In the first quarter of this year, the Ministry of Health will put into operation a Pilot Mobile Health Program (MSALUD) that will consist of sending informative text messages to mobile phones of approximately 5,000 diabetic patients.
The objective is that they maintain a better control of their illness and avoid complications.
In a statement, he explained that the first stage of the MSALUD Mobile Health Project, for the prevention, timeRepublic.
The general director of Health Promotion, Eduardo Jaramillo Navarrete, explained that the messages will work as a kind of alert for patients, and would be composed of texts such as: "Do not forget to take medications", "Check your glucose level" or "Remember to walk 30 minutes a day. "
The idea is to use mobile technologies to prevent and improve the control of these conditions, in addition to facilitating and improving accessibility to the different services provided by medical units.
He indicated that the project is the result of the coordinated work of the public, private and civil society sector, to address the main public health problem facing the country, such as chronic noncommunicable diseases and is part of the actions contemplated in theNational strategy for prevention and control of overweight, obesity and diabetes.