Future Of Health: Gathering Health Information Via SMS
A system developed by the Catholic Relief Services’ maternal health monitoring program allows healthcare workers in India to share and gather information efficiently through the use of mobile SMS. The system allows for real-time information to be transmitted in lieu of paperwork forms; through coded SMS messages, demographic and situational information is sent to a central portal for collection and analysis. See the image below for an example of the shortcode system:
[via MobileActive]
Over the next few weeks, PSFK is running a trends research and innovation project in association with UNICEF. We will be researching (with your help) the development of key trends that impact health and wellbeing and then using our findings to develop with partners concepts that UNICEF and likeminded organizations could consider deploying across the world.
Find out more here: PSFK presents the Future Of Health in association with UNICEF
Recent Articles By Kyle Studstill 
Kyle Studstill is a regular contributor to PSFK.com. Kyle works as a consultant working at the New York office of PSFK. His background is in analysis, from the analysis of cultural and technological change, to analysis of consumer and human insight, to military intelligence analysis with the US Intelligence and Security Command. Kyle loves the future, much like O'Brien from Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four.
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| TOPICS: | Electronics & Gadgets, Health & Wellness |
| TAGS: | developing countries, Future of Health, india, SMS |
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