Coming Next: Using an App as Prescribed From: The New York Times - 08/19/2012 By: Joshua Brustein Before long, your doctor may be telling you to download two apps and call her in the morning. Smartphone apps already fill the roles of television remotes, bike speedometers and flashlights. Soon they may also act as medical devices, helping patients monitor their heart rate or manage their diabetes, and be paid for by insurance. The idea of medically prescribed apps excites some people in the health care industry, who see them as a starting point for even more sophisticated applications that might otherwise never be built. Read the entire article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/20/technology/coming-next-doctors-prescribing-apps-to-patients.html Links: Happtique http://www.happtique.com/ WellDoc http://www.welldoc.com/ New Mobile App Aims to Monitor Diabetes http://www.welldoc.com/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=BIlRqU6iupU%3d&tabid=104 Continua Health Alliance http://www.continuaalliance.org/index.html Submitted by Jerry Weisman who comments, "What are the implications for assistive technology?"