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Special Report - The Future of Health Care - February 16, 2012
Calling up medical images ... there's an app for that, too
Inland Imaging is testing system that lets docs view results on mobile devices

By Linn Parish
Of the Journal of Business

Technology that allows physicians to view high-resolution images on a mobile device likely will become more widely available later this year.
Technology that allows physicians to view high-resolution images on a mobile device likely will become more widely available later this year.
—Staff photo by Linn Parish
In 2007, Spokane neurological surgeon Dr. Dean Martz approached Jon Copeland, CEO of Inland Imaging Business Associates LLC, and asked if Inland Imaging could find a way to send MRIs and other medical images to his iPhone.

Copeland's response: You're crazy.

Fast forward four years, and Inland Imaging is one of two international beta-test sites for an application that enables physicians to retrieve and read images on an iPhone, Droid phone, iPad, or other type of mobi...


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