June 17, 2003

Doctors use picture phones

In yet another article, this time by the BBC, on business applications for picture phones, doctors at a Welsh hospital (the Royal Glamorgan Hospital in Llantrisant) are using mobile phone technology to help speed up a patient's treatment. Senior doctors are allowing interns to send them picture messages of an X-ray by mobile phones, thanks to pioneering mobile phone technology, speeding up the diagnosis and suggested treatment process.