App helps doctors keep tabs on patients’ blood oxygen levels – ET HealthWorld

App helps doctors keep tabs on patients’ blood oxygen levels – ET HealthWorld

MANGALURU: Prof Mackwin D’Mello, head, department of public health, KS Hegde Medical Academy of Nitte (Deemed to be University) has developed an android app that helps doctors in PHCs and ASHA workers keep a tab on SpO2 (blood oxygen) levels in Covid-19 patients in home isolation. Titled CoviSwas, the app was launched by Nitte chancellor … Read more

Fake oximeter apps latest in Covid cyber con – ET HealthWorld

Fake oximeter apps latest in Covid cyber con – ET HealthWorld

MANGALURU: Cybercriminals have been busy during the pandemic, exploiting the fear and worry among people with Covid-themed malicious apps, phishing campaigns, malware and more. The latest trick in the book is a fake app that claims to detect the blood oxygen level. Some of these claim to read oxygen levels with the phone light and … Read more