Small opportunities to use mobile technology in medicine

As citizens of the 21st century, we seem to have adapted personal technology for every conceivable use — Siri, the iPhone’s newest darling, can literally remind us to call a proctologist. But as physicians, we may be missing some of the best opportunities to derive “meaningful use” from technology.

I am an emergency physician, and a few nights ago I worked a shift in the ER. It was a typical, …

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