1Department of Laboratory Medicine, Konkuk University School of Medicine, 120-1 Neungdong-ro, Hwayang-dong, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul 05030, Republic of Korea 2Clinical and Molecular Medicine Department Azienda Ospedaliera Sant’Andrea, School of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy 3LaboratoryMedicine Department, Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory, “Città della Salute e della Scienz...

Ethical issues have been given limited attention by professionals in laboratory medicine. Professional ethics is the moral bond that links a profession, the people it serves, and society. Understanding the complexities of individual and common good is essential for full professional participation in major issues in health care. Specific issues that challenge laboratory professionals in clinical...

We live amidst a digital revolution occurring in mobile healthcare. The remarkable and explosive progress in wireless medical devices has been catalyzed by the software of apps and the hardware of “adds.” Wireless diagnostics tools such as the AliveCor smartphoneenabled electrocardiograph, the vScan pocket ultrasound, and the CellScope smartphone-based otoscope are poised to deliver diagnostic ...