“Was this a medical device? No, it was an iPhone app.” So writes Westby G. Fisher, MD, who blogs under the name of Dr. Wes. In a recent post, Fisher, a cardiologist with NorthShore University HealthSystem in Evanston, IL, relayed his experience with a patient who was able to show her atrial fibrillation burden history on her iPhone, courtesy of an app. The price of the app? $1.99. “Welcome, my friends, to the era of patient-empowered, individualized medicine and a whole new era of patient care,” Fisher says. To read his entire blog post and see screen shots from the patient’s iPhone, go to: http://drwes.blogspot.com/2012/07/how-iphone-might-disrupt-medical-device.html
