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Central Florida issues iPod Touches to its med students
The University of Central Florida College of Medicine, now in just its second year, is one of a growing number of med schools offering mobile devices to all its students--in this case, the iPod
Mobile apps on leading edge of 'potentially disruptive era'
Finally, a report on the mobile health industry that doesn't throw around pie-in-the-sky numbers and actually discusses healthcare and something close to the current reality. "We are currently in the
UK med school pushes patient safety with iPhones
American medical schools have been doing this for a few years now, but the University of Leeds says it recently became the first in the UK to outfit each of its med students with the iPhone 3G S.
Med students expect EHRs for their practices
Hospitals and physician practices take note: the next generation of doctors will expect a technology-laden environment when they get out in the real world. In a survey of 710 medical students by
New class of Stanford med students to receive iPads with digital texts
When the new class of first-year medical students arrives at Stanford University later this month, they won't be asked to buy a backbreaking load of heavy, pricey textbooks. Instead, the 91
Telehealth in developing countries may require change in Western med schools
About 80 percent of the population of Nepal live outside Kathmandu, but 90 percent of the country's doctors are in the capital city. Electricity is spotty, the government is somewhat unstable and
Health IT writers get 'positively Tiger Beat' over the iPad
"Medical-technology trade publications are getting positively Tiger Beat in their enthusiasm," freelancer Martha C. White writes in the Washington Post's "The Big Money" column. We plead guilty on
Med students' use of mobile technology
Take the results with a grain of salt because they're from a vendor survey, but it's still pretty clear that the next generation of doctors has wholeheartedly embraced mobile technology. Almost 90
Physicians and med students continue to embrace smartphones
This isn't necessarily news for people in healthcare, but the mainstream media are picking up on the fact that so many physicians and medical students consider their iPhones, BlackBerrys and other
