Mobile Phone Short Messages for Health Professionals

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Published Nov 26, 2013
DOI https://doi.org/10.15354/si.13.pe006

Xiaofeng Shen  
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Nanjing Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210004, China.

Abstract

Information communication technology has made great progress in past decades, whereas how much could the health professionals benefit from these techniques? Some reports concerned that mobile phone short messages can help health caregivers more focused on their work through reminding them what need do next, and positive results were presented showing that such “beep message” improves patients overall outcomes and satisfaction. Regarding this usage, several drawbacks need mentioned before it was recommended as routine reminder. Detraction from normal work, over-weighed dependence on this kind of remind, and uniform and non-individualized messages all will make the healthcare system lose flexibility and true efficacy.

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Keywords

Healthcare, Efficacy, Short Message, Cell Phone, Individualization

Supporting Agencies

This work is supported by the National Natural Scientific Foundation of China (NSFC, 30901397 and 81371248), Nanjing Municipal Outstanding Young Scientist in Medical Science Development (JQX12009), and Nanjing Municipal Grant for Medical Science Development (ZKX10018).

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How to Cite
Shen, X. (2013). Mobile Phone Short Messages for Health Professionals. Science Insights, 5(1), 85–86. https://doi.org/10.15354/si.13.pe006
Issue
Vol. 5 No. 1 (2013)
Section
Perspective
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