iPads in Healthcare June 28, 2010
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Health, Health 2.0, Innovation, Medicine, Medicine 2.0, Mobile, Video, Web 2.0.trackback
When the iPad was launched and I wrote about the pros and cons regarding its use in healthcare, I was sure only about one thing: there would soon be many potential applications. Well, PadGadget collected some fo them. For example, in Florida Hospital Oceanside, they use iPad to help stroke victims with speech therapy:
Here are other relevant stories:
- Virginia Campbell, a 99-year-old woman suffering from glaucoma
- iPads to help sick kids
- Also doctors performing surgery
- And a young boy with autism.
Let us know if you know more examples.
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