ICT and health

Pheobe is posting a title about ICT and health in her blog. She mentioned about the benefit of ICT in knowing our health condition. I have gone through this kind of cases before where nowadays a lot of application in smart phone is about the check our heart rate or record the distance of walk of a person a day. From the following website, it talks about how the smart phone function in monitoring your health. http://allthingsd.com/20130703/house-call-five-smartphone-accessories-that-help-monitor-your-health/

The AliveCor Heart Monitor is a case that features built-in electrodes for reading and recording single-channel electrocardiogram (ECG) measurements.

Smart Blood Pressure Monitor for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. The accessory features a blood pressure cuff that attaches to your iOS device via 30-pin connector.

For those with diabetes, the iBGStar Blood Glucose Monitoring System allows users to check blood glucose levels and manage data right from their mobile device. 

The Scanadu Scout isn’t about diagnosing problems on the spot. Rather, it’s about collecting data over time, so that people can keep track of changes in their health and identify when things are abnormal for them and not based on medical averages.

The BACtrack Mobile Breathalyzer can tell you. Blow into this mobile breathalyzer, and it will send your estimated blood alcohol content (BAC) level to your iPhone via Bluetooth, so you know whether it’s safe or not to get behind the wheel. The app can even estimate when your blood alcohol level will return to zero percent.