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Chapter 1. Smartphones: Transforming Healthcare

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Smartphones: Transforming Healthcare

Author: Richard O. Straub

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Healthcare is undergoing a transformation as more and more healthcare professionals are using smartphones and tablets as tools to help patients. This brief video clip discusses the burgeoning use of mobile technology devices in healthcare. In one year, for example, the number of doctors who used mobile technology to collect bedside data from patients increased from 30% to 45%. Apps such as VigiVU, which allows doctors to monitor multiple operating room cameras, may be a great help to busy healthcare professionals, but they do have their detractors. Some question the safety and privacy of health apps. Others worry that healthcare will become too depersonalized as more and more data becomes available through technology.

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1. Which of the following healthcare apps was NOT described in the video clip?

2. Which agency is developing guidelines for the regulation of the use of apps and other types of mobile technology in healthcare?

3. A recent study reported the greatest increase in the percentage of doctors using
mobile technology to:

4. Recent guidelines for regulating the use of healthcare apps in the United States concluded that:

5. The VigiVU app described in the video clip allows doctors to:

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