TouchDx (Touch Diagnostics), global leader in mHealth solutions for smartphone devices, has announced that it will release the “Edu” version of its highly successful medical application for iPhones for free. With this, TouchDx looks at empowering the patients as well as the healthcare practitioners.

This application was only available to medical institutes and students, but with this announcement it will be available to healtcare providers and patients and help them experience the cutting edge technology of mHealth solutions. According to the CEO of Touch Diagnostics, Brent Gutekunst, this will revolutionize the way people look at healthcare and will empower them as well as their healthcare provider to use this platform to look for options best suited to them. With this technology being available to the common men, they have the option to choose from and this could be a game changer in the healthcare industry.

In a world that has seen so much advancement in technology, mobile phone is undoubtedly the most used. Statistics say 4.6 billion people out of the 6.8 billion uses or own mobile phones. Hence, it is no surprise that Touch Diagnostics chose to use this platform to reach out to the people.

TouchDx are highly optimistic about mobile phones playing a major role in bringing about a sea change in the healthcare industry. Touch Diagnostics global leadership position and expertise in offering unique and innovative health solutions places it very well in this space and is expected to leverage these advantages in creating even better solutions to the healthcare industry.

Touch Diagnostics announced the launch of another iPhone application called the DigiTap for medical diagnostic. The company since its inception in 2009 has grown in popularity by developing various iPhone applications that make the best use of its ease and technical capabilities to help in the medical assessment of the healthcare practitioners in order to obtain healthier outcomes.

The iPhone application is designed to help the healthcare practitioners for evaluating neurodegenerative disease. It is also a departure from the Finger Tap machine of yesteryears which was rather heavy and expensive. This amazing application would help the neuroscience professionals to figure out motor control and motor speed besides synchronization of upper extremities. It is the second such application that has been launched by Touch Diagnostics and would certainly provide a great deal of relief for over 22 million who are suffering from neurodegenerative disease.

Some of the common examples of such disease are Parkinson’s and Alzheimer disease, Lou Gehrig’s disease and multiple sclerosis. The continuous loss of cells in the brain and spinal cord affects the cognitive function and motor skills of individuals. The DigiTap iPhone application would let the healthcare professionals to state the tapping test results in an objective way so as to reduce the trouble of subjective evaluations.

The CEO of Touch Diagnostic, Brent Gutekunst confirmed the company’s vision of developing iPhone enabled diagnostic application that would help the neuroscience professionals a great deal and offer them convenience and clinical utility. He also confirmed that the company’s recent launch of OKN+ iPhone application has received a great response from the people across the globe.