Given the current parade of bad predictions for the BlackBerry from the inside baseball crowd, it’s exciting and refreshing to see that out in the real world many still see BlackBerry surviving beyond next Thursday. Yoritex has announced that they have produced a Medical Network HUB. This is the first USB-connected hardware accessory for BlackBerry smartphones, which allows making over 50 different medial and non-medical measurements via plug-in accessories which Yoritex makes. It provides full mHealth service on real-time transmit data basis.
When we talk about the BlackBerry PlayBook (or tablets in general) we usually only concentrate on the straight consumer aspect of things, when in reality, there are tons of “real world” applications that we often times overlook. Today at the Medical Design & Manufacturing West conference QNX announced it will demonstrate a new reference design for safety-critical medical devices. What does that mean? Basically that the Playbook could be used in hospitals to monitor different medical devices.
The reference design supports the Bluetooth Health Device Profile, a short-range wireless technology well-suited for medical applications in which data is relayed from the local device, such as a pulse oximeter, to a mobile phone or PC for in-hospital communications. The reference design also supports remote device connectivity with a BlackBerry PlayBook tablet.
This is pretty cool news. Just think about all the application for the PlayBook in these types of environments. Doctors and nurses could use the PlayBook to keep tabs on patients and be hooked right into all the monitor equipment. Back at Adobe MAX there was even brief look at some flash based medical apps. What are your thoughts on real-world applications like this for the PlayBook? Sound off in the comments. Keep reading for the full press release.
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