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For the last three weeks, the tragic earthquake in Haiti has been top of mind for citizens of America and the world. As aid continues to pour in to Haiti, we’re beginning to see innovative ways in which medical treatment is being given. As we recently wrote, mHealth applications are making it easier to administer healthcare in remote areas and developing countries. The video below shows Dr. Elizabeth Cote, of the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, collecting patient information in Haiti using an iPhone. The program she’s using is called iChart, and the developers have customized the software on short notice in order to comply with international disaster data collection standards.