Mar 29, 2012 03:00

Saudi Telecom Company (STC), in collaboration with AxeIn, the regional innovative added-value services firm, has introduced Mayo Clinic application, which is a mobile service provided in coordination with Mayo Clinic, the pioneer university teaching hospital in the US.

The application provides a host of services to the point that it turns out to be as important as a daily need for a customer who seeks family health to be at its best.

It includes daily advises and features for each customer, in accordance with its interests and medical history.

A customer may, while roaming through the service, be fully informed about disease symptoms, medications and their detailed direction of use and side-effects, in addition to learning the techniques and steps of first aid to save oneself and any one around.

The application also features a visual encyclopedia, enabling the introduction of protective means to fend diseases as well as pictorial daily advises.

A customer may come across information about means of health care, how to treat children and teenagers (adolescents) in the family section that covers issues ranging from pregnancy to delivery and beyond.

Moreover, the application is full of interactive services, which enable a customer to assess his health and that of his kids through tools for calculating body mass, daily required consumption of calories and others for treating headaches and monitoring child development.

© Arab News 2012