iPhone App That diagnoses Malaria and Tuberculosis

Digicape has revealed that it is expanding its solution set in the Healthcare market with the announcement of a deal with xRapid, a London-based startup that created a mobile health solution that provides automatic diagnosis of malaria via an iPhone app.

Digicape has revealed that it is expanding its solution set in the Healthcare market with the announcement of a deal with xRapid, a London-based startup that created a mobile health solution that provides automatic diagnosis of malaria via an iPhone app.

By using Digital Imaging (DI) technology and Artificial Intelligence (A.I), xRapid has developed, according to the company, a platform that can diagnose diseases such as Malaria and Tuberculosis faster, cheaper and more accurately than conventional methods.

Testing is critically important in managing any disease such as malaria as it links the treatment with drug management, vaccine research, resource allocation and patient care on a global scale. The xRapid mHealth solution is another example of how technology is disrupting the health sector to deliver more robust solutions that address current shortcomings in disease detection and treatment and the critical need for combating endemic diseases.

Available from Digicape, the xRapid solution includes an iPhone, the xRapid mobile app and an attachment system that works on both compound and field microscopes. The test equipment and technology is, according to the company, robust enough to cope with harsh climates and hot temperatures, making it an ideal choice for healthcare professionals and aid workers in remote areas with limited resources. The App uses the digital imaging technology with an algorithm to diagnose the disease from a magnified image of a blood slide shown through the microscope. Once the test is concluded the diagnostic report is immediately available for patient education and care to begin and to share with global organisations involved in disease management

According to Robin Olivier, Managing Director of Digicape, xRapid is an essential mobile healthcare solution that is helping to realise the World Health Organisation’s strategic goals. “We need healthcare solutions in Africa that are designed with the continent’s people and circumstances in mind. Digicape is proud to be supporting the innovative work that xRapid has put into developing the solution that is so simple to use but also empowering to the healthcare and aid workers, patients, families and communities.”

Source: itnewsafrica