Consumer is king in wireless health
More consumer-driven wireless developments are on the horizon as mobile technology enjoys wider adoption in healthcare.

That’s one of the main predictions from Peter Kruger, principal analyst at Wireless Healthcare who says: “Companies are making straight for the consumer.”

What's new in mobile healthcare?
Being able to deliver healthcare away from a desktop computer is vital to modern healthcare. Over the past year, E-Health Insider has reported on a number of devices that offer professionals this opportunity. We look at some examples of mobile devices in the healthcare environment in this special report.

iPLATO - Mobile Patient Services / Telehealth

There are now more than two billion mobile phones in the world. With 80-90% of British adults owning a mobile, it is the most widespread, democratic and personal electronic channel available – perfect for delivering healthcare services. iPLATO is a leading company in mobile patient services. Our products and services range from health texting to telehealth.

iPLATO’s flagship platform – Patient Care Messaging – today enables mobile interaction between GP surgeries and patients in 18 Primary Care Trusts. Patient Care Messaging supports patient services such as automatic text appointment reminders and QOF campaigns. Patient Care Messaging is also very popular in secondary care.

iPLATO invests heavily in research and development where our key focus is using mobile phone technology to deliver awareness, diagnosis and systematic treatment of people with long term conditions.

E-mail: info@iplato.net
Tel: +44 (0) 20 8123 0150 (San-Jay Moodley)
Mob: +44 (0) 79 4758 2936
Web: www.iplato.net

Getting Healthcare Moving

Pearl Medical is a mobile service provider to the healthcare sector, supplying a range of mobile devices, applications and tariffs to healthcare professionals and patients. Pearl Medical also has the largest mobile community of GPs in the UK who use their devices while on the move for communicating with friends and colleagues, time management and medical applications. Pearl Medical is launching patient record access for EMIS users on the BlackBerry this year, helping deliver better patient care and providing a more flexible approach to healthcare.

If you would like to find out more about how Pearl Medical is getting healthcare moving, or you would be interested in working in partnership with us, then please contact Philip May.

E-mail: philip.may@pearlmedical.co.uk
Tel: +44 (0)1635 569 299 (Philip May)
Web: www.pearlmedical.co.uk

Olympis Digital Dictation Solutions

Digital dictation is the ideal solution for busy professionals who need to work remotely from the office. Whether you need to dictate reports, letters, documents or notes, Olympus can offer a suitable business tool. Combining unlimited flexibility with independence, the Olympus range of digital voice recorders have been designed to deliver stylish simplicity for use by the busy professional. All devices are easy to use, effective and reliable; ranging from simple note takers to full Pro-Line office solutions. There are a number of specialist Olympus Dictation Centres across the UK who are able to provide comprehensive training, installation and support for the whole range of Olympus voice products. Further details can be found on our website www.olympusproline.co.uk

E-mail: ryan@olympus.uk.com
Tel: +44 (0) 207 253 2772 (Ryan Braddock)
Web: www.olympusproline.co.uk