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Following my continuing interest (here and here) in the use of cell phone in health care, from Healthcare IT News:

The Medical Records Institute has introduced a membership-based organization, called the Center for Cell Phone Applications in Healthcare (C-PAHC) that will study and advocate the advancement of cell phone applications in the industry. C-PAHC will act as a clearinghouse and collaboration center in regard to cell phone technologies in healthcare. . .

Some of the benefits of cell phones cited by C-PACH include:

• Store personal health information safely and securely on their phone in order to share it with authorized healthcare professionals when healthcare services are needed.
• Specific software can provide preferred and easy communication between healthcare providers, patients, payers, pharmacists, and others, facilitating medication reminders for patients, appointment scheduling, easy emergency calling, and other functions.
• The cell phone can serve as the platform for consumer health-related software such as wellness-related programs and disease management programs.
• Allow patients to quickly and easily look up information about medications or symptoms of their health status.
• Used as tools for medical research, enabling patient data to be transmitted easily and instantaneously to authorized, pre-programmed research centers.