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MRI Unveils Platform for Studying Cell Phone Applications in Healthcare

Posted on: Tuesday, 26 August 2008, 12:01 CDT

Medical Records Institute, a provider of e-health and related information technology, has introduced the Center for Cell Phone Applications in Healthcare, a membership-based organization that will study and advocate the advancement of cell phone applications in healthcare.

According to Medical Records Institute (MRI), the Center for Cell Phone Applications in Healthcare (C-PAHC) envision the development of a range of healthcare applications on cell phones and cite them as the future conduit of interoperability for essential health information. As the natural successor to the mobile healthcare alliance, C-PAHC will work with developers to encourage and coordinate these developments.

C-PAHC plans meetings within the next six months, including several audiocasts and a developers' workshop, which will be hosted in conjunction with the 2009 TEPR+ Conference in February 2009 in Palm Springs, California.

Peter Waegemann, executive director of C-PAHC, said: "A healthcare revolution is on the horizon. The new capabilities of modern cell phones, smart phones, PDAs, and other mobile devices are creating extraordinary new possibilities for healthcare. C-PAHC will be the premier organization to study and advocate these changes."


Source: Datamonitor

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