New Business Market: Medical Apps

Doctor tool: The Mobile MIM app for iOS gives physicians a sophisticated, hands-on mobile system for viewing and annotating radiology images, such as CT scans. Heavy encryption keeps patient data safe in case of a lost or stolen device, while a version for patients, VueMe, allows them to securely receive images sent by a doctor. The app first appeared in 2008 but was pulled from Apple’s app store after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration signaled that it would require regulatory approval. Earlier this year, Mobile MIM became the second app ever to be approved by the FDA.