Secure smartphone application-based text messaging in emergency department, a system implementation and review of literature

The utilization of smartphone-based technology and applications to streamline patient care provides an exciting opportunity for quality improvement research. As traditional communication methods such as paging have repeatedly been shown to be susceptible to errors and inefficiency that can delay patient care, smartphones continue to be investigated as means of improving inter-hospital communication and patient outcomes.
Source: The American Journal of Emergency Medicine - Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Source Type: research