iPlato supports Southwark MMR drive
GP surgeries in Southwark Primary Care trust are using iPlato text messaging to invite patients for MMR jabs and to alert parents to recent measles outbreaks in local schools. The initiative has been launched in response to concern about the rising number of measles cases reported in Britain over the past few months. In common […]
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iPLATO lets patients update records automatically
Patients of the Bush Doctors and Richford Gate Medical Practice in Hammersmith and Fulham Primary Care Trust will soon receive automated voice messages requesting information to update their medical record. The free service will send an automated voice message to a patient’s mobile asking them to confirm whether they smoke or not. The automated messaging […]
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PCT uses text messages to tackle obesity
Hammersmith and Fulham PCT has piloted the use of text messaging to calculate patients’ body mass indexes (BMIs) and contact those who are classified as obese. It intends to use the scheme across its 26 surgeries from this month. The west London PCT sent out text messages to almost 1000 patients over the Christmas period, […]
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Lewisham cuts missed appointments with SMS
Lewisham PCT has reduced the number of missed appointments in 16 practices by 27% by using text message appointment reminders from the iPlato Patient Care Messaging software. The PCT which first started using iPlato last July now has 43% of its patients signed up to use the service. The PCT attributes the fall in missed […]
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iPlato deploy SMS to Hammersmith and Fulham PCT
Health text messaging specialists iPlato have agreed a deal to provide their patient care messaging service to 26 doctors’ surgeries in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham covering over 165,000 patients. The deal is iPlato’s largest deployment to date and will allow patients to interact with their surgery via mobile text messaging on a […]
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PCT uses iPlato for children’s jabs reminders
A South London PCT has used the iPlato text messaging system to remind parents that their child requires a booster vaccination. Lewisham PCT wanted to improve patient compliance to the childhood immunisation schedule and so used the iPlato Patient Care Messaging (PCM) system to start a text message campaign reminding parents that their child is […]
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Consumer is king in wireless health
More consumer-driven wireless developments are on the horizon as mobile technology enjoys wider adoption in healthcare.
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Islington PCT uses texts for stop smoking campaign
GP surgeries in Islington, London, are using SMS text messaging software from suppliers iPlato to promote its smoking cessation campaigns. Islington practices using the iPlato text messaging system have reported patient response rates of 30%, compared to a response rate of 5% when they used letters. The practices using the system have sent text messages […]
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Ealing PCT uses text message technology
Ealing Primary Care Trust has launched a mobile phone text message appointment reminder service for 130,000 patients attending 22 of its surgeries. The technology behind the service is being provided using the Patient Care Messaging (PCM) application supplied by mobile healthcare applications specialist iPlato. The company already provides a range of text appointment reminder services […]
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INPS surgeries to use iPlato text messaging
Primary care software supplier INPS has announced that surgeries across England that use its software will also have the opportunity to use iPlato’s patient alert text messaging system, thanks to a strategic alliance between the two companies. The Vision SMS system, which incorporates iPlato’s patient care text messaging system into INPS’s general practice software, is to be used by a number […]
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