The medical uses of mobile phones show they can be good for your health.

What impact can mobile phones have on their users' health? Many people worry about the supposed ill effects caused by radiation from handsets and base stations, despite the lack of credible evidence of any harm. But evidence for the beneficial effects of mobile phones on health is rather more abundant. Indeed, a systematic review carried out by Rifat Atun and his colleagues at Imperial College, London, rounds up 150 examples of the use of text messaging in the delivery of health care. These uses fall into 3 categories: efficiency gains; public-health gains; and direct benefits to patients by incorporating text-messaging into treatment regimes. The study, funded by Vodafone, the world’s largest mobile operator, was published this week. 

Exco InTouch’s interactive text messaging solution has been selected by the Family Clinic at St Mary's Hospital, London to provide a unique medication reminder service for their teen age HIV patients.

Over the past 12 months, we have been eagerly approached by an ever increasing number of clients interested in using mobile messaging technology to help reduce the operating costs of Japanese clinical studies. With the relative cost per patient for Japanese clinical studies being over twice as high as that of the US, our clients were enthusiastic to adopt our technology to help them decrease the cost associated with patient non-retention and non-compliance.

We are delighted to announce the appointment of a new Head of Development at Exco InTouch, Simon Dennison.

Around the world, 70 000 SMS or text messages were sent to and from mobile phones per second in the 3rd Quarter of last year. This volume represents the first time that text messaging has exceeded 550 Billion, according to Informa Telecoms & Media's World Cellular Data Metrics.