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| The New National Health Plan Is
Texting |
| from the how-is-babby-formed
dept. |
| posted by timothy on Saturday February 06, @07:48
(Medicine) |
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https://science.slashdot.org/story/10/02/06/0623208/The-New-National-Health-Plan-Is-Texting|
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theodp writes "With a [0]gushing press release, Federal CTO Aneesh Chopra
announced the launch of [1]Text4baby, 'an unprecedented mobile health
[2]public-private partnership' designed to promote maternal and child
health. Expectant women are instructed to [3]'Enter the date of the first
day of your last menstrual period' to start receiving 'timely and expert
health information through SMS text messages' until their child reaches
the age of 12 months (limited to 3 free messages/week). The White House
Blog has more information on the '[4]historic collaboration between
industry, the health community and government.' Separately, the White
House announced plans to [5]spend $3,000 on 'Game-Changing' Solutions to
Childhood Obesity. Once again, [6]Dilbert proves to be scarily prescient."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/02/06/0623208
Links:
0.
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/us-chief-technology-officer-announces-unprecedented-public-private-partnership-text4baby-83539462.html
1. http://www.text4baby.com/
2. http://text4baby.org/partner.html
3. http://text4baby.org/register.html
4.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/02/04/new-mothers-get-digital-helper-right-their-phones
5.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/02/04/seeking-game-changing-solutions-childhood-obesity
6. http://www.ginside.com/content/2007/03/dilbert-google-heatlh-plan.jpg
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