Tan Tock Seng Hospital links agreement with Nokia

Tan Tock Seng Hospital in Singapore has become the first hospital in the world to ink an agreement with Nokia to use mobile technology in hospital settings, reports Channel News Asia.

"The system of using pagers wastes over 80 minutes a day for doctors and 200 minutes a day for nurses, according to a study done at Tan Tock Seng Hospital.

So the hospital has become one of the few in the world to eradicate the paging system and adopt a smart messaging system. Under it, nurses key patient information into a computer which then sends an SMS to the doctor.

... Sometimes it could take hours before the lab tests results are given to the doctors for analysis. With the new system, the lab tests results will be sent directly to the doctor's mobile phone, closing the communication loop."

Looking ahead, Tan Tock Seng Hospital will test the use of 3G phones to monitor patient wounds. "

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