“The U.S. Army is using mobile technology to transmit health tips, appointment reminders, and general announcements to the cell phones of more than 300 wounded soldiers. The mobile phone-based secure messaging system called mCare is one of several innovative wireless technology solutions that the Army is deploying to improve the health of its employees.
“Patients with mild traumatic brain injury are a target population for mCare,” said Col. Ronald Poropatich, deputy director of the Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center at the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command in Fort Detrick, Md.”
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Nicole Lewis, InformationWeek Healthcare, 30 June 2010
