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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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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SMS appointment reminders get language boost
A GP practice in south London which is using text messaging to send out appointment reminders to its patients will soon start sending out SMSs in separate languages. The Patient Care Messaging system, supplied by iPlato and running from the practice’s EMIS database, has been used to send out flu jab prompts to patients at risk as […]
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Ealing and Southend-on-Sea start patient txt messaging
Mobile messaging firm iPlato has announced that practices from two more primary care trusts in England have started using its Patient Care Messaging system. Integrated into the underlying practice patient administration and clinical system, iPLATO’s Patient Care Messaging service enables easy text messaging with patients around appointments and specialised clinics, helping tackle did not attend […]
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Txtg cn help u quit cigs
Texting young smokers on their mobile phones using personalised messages, could potentially help them quit, according to research published this month. A randomised controlled trial conducted in New Zealand found 28% of young smokers in an ‘active’ texting group gave up smoking after six weeks of messaging compared with 13% in a control group that […]
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WAP can be used for reporting symptoms, study finds
Italian researchers have shown that aftercare and patient communication might be improved if patients are asked to fill in daily questionnaires using WAP on their mobile phones. The research, published in BioMed Central’s journal, found that a Wireless Health Outcomes Monitoring System (WHOMS) greatly increased the flow of information between cancer patients at the Istituto Nazionale Tumori of Milan and […]
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