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IN THIS ISSUE:
Page 2 -FOREWORD FROM THE STEERING COMMITTEE - Page 2 - iPHONEiT’S ALL iN ME - Page 4 - INTERVIEW WITH DR.CAMERON NORMAN - Page 7 - THE 2.0 FACTOR:MUSINGS OF A HYPERCONNECTED WORLD - Page 8 - A HANDFUL OF USEFUL MEDICAL APPS FORTHE iPHONE - Page 9 - HEADLINE IN eHEALTH - Page 10 - ELLUMINATE - Page 10 - FOCUS OF THEMIND:BOY INTERRUPTED....
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HAPPY NEW YEAR! We are very excited this month to present and issue eaturing the iPhone. Since it’sintroduction in the summer o 2007, the iPhone has been more or less embraced by the public with it’sunctionality and wide selection o applications with both practical and rivilous activities. Furthermore, with the expanded liscencing agreements between Apple and various mobile phone providers, it isbecome increasingly pervasive in our society. Furthermore, it has provided many useul apps and isstarting to be embraced by the medical community. Tis issue will provide some real lie accounts onhow the iPhone is being utilized in the medical setting as well as highlight some apps that have beenpopular with health practitioners worldwide. We are also very excited to eature an interview with EKIC member Dr. Cameron Norman. It is ttingthat he be eatured in this issue with his extensive experience working with the internet and social mediato engage the youth. Te iPhone and many other smartphones are ICs that have denitely increased theuse o social media by allowing it’s owners to access these websites through a data plan or Wi. We hope you enjoy the interview as well as this iPhone edition o the ICr!
****IMPORTANT ANNOUNCMENT!*******
For all ounding members, EKIC ravel Funding applications are due
January 31, 2010
.I you have not already submitted an application do so soon! Tese unds will supporttravel and dissemination costs related to your EKIC unded projects. Applications up to$1,500 will be accepted. All travel expenses must spent by June 1, 2010. Have questions?Email Jen ( jennier.c@ubc.ca) or more inormation and the application orm.
iPhone - iT’s All iN Me
By Farida Hussain
Health proessionals have taken to their iPhones like kids take to candy. Eyes light up when I request a quick chat aboutthe gadget. As one doctor playully pinches his way into a map o the neighbourhood, I eel slightly embarrassed - it’s liketalking to someone about an old lover...
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Dr. Allen Rowley, radiologist at the UBC Faculty o Medicine uses the iPhone on his shits at the VGH. He usesapplications (apps) like NettersFlash Cards or reerence whilereviewing a patient’s symptomsand test results. “I could look it up on my computer or in abook, but with the iPhone Icould be walking down the streetand have a thought about oneo my diagnoses. I can then pullup an image o the poplitealnerve and reer to my notes onthe patient...” Te portability o clinical reerence material is key to the success o the iPhone. Forone doctor in Croatia, the iPhoneis better than his inormed pocketguides because it’s the same size,but much easier to use!Popular among most healthproessionals is an app calledEpocrates – a reerence guide thatcould potentially standardize therapidly expanding knowledgebase or all medical practitioners.It is tailored to the workow o doctors and caregivers, and is aneasily searchable clinical reerenceto disease highlights, denitions,initial therapies and treatment.Dr. Mark Nigro Clinical Proessor,Urologic Sciences, UBC &VCH switched rom his trio tothe iPhone. For Dr. Nigro, theiphone is more about logisticalcommunication than decision support. “I’m always in a hurry. With the iphone I don’t accidentally hang up – no droppedcalls, and it’s much easier to dial and receive calls.”Bob McKeever has programmed a utility connecting thecentral schedule database and individual iPhones or theUrology dept. at VGH. Tis gives doctors access to on-time,online schedules o ongoing and uture seminars, meetings,operations, out-patients and clinics on a two-way interacethat is automatically updated every 5 minutes. Never beorehas hospital scheduling been so streamlined, supported, andeasy to relay. By the end o February, 2010, all doctors in thedepartment will carry an iPhone. According to Mr. McKeever,the beauty o the iphone lies in just how easy it is to codeor. He can customize apps based on doctors requests. Forexample, i a doctor wants to view only the summary sheetso all his patients, an app can be developed specically orthat purpose.For Kim Campbell rom UBC’s department o Midwiery,the iphone is her baby. “LOVE my iPhone. I use it every day at work or at play.” She recommends the iphone to enablestudents to have point o care inormation and guidelinesthat oster sae and timely advice and interventions. TeiPhone has tools or diagnostic aid, obstetrical and neonatalresources, and calculators. Additionally, “the contacts calendarkeeps us organized, the email unction keeps us in touch, theGPS helps us nd our clients, and the games keep me awake when I’m waiting or...anything!”Convergence = Convenience. All the good things abouthealth communication technology have come together in onepocket-sized package with an eortlessly slick interace. TeiPhone boasts a camera to record clinical ndings, wi orle-sharing, and the capability o being a stethoscope, ablood sugar monitor, and lotsmore. With over 700 medicalapps or clinical decisionsupport, it may well be just what the doctor ordered.
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