How Practices can benefit from Text Messaging

People consider SMS's (Text Messaging) as the most convenient form of keeping in touch with the people around them. It is no surprise then that Text Messaging has been found to be the most liked feature on mobile phones. An affordable option for keeping in touch, Text Messaging can help healthcare immensely. Some simple ways by which Text Messaging helps practices provide better patient care: - Reminding Patients regarding Appointments and Lab Tests.- Infant immunization alerts for parents- Blood donor information and alerts- Medication Alerts for Patients- Diet and Exercise Alerts to ensure adherence for Patients- Health Insurance claims update- Messages to wish discharged patients- Instant provision of information 24/7 via a 2 way SMS service By using Text Messaging effectively, practices...

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Terminologies profiling IT usage within Healthcare

Health Telematics Health Telematics is a composite term for health-related activities, services and systems, carried out over a distance by means of information and communications technologies, for the purposes of global health promotion, disease control, and health care, as well as education, management, and research for health. eHealth E-health is the combined use in the health sector of electronic communication and information technology (digital data transmitted, stored and retrieved electronically) for clinical, education and administrative purposes, both at the local site and at a distance. mHealth mHealth (also written as m-health or mobile health) is a term used for the practice of medicine and public health, supported by mobile devices. The term is most commonly used in reference...

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EMR’s for Simplified Patient Record Management

Effective management of patient records and other related documents is a critical factor in many clinical practices. Like the patients themselves, documents can come from a variety of sources. Some are for administrative and financial management, some are patient charts, and some are diagnostic while some are external reports provided by professionals at hospitals and labs.  Maintaining the Patients Medical records is an area of key concern for any Medical professional and is also one of the reasons for an EMR being deployed. EMR’s have the ability to improve the productivity of a practice simply by effectively automating the practice workflows related to Medical Records. Using EMR’s will help Practices by providing quick access to the records, easy searching of records, tracking symptoms...

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