As the use of computers and i-pads increases in education, opportunities to reach out and offer support through health apps are created. Recently US-based LearnStuff put together at infographic describing how i-technology is influencing education-prehaps healthcare in school and university is next?

To review the infographic click on the picture below.

Key findings are: 
* 3/4 of students prefer tablets to textbooks
* 90% of students think tablets help them study more efficiently;
* There are 20,000 educational apps
Created by
http://www.learnstuff.com

 

PatientView is currently compiling a directory of patient groups' favourite apps. If you are a patient group please fill in our questionnaire telling us about which are your favourite apps, and why. The survey is available in five languages:
English: http://svy.mk/QN2Mpn
French: http://svy.mk/Mp0c3C
German: http://svy.mk/MJGHaP
Italian: http://svy.mk/N7ohdO
Spanish: http://svy.mk/OgwyBX

 

Diabetes patient and app designer, Geoff Wilcock, argued to BBC Radio Scotland's 'Out of Doors' programme on May 4th 2012 that all patients should be given an inexpensive smartphone by the country's National Health Service (NHS), so that they could access health apps. Mr Wilcox predicted that the idea would bring concrete benefits for patients, including reduced waiting times for consultations. He said: "I am a diabetic, and I sympathise with anyone who has to make a two-to-three-hour trip to see a nurse or doctor for 10 minutes. Expensive, valuable clinicians are also driving out on long journeys to spend equally short times with patients."

DevContacts is a free iPhone app puts a human face to worldwide aid and poverty statistics, and demonstrates progress towards United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The app assigns each individual in a person's iPhone address book to one of 130+ countries and imagines their life as if they had been born and raised there. The app brings to life data (11 data indicators) from the World Bank's Data Catalog, and lists UN data for each country's progress against the MDGs. In addition, the app allows users to see their contacts' phone numbers, and call them from within the app. The app was developed by DevDAS (a Sydney, Australia-based aid-and-development consultancy firm) as an entry for the World Bank's 2010-2011 'Apps for Development' contest. A YouTube video is available describing the app, and indicating what it might be like to live in a developing country: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-z712ofz7Ww