Texting Emergency Room for Wait Times
Mobiledia
by Joe Arico
Hospitals are using text messages to notify patients of wait times, the latest example of the medical community's continuing integration with healthcare services.
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Need a Mammogram? Schedule It Through a QR Code
Forbes
A Georgia hospital is using Quick Response code in its advertising to make it easier for women to schedule mammograms, yet another way mobile technology is being used to streamline patient care.
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In a hurry? Hospitals post average ER wait times for texters
Healthcare IT News
by Eric Wicklund
The hours-long wait in the emergency department is the standard of almost any hospital horror story – for the hospital as well as the patient.
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Emergency departments turn to texting wait times
American Medical News
by Pamela Lewis Dolan
Publicizing emergency department wait times through websites and electronic billboards has been a growing trend. Now many of those hospitals are adding a texting service that allows patients to receive up-to-date information on their mobile phones while en route to the hospital.
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