Mobile Technology in Medicine

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eMobile Technologies in Medicine Name: Wong Ci Xin Student Number: 55429 Mobile Technology Mobile technology is a term used to describe various types of cellular communication technology. It is especially relevant in this time and age as mobile usage is becoming widespread with more over 70% of the world’s population now having a mobile phone, over 5 billion mobile subscribers worldwide, and in places like the United States, with 9 out of 10 people owning a mobile phone (United Nations, 2011). Apple has sold almost 60 million iPhones world wide, while Google’s Android OS is growing at 886% year on year and now activating over 160,000 devices a day, across 60 devices in over 40 countries (St Thomas University, 2012). Mobile technology has also evolved by leaps and bounds just over the last decade – so much so that they are now more than just phones used to make calls. They can now go online with a web browser, have a GPS navigation system embedded inside and even function as game consoles. The many functions of new smartphones in mobile technology leads experts to saying that their wireless functions will be the future of information exchange. The next generation of smartphones will be able to keep track of your personal data and analyse it according to your needs, translate words by just scanning a signboard and tell you information about any location at which you point your phone. So of course, with all these wonderful capabilities, Man has found a way to use smartphone mobile technologies in the field of medicine too, to help people. In this paper, I will discuss the characteristics of smartphones that benefit the medical field, some of the existing uses of mobile technology in medicine and products/apps invented, and finally end off with a conclusion about the implications of this evolution. The Benefits of Mobile Technologies in Medicine

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