4 November 2015

Theadventof electronichealthcare recordsandthemobile computer in the form of the laptop,tabletandsmartphonehas ledtotheno6onofpa6ent empowerment. The new medical ethosthatbegantoemergeinthemid-2000swasofatransforma6on of the tradi6onal healthcaresystemintoamoderndigitalsysteminwhichwe,as pa6ents, haveaccess to the informa6onandknowledge previously available only to medicalprofessionals and can nowmeet our physiciansonamoreequitablefoo6ng.

Healthcare industry isgoingboundlessthesedays with modern technologies forawareness, diagnosis, cure, informa6onmanagement.The importance of preven6on is alwaysrealised by the experts in the healthcareindustry.

Howwillpa6ents' iden66es shiC frombeing'treated' to being 'empowered' when livingwith a chronic illness? Like one that of aCancer?

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Save Your MotherParadigm of digital healthcare system: From Novelty to Mainstream in an entirely new shell inevitably in a promising way.

4 November 2015

The transfer of power to pa6ents will inevitably involveaddi6onal work. But to make that work, the necessaryadapta6onstohealthcareandupgrada6ontothePa6ent2.0paradigm is a must. With the related rise of mobiletechnologies such as smartphones and tablets – nowubiquitous inmany parts of theworld – theworld of healthinforma6on, social media and telehealth or mHealth arecomingtogether,offeringthepossibilityforsophis6catednewformsofcommunica6onandrela6onshipbetweendoctorandpa6ent.

Technology, if used intherightway,oughttomakepa6entsfeel more safe and secure and more connected to theirhealthcareprovider,notlessconnectedbecauseitmightmeanfewer trips to see the doctor. This is where, ThinkPalmTechnologies,acompanywithamindtoinnovateandinvent,based in Infopark, Cochin in associa6on with Cochin CancerSociety wanted to create awareness to iden6fy a chronicdiseaselikeBreastCancer.

Theformerreleasedanapp“SaveyourMother”whichaimstoreach all sec6ons of society on how the disease becomescurable by geQng screened at appropriate intervals, hencetheearlydetec6on.Detec6ngCancerattheearlystageisverycri6caland itdoessave life,saysDr.K.Chitrathara,VPoftheCCS. The app is divided in to three sec6ons – Preven6on,Detec6on, and informa6on on various techniques for self-examina6on.

The app would boost the efforts of CCS towards educa6ngwomenonpreven6veaspects,earlydetec6on&cureofbreastcancerandhopefullysavesmanylives.

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The app could be downloaded from both PlayStore & AppStore (Soon to be released)

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.thinkpalm.cancerservice