Smartphone App for Cardiac Assessment Outperforms Traditional Exam

While many Luddites rail against the constant use of smartphones—often citing the devices as the downfall of society and calling for their discontinued use—scientists and engineers have decided to use these technological marvels to improve personal health. Now, a team of investigators at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute has published data from a recent randomized clinical trial that shows a smartphone application using the phone's camera function performed better than traditi