UAE: du employees can now benefit from measurement and monitoring of chronic illnesses with the latest mHealth technology

Smart Health services now extended to du's in-house clinic, in association with Ericsson via 3G enabled healthcare devices, will be provided through the telecommunications company's employee clinic.

du's on-going efforts to ensure employee well-being now allows them the full benefits of the innovative Health Link service, which offers real time health measurement and monitoring of health conditions via 3G enabled healthcare devices from Ericsson. This du SIM-fitted EMH (Ericsson Mobile Health) kit offers monitoring of chronic health conditions including cardio-vascular illnesses such as Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) and Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (COPD). In addition, it offers monitoring in the areas of lifestyle management, personal wellness and will eventually include Diabetes-monitoring, too.

This move comes as part of du's continuous efforts towards encouraging and facilitating health amongst its employees; due to the ongoing partnership with Ericsson, the telecom company's endeavors can now take a step towards preventative healthcare and early diagnosis of chronic diseases, to the benefit of all employees.

Headed up by Emirati Dr. Mansoor Anwar and his team, du's in-house clinic was the first of its kind by a Dubai Free zone company, and is now one of the most mHealth-ready clinics in the region.

Dr. Mansoor added: "Remote health monitoring and managing electronic patient records is a promising new direction for healthcare, and we can leverage our strength in technology to offer fit for purpose healthcare to our colleagues. Our colleagues have demonstrated enthusiasm for our past Smart Health initiatives, such as Health Text (Quit Smoke, Lose Weight, Live Well, etc.); and this gives us the impetus to continue with our efforts.

du's Smart Health portfolio includes Health Call, a strategic partnership with Mobile Doctors 24-7 International; Health Text, a bouquet of SMS-based content services to encourage people to stay health (in partnership with PurpleTeal Inc, USA) , and Health Link, a strategic partnership with Ericsson to deliver remote health for the management of chronic diseases.

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