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“Eyes wider.”

YOUR EYES MAY WIDEN TOO IF YOUR NEXT PHYSICAL WAS PARTLY DONE ON A SMARTPHONE.

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“So here you can see the arteries on the back of your eye…”

WHAT IF YOU HAD AN EARACHE?

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“Now I’m going to be looking in your other ear…”

HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE?

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“I’m going to hand this to you and let you push the button..”

YOUR OWN DOCTOR MAY BE THE NEXT TO SAY “THERE’S AN APP FOR THAT.”

THERE’S A GROWING LIST OF MEDICAL DEVICES THAT ATTACH TO SMARTPHONES AND SYNC WITH APPS.

THEY CAN CAPTURE IMAGES OF THE INNER EYE AND EAR DRUM… TAKE READINGS…. AND TRACK DATA TO GIVE DOCTORS AND PATIENTS HEALTH INFORMATION.

MOST ARE FOR IPHONES AND ESSENTIALLY TURN THEM INTO AN…

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(SUPER = Shiv Gaglani, Medical Student, Editor of Medgadget.com)

“…Opthalmoscope, otoscope, stethsocope, ECG, and ultrasound.”

(SUPER = Washington)

SHIV GAGLANI, (Shihv Gehg LAH’ nee), A MED STUDENT AND GADGET EXPERT, BROUGHT SOME TOOLS TOGETHER AT THE TEDMED CONFERENCE. NOT ALL ARE F-D-A APPROVED YET.

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(SUPER = Shiv Gaglani, Medical Student, Editor of Medgadget.com)

“I think we’ll see over the next few years a proliferation of more of these devices in the exam room.”

SOME DEVICES … LIKE A PLUG-IN BLOOD PRESSURE CUFF AND DIGITAL SCALE… ARE MEANT FOR PATIENTS AT HOME… TO MONITOR THEMSELVES DAILY… NOTICE TRENDS AND CHANGES.

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(SUPER = Shiv Gaglani, Medical Student, Editor of Medgadget.com)

“What we’re doing here is meant to improve the patient-doctor relationship and turn patients into their own good data collectors.”

DATA AND IMAGES CAN BE EMAILED… PERHAPS REDUCING OFFICE VISITS… OR HELPING DOCTORS IN UNDERSERVED AREAS TREAT PATIENTS AND CONSULT SPECIALISTS.

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(SUPER = Dr. Nicholas Genes, Mount Sinai Medical Center)

“These devices are very portable and very compact and in many cases they actually give better images than our traditional tools.”

PHYSICIANS WARN – DON’T BASE MEDCIAL DECISIONS ON DOCTOR i-PHONE ALONE. SEE A REAL DOC TOO.

NOEL WAGHORN, ASSOCIATED PRESS.