siri, Should I Go Outside?”
Smartphones have made their way into every corner of the health industry – witness apps like this and this. One of the fascinating things about these devices is how they are able to compensate digitally for sensors they don’t actually possess: today’s phones can tell you your current altitude by calculating GPS, for instance, or … Continue reading “Siri, Should I Go Outside?”
View More >>Take Two Apps and Call Me in the Morning
People have been whispering about it for some time; now it seems it has come to pass. We are entering the era of the prescription app. The FDA is currently approving a growing number of apps to be prescribed by doctors and covered by insurance. How would this work? Consider DiabetesManager, a smartphone app that … Continue reading Take Two Apps and Call Me in the Morning
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