"In the U.K., wireless phones are being used by doctors at the Bristol Royal Infirmary to treat patients suffering from Cystic Fibrosis. The trial allows patients to monitor conditions at home and automatically send data to the hospital via wireless phones. Doctors hope the effort will lead to early diagnosis of chest infections and reduce the need for hospital treatment. Additionally, doctors believe the system may be used to treat other conditions. (Source: BBC News) "
More medical use of wireless phones. This is very interesting. Being unfamiliar with most things medical, I wonder why these trials happen only with very specific diseases (HVI, Cystic Fibrosis) andhow this selection is done. I also suspect that these kinds of uses of the technology are a bit far off in the US for fear of malpractice law suits (open to interpretation).
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