The iPhone is a combination of video iPod, a touch screen phone, and an internet device with several other “breakthrough” features including a doc connector for external devices use for medical purposes. New iphone application development can be useful for Doctors, A portable device can be used for watching medical video casts and listening to pod casts. This would be very helpful for medical education and displaying medical information for patients.

Possibilities with iPhone for Healthcare & Fitness are endless. iPhone has had tremendous effects on healthcare industry particularly due to its doc connector facilities. Healthcare technology applications will more likely be used by physicians for transferring it into a useful healthcare device for patients anytime any place.

Healthcare providers do not want to carry around a beeper, hospital-issued phone, cell phone, BlackBerry and Tablet PC with them as they run through the corridors of a hospital. They want to carry around one device that can do everything and that’s what the iPhone is.

Medical and Health care features of iPhone
External Hardware

External hardware devices will be able to integrate with the iPhone via the dock connector or through a Bluetooth wireless connection.

Wireless Connectivity (WiFi, Bluetooth, GSM – including 3G, and EDGE):

It is useful for sending stored/captured patient’s data to the doctor using WiFi or Bluetooth. So, just capture reports at home and transfer to doctor while visiting.

Virtualized Medical Device

Virtualized medical devices transfers the data produced by the sensor to a general purpose computing device, typically a laptop, for final processing and analysis. The sensor includes required front end electronics for first pass signal processing and amplification. The connection to the computer is done via cable or a wireless cable replacement like Bluetooth. For instance, Blood Pressure Meter.

Sensor Gateway

This model differs from the virtualized device that the sensor produces data in its final form, ready to be used by the patient or the doctor, while the data from a sensor in a virtualized device must be further processed and analyzed before providing usable clinical data. For instance, Blood Glucose Meter.

Point of Care Computing Device

This model for the iPhone is as a point of care computing device. Based on this latest Apple announcement, the iPhone would replace PDAs and wireless VoIP handsets. Regulatory requirements and the producers design their products will require some degree of device duplication at the point of care. So far this has impacted PDAs and barcode readers.

Types of Medical Applications with iPhone
Track Family Health Reports
Medical Calculators
Disease Reference
Drugs Facts / Medicine Reference
Medical News
Medical Atlas
EMR – ECG Simulator
Medical Billing and Coding Resources (ICD-9 Codes)
Medical Abbreviations
Personal Health Record Repository
Heart Imaging Technology
Headache and Migraine Diary
Yoga Instructor
Cross fit Workout
Nutrition Facts
Exercise Range
Drug Guide
Medical Dictionary
iBlood Group (Blood Group saving apps)