Telemedicine
Data from Tan Tock Seng Hospital advance knowledge in telemedicine
Published in Respiratory Therapeutics Week, August 2nd, 2010
Researchers detail in 'The use of text messaging to improve asthma control: a pilot study using the mobile phone short messaging service (SMS),' new data in telemedicine. "We have evaluated the feasibility of using the mobile phone short message service (SMS) for symptom monitoring in patients with asthma. All consecutive patients admitted to hospital for asthma during an 11-month period were considered for enrollment (n=497)," scientists in Singapore, Singapore report.
"Those meeting the inclusion criteria were randomized into a control (n=60) and intervention group (n=60). Patients in the intervention group received SMS messages according to a structured workflow,...
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