Comments on: Texting Innovation For Rural Medicine

By: medical travel

medical travel — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 14:20:56 +0000

I totally agree with you in rural area health facilities are very limited and the health centers also far away from the reach of many peoples. In those area’s it more than a challenge to save human life.They don’t have sufficient funds for the treatment.

By: roville@newlifecertified

roville@newlifecertified — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 05:53:53 +0000

The technology now a days has been improving quite well. But it is sometimes hard to implement and execute things like this in poor countries because of lack of knowledge and budget allocation for project like this to work. .-= roville@newlifecertified´s last blog ..NewLife Surgeon Concludes Operation Smile Mission Trip =-.

By: mesm

mesm — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 13:51:51 +0000

what a wonderful use of technology and sms, I think I’ll dig out all my old cells in the cupboard and get them sent off

By: name change

name change — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 09:09:01 +0000

The leveraging existing technology is the only way to develop the communication medium between the rural & urban areas!

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:05:03 +0000

By the sounds of it, this sounds like a wonderful example of the practice of leveraging existing technology to produce an innovative social solution, and indeed, it sound as though Frontline SMS:Medic deserve full credit for their innovating approach.
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By: J.D. Meier

J.D. Meier — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 04:26:16 +0000

I like it when technology is improving the quality of lives. J.D. Meier’s last blog post..Influencer - The Power to Change Anything

By: Fred H. Schlegel

Fred H. Schlegel — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 04:12:43 +0000

Hi Kay, I believe that kind of thinking can be very freeing creatively for a corporation. With social as well as profit objectives/missions you end up with alternative ways to judge a programs suitability to move forward. Driving yourself to create a meaningful product for a space that appears unprofitable at first can lead to advances throughout a product line. I like this thinking.

By: Fred H. Schlegel

Fred H. Schlegel — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:55:06 +0000

I’m still getting my head around Google’s Wave idea. Pulling relevant information from a wide variety of sources and getting it to folks who can use it is still a huge opportunity and even if it’s a small step it could really make a difference.

By: Fred H. Schlegel

Fred H. Schlegel — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:51:24 +0000

Hi Bill, Thanks, I like the term as well and am thinking through ways to play with it a bit more.

By: kay plantes

kay plantes — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:32:31 +0000

I love your story. But it also raises an issue: this opportunity was low-hanging fruit for a cell phone company had it defined its scope/purpose more broadly. Instead, cell phone companies are engaged in what I call "feel-good" Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in which their community investments have little to do with their core business. There is an alternative: leadership teams should define their company's purpose/mission in a way that embraces more than commercial opportunities (e.g., the purpose of our company is to use cellular technology to solve communication issues and improve quality of life for all). In so doing, your CSR activities automatically leverage your competences AND come back to truly enhance your brand and excite employees and those you want to attract. Sometimes, you even find a commercial opportunities in the social space, which is a terrific win win. Contact me to learn more, as it's a subject I am passionate about and want to help as many people as I can do this. Drucker argued before he died that all the interesting work will be in the social sector. For-profit companies had better hurry up! kay plantes’s last blog post..Growth Strategy During a Recession