National Breast Cancer Foundation Uses Mobile Reminders as Part of Patient Plans for Prevention and Early Detection
Posted on: Wednesday, 15 April 2009, 11:59 CDT
NBCF, an organization committed to increasing awareness through education, providing diagnostic breast care services for those in need, and providing nurturing support services, offers a number of services including an Early-Detection Plan application on its web site that helps women stay on track with exams and mammograms. First, users fill out their name, date of birth and breast cancer history, if any. Once the information has been entered, the user chooses one or multiple reminder methods including text messages, emails, calendaring and RSS feeds.
"Many people these days prefer a text reminder to an email or a phone call, so we felt it was a natural addition to the Early-Detection Plan application," said
NBCF teamed with Catchwind as its mobile reminder platform vendor. Catchwind's mobile reminder platform, Remind-On-Time, is completely automated and designed to help appointment-based organizations and businesses reduce no shows. Patients, members or customers can schedule the number of reminders that they feel best fits their lives and schedules. For example, a text reminder for an annual physical can be sent a week ahead of time as well as the day before and the morning of an appointment. NBCF offers the use of personal mobile reminders for exams, mammograms and appointments.
"The SMS reminder is tailored to personal preferences and needs," said
In addition to text reminders, Remind-On-Time's platform features a health concierge program called Healthy LifeTXT. Designed to assist with meeting personal health objectives, Healthy LifeTXT sends customized text reminders for a host of health, lifestyle and wellness needs, including acclimating to new schedules for chronic conditions such as diabetes, kicking habits such as smoking and motivation for working out and making nutritious choices.
About National Breast Cancer Foundation (www.nbcf.org) NBCF was founded in 1991 by cancer survivor,
About Catchwind (www.catchwind.com) Catchwind, a mobile marketing company, serves clients in 25 states within a variety of industries including health care, education, media, gaming, hospitality, bars, restaurants, retail and sports. Remind-On-Time, a Catchwind service, is designed for reducing missed appointments and streamlining scheduling. The system can be integrated with other electronic and web-based scheduling tools. Catchwind's comprehensive mobile platform includes features that allow users to execute marketing campaigns, surveys, voting, contests and special features such as mobile scavenger hunts, coded coupons, third-party data-linked messages, Twitter integration and data/information collection on list members and usage.
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