Think your employee has taken a sickie? Doctors could soon diagnose the flu over the phone

A new type of software being developed in Queensland could lead to doctors diagnosing patients with the flu over the phone. The new technology, which is being developed by both Australian and US researchers in Queensland, would see patients cough into mobiles phones in order to receive a diagnosis. Udantha Abeyratne from the University of […]

Patrick Stafford 12 November, 2009

A new type of software being developed in Queensland could lead to doctors diagnosing patients with the flu over the phone.

The new technology, which is being developed by both Australian and US researchers in Queensland, would see patients cough into mobiles phones in order to receive a diagnosis.

Udantha Abeyratne from the University of Queensland is working on methods to fit smartphones with tiny microphones that would allow doctors to read the medical data stored in a recording of a cough.