Disease detection has gone the mobile phone way. Narayana Hrudayalaya and the Mazumdar Shaw Cancer Centre said they have tied up with SANA, a research group at Harvard/MIT, to try out smart phone-based detection of oral cancer and other diseases.

Medical personnel of the cancer centre and two hospitals in Bangalore and Raichur have started screening high-risk individuals for oral cancer using smart phones with camera.

They will diagnose the condition either by using the pre-loaded software on the phone, or by uploading the data to Narayana's EMR (electronic medical records) system for specialist feedback. The patient can be advised treatment through interactive videos on the phone or referred to a specialist, Narayana Hrudayalaya said in a release.........click for more

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