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June 19, 2015

Philippines tests health app for remote islands
Manila (AFP) June 18, 2015
The Philippines is testing an app that will speed up delivery of health services to hundreds of remote island communities, the science department said Thursday. Using the app, designed for tablets using Google's Android operating system, the health officer of a remote town can upload medical records and clinical information on a patient, which can then be viewed anywhere by doctors and nurses. So far, about a hundred tablets preloaded with the locally-developed application have been distributed ... read more

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