“Radiologists can accurately diagnose acute appendicitis from a remote location with a mobile phone equipped with special software, according to a study presented Monday at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America.
“The goal is to improve the speed and accuracy of medical diagnoses as well as to improve communications among different consulting physicians,” said Asim F. Choudhri, MD, a physician in the division of neuroradiology at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and the study’s lead auithor.”
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Bernie Monegain, Healthcare IT News, 30 November 2009

