diabetes

Home » News for diabetes

Voices Messages Increase Coverage For GP Practices

Friday, March 26th, 2010 | Healthcare, News | 1 Comment

voicemessaging Following on from MJog’s success within Hospitals, we are pleased to announce the launch of Voice Messaging for GP Practices, which can securely deliver health campaign and appointment reminder messages to a Patient’s landline. The number of registered mobile numbers for patients is typically less than 50% in most GP Practices – meaning less than half of patients can benefit from the messages that are sent out. Using Voice Messages, Practices can now reach all Patients that have given a contact number, mobile or landline. [Read More]

Tags: diabetes, flu jab, gp, health campaign, Missed Appointments, mjog premium, smoking cessation

How To Opt Out of an Opt In Policy

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010 | Healthcare, News | No Comments

optin

In a recent article in the MDU’s new journal for GPs and GPSTs, Good Practice, the MDU says that it is unwise to rely on patients’ implied consent to allow the practice to communicate with them in this way. It is better to adopt a cautious approach and get the patient’s express consent. [Read More]

Tags: diabetes, flu jab, gp, health campaign, hospital, Missed Appointments, mjog premium, nhs mail, nurse, pro-care messaging, smoking cessation

New Diabetes Classifications Force Patient Reviews

Monday, March 15th, 2010 | Healthcare, News | No Comments

New guidelines recently developed for Diabetes will lead to 40% of patients diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes needing to be reclassified and that 6% of Type 2 Diabetes sufferers may not have the condition at all. GPs are being asked to recall patients to check their classification as part of their annual review, which can easily be achieved using MJog’s free text messages via NHSmail. [Read More]

Tags: diabetes, gp, health campaign, mjog light, mjog premium, nhs mail

Texting to Improve Patient Health

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008 | Healthcare, News | No Comments

Whilst visiting the Diabetes department in one of the hospitals using MJog, a nurse explained to me the effect MJog was having on their patients. Quitle literally, for many patients, MJog was the difference between them being at home self medicating, or being admitted to hosptial for treatment!