iPod Health Apps

Mobile health apps being used increasingly.
The Baltimore Sun (12/4, Sentementes) reported, "One of the current buzzwords in healthcare technology is 'mHealth,' for mobile health. At its simplest, the concept encompasses regular text messages to pregnant mothers charting the baby's growth." Yet, "boosters envision more complex applications that would integrate medical devices, wireless networks and mobile phones to reach large segments of the population and help them manage their health and ailments." Already, "Rockville-based CTIS, Inc...is working with Walter Reed Army Medical Center to design an app called 'mWarrior' for soldiers suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder to use on smart phones," while "Baltimore-based WellDoc has devised an application that allows users to wirelessly connect blood glucose meters to their cell phones."