‘Breathe in…breathe out…
Hold on, my wife’s calling’
The stethoscope, the 200-year-old accessory without which no doctor is complete, could soon be replaced by the humdrum mobile phone.Questions raised by this include: How do they handle the billing? Does the iPhone company tack on a service fee?
A computer scientist who wrote a program that turns an Apple iPhone into a stethoscope has made a major advance in medical technology and created a sensation among heart specialists. The application, called iStethoscope, was developed as a "bit of fun", and has become a runaway success after being downloaded millions of times by users across the world.
Cardiologists say the software has saved lives and brought specialist expertise within reach of patients in remote parts of the world. Heart sounds can be recorded and emailed to doctors anywhere for an expert opinion.Jeremy Laurance | Independent/UK
If the customer can't pay, does the phone company cut off service? If the former customer subsequently dies from a heart attack because he couldn't call his doctor, can his survivors sue?
Are the law schools already devising special training courses to address this issue?
posted by Tom Nadeau at 11:57 PM
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