Comments on: iPhone set to replace the stethoscope

By: Ron L Hubbard

Ron L Hubbard — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:16:36 +0000

Scenario. Casualty dragged out of surf on beach, waterlogged with salty water.

Whilst attending to patient doctor’s smartphone has a little drink of salty water..

Result. 2 casualties and doctor is running to his car looking for the old stethoscope in the glove box.

By: Johnny O

Johnny O — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 14:44:55 +0000

If this app hasn’t taken away to be tested, calibrated and verified as accurate, then any doctor using it needs a good slap.

That is just so lazy and stupid that I have no words…

By: Jess xxx

Jess xxx — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 14:42:34 +0000

The amount of stuff those things can do, they’ll replace stethoscopes, measuring tapes, board games, calculators, phone books, newspapers, sat navs, computer games, books, light switches, DVDs, CDs, radios, laptops, TVs, all other mobile phones, credit cards, paper money, world leaders, and eventually, religion (In fifty years, we’ll all be worshiping at the Church of Apple. )

By: Will

Will — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 13:13:09 +0000

I agree with you Chris.
“A major advance in medical technology” is an out right joke.
A cheap iPhone app running through untrustworthy hardware (ie, not dedicated and tested hardware). It may be reliable at home but for any serious use it can not be trusted.

By: chris smith

chris smith — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 12:34:56 +0000

Well, if my doc pulled out an iphone to do anything medical, id find a new doctor. This is the most ridiculous story I’ve ever read. Android market has a heart rate app, works perfectly fine, but if a doc was going to use it instead of doing it with a dedicated machine, id not be happy!

By: Gammagoblin

Gammagoblin — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 12:32:06 +0000

… but I’ve never seen a sign in a hospital asking people to “Please switch off your sethoscopes.”

By: gary

gary — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 09:59:01 +0000

a good idea but smartphones can and will be touched by whole households spreading untold amounts of germs where a stethoscope wouldn’t, also you don’t need to worry about the battery going dead on a stethoscope!