A new scheme under trial in the United Kingdom will permit better monitoring of the health of Britons with chronic ailments using a standard mobile phone.
The cellular phone would need a special software which patients with asthma, diabetes and high blood pressure may use to key in details of their condition and treatment such as blood sugar levels and insulin shots taken.
Upon entering the data, the information will be automatically send to a hospital database, where a nurse will analyze it and text back action that needs to be taken. By tapping technology, complications are caught before it worsens without requiring the sick person to visit their doctor.
At the same time it will cut hospital admissions for long-term patients by up to 90 percent and save the National Health Service money.
The software, which costs $370 (250 pound) a year, was produced by t+ Medical and used by eight primary care trusts in Walsall, Oxfordshire, Norfolk and Norwich, Newham, Southampton, Leicester, North East Essex and Calderdale.
According to the International Communications Market report made by Ofcom, more Britons are increasing their use of the mobile phone from a traditional gadget for talking to updating their friends of what they have been up to. One example is sending their video grabs while engaged in an activity, which will no longer require words to explain what happened.
In 2007, Britons made 99 billion minutes of calls and 972 text messages using their mobile phones. The survey said 59 percent of Britons also used their phones as cameras.
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