The Wisconsin State Journal reports that a Pennsylvania company developed a smart phone app to help people decide whether to visit a doctor, and a Wisconsin health insurer is making it available to its patients.
MobileNurse is now available through Physicians Plus Insurance Corp., Madison. It's the first mobile application of its kind to be offered by a health plan in the Midwest, Physicians Plus says, and is available locally -- for free -- to both members and nonmembers of the HMO.
Created by Krames StayWell Custom Communications, of Yardley, Pa., the program has been customized to include south-central Wisconsin locations and medical facilities, says Steve Sorenson, Physicians Plus director of marketing and product innovation.
"This tool helps someone who is not familiar with the area," Sorenson says. "There's also a segment of the population that's more comfortable using mobile devices ... to do some self-diagnosis."
Original source: Wisconsin State Journal
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