Community Connection Newsletter
Summer, 2011
Community Care:
Download Our Health App to Your Smartphone
Think of it as health food for your smartphone: Now you can get the medical information you need, when and wherever you need it, with iTriage, a free mobile health app brought to you by Sutter Health. Developed by physicians, iTriage combines health resources with GPS and mapping technology to point you to the care you require.
Once you download iTriage to your smartphone, you have handy access to an array of vital tools, including:
- Call 911: Automatically place your call for emergency services.
- Find Medical Treatment: Alta Bates Summit tops the list of featured providers.
- Look Up Your Symptoms: Check your symptoms against the iTriage database.
- Research Diseases/Learn about Procedures: Browse A–Z for descriptions of a wide array of medical conditions and procedures.
- My iTriage: For easy access, you can store your own health info—about health care providers, procedures and more.
Here’s how to download iTriage to your mobile device:
- iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad: Go to the App Store and download the free iTriage app.
- Android: Use your handset to visit the Android Market and download the free iTriage app.
- Palm, BlackBerry and others: Use your phone’s browser to visit www.iTriageHealth.com
and access the app’s mobile version.
Don’t have a smartphone?
No problem. You can still access iTriage via any Web browser on your laptop, desktop computer or iPad. Just visit www.iTriageHealth.com
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