"Smartphones may soon allow you to carry your very own portable health clinic right in your pocket. That’s the opinion of Dr. Eric Topol, a cardiologist convinced that smartphone technology is the future of medicine.
One day Topol was flying to San Diego when another passenger started having bad chest pains. He hooked an AliveCor device onto his phone, did a cardiogram, and confirmed that the passenger was having a heart attack. He advised the plane to land immediately and walked away from the flight with an understanding of the power of smartphones to revolutionize healthcare. MSN reports:
“These days, I’m prescribing a lot more apps than I am medications,” he continued."...
