WinHEC 2007 -Mobile Medical Demo

This evening I was chatting with Chris DeHerrera, who has been attending the Microsoft WinHEC conference this week. One of the keynote speakers, Craig Mundie, was addressing how to use technology to diagnose and help the illiterate through mobile technology. I have included a couple pictures Chris has posted on the site. This is indeed an very interesting concept on how to help and reach those with mobile technology who are in need of health care.

This picture above shows an opening screen on a Windows Mobile Cell Phone.

The next picture shows pictures to allow one to choose their symptoms and identify the part of the body with issues. Is it your tooth? Do you have a temperature?

I like the small yellow character on the bottom line, basically asking "did you barf".

Anyway from the visuals, you get the picture on how easy a simple graphical interface can be for a user. This information can be received on a server application or kiosk to help offer assistance to anyone with a mobile cell phone that can talk, but perhaps cannot read or write.

And this brings us around to mobility and the ability to access information anywhere, with our choice of device whether it be a desktop PC, tablet PC, cell phone, regardless of whether or not one can read or write.