The March 17 announcement from Apple of the 3.0 operating system for the iPhone had a component of interest to those in health care. The iPhone and iPod will now permit the addition of hardware accessories through the familiar iPod jack. The presentation showed the possibility of a blood glucose monitor that would directly read and record on the iPhone. Other possibilities are a sphygmomanometer or other physiologic monitoring equipment.
There are no devices yet, and the software will not be publicly available until the summer, but this is great opportunity for medical hardware developers or healthcare personnel seeking ways to make patient self-monitoring easier.
The presentation can be seen at the Apple 3.0 Preview .
18 March 2009
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