Smartphone app may allow parents to screen newborns for jaundice

HUGELY HELPFUL: A new smartphone application still in development may someday help parents and health care providers screen for jaundice in newborns.

NEW YORK: A new smartphone application still in development may someday help parents and health care providers screen for jaundice in newborns. 

Early testing found that the application has greater accuracy than visual exams performed by doctors, according to research presented Sept 16 at the International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp 2014) in Seattle, Washington.