User:Canoe1967/Smartphones in healthcare

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Smartphones have become very useful in healthcare and eventually may be indispensible in may cases. Although they are mainly used by healthcare workers and patients to phone for pizza at this point in time.

History
The first use of personal communication devices for health purposes was possibly in 1966 with Gene Roddenberry's invention of the medical tricorder.

Apps
Applictations (more commonly 'apps') are software programs that are used with moblie devices in healthcare.