Vodacom launches new mHealth services
Vodacom Business has partnered with Mezzanineware to launch a number of mobile cloud-based health services.
The services, called mHealth services, allow health care or technology providers to improve access to clients, assets and employees through real-time data collection, information processing, management and reporting.
These mHealth services can be deployed by third-party service providers, Vodacom said.
“Originally built for the highly demanding health industry, the services have been customised to work across various industry verticals,” Vodacom said.
The services are enabled through Mezzanineware (previously called GeoMed Ventures), which is experienced in the development of mobile, clinical and administrative decision support systems for emerging markets.
Vodacom Mezzanine Workforce Management
This service is a cost effective and easy to implement mobile workforce tool that monitors and evaluates the performance of an individual (e.g. health care worker) based on his/her job description, to ensure that high quality service is provided.
This application allows management to link remuneration to performance and quality of service delivered.
Vodacom Mezzanine Asset Management
This service enables stock levels or measured parameters to be submitted with a mobile or machine-to-machine device on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis. By using the application the asset can be monitored from a centralised web-based portal and appropriate management actions automated.
This enables health departments to avoid stock-outs on dispensing level. This is important as assuring the availability of drugs is essential in providing quality health care services.
Vodacom Mezzanine Customer Management
This service provides a standard and integrated mechanism with which customer information can be effectively recorded, tracked, analysed and subsequently reported to the relevant stakeholders for management and interaction.
This means that home and community based care services in the primary health care system will be able to manage patient information with real-time, accurate reporting to health departments, corporate employers or funding parties.
Vodacom Mezzanine Assessment
This service is an event or transaction capturing tool for mobile phones. It uses time-stamp, GPS positioning and the camera of the phone to seamlessly capture and report information in real-time.
For example, a health and wellness prevention (screening) module can be used by social and health service providers to enable the implementation of de-centralised preventative programmes on a community, corporate or home-based level.
Once a risk has been identified during screening, the application proposes a follow-up action that is specific to the health care service provider.
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