Philippines tests health app for remote islands

[Wireless News]

http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/H0SWQyI1ZMRVvo7I1O7M9g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/US-AFPRelax/shutterstock_19.9557d133150.original.jpg (http://news.yahoo.com/philippines-tests-health-app-remote-islands-140451444.html)The Philippines is testing an app that will speed up delivery of health services to hundreds of remote island communities, the science department said Thursday. Using the app, designed for tablets using Google's Android operating system, the health officer of a remote town can upload medical records and clinical information on a patient, which can then be viewed anywhere by doctors and nurses. If successful, about 450 remote towns in the archipelago will get their own tablets, with mayors and health officers -- local officials responsible for community medical care -- then better able to track the area's health needs using the data they obtain.



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