Incoming Text Message: You Have Herpes
Print"OMG, u have chlamydia, sry!!!" We assume the National Health Service in London Borough of Hounslow would use proper grammar, but the gist of the message might still be the same. That is, if you take advantage of the London primary care trust's new online service.
Hounslow residents between the age of 16 and 24 who fear they might have chlamydia can request a free self-test kit, and then request that the results be sent back via text message.
"We are not expecting that volume of people to respond and the texting service is not being automated," said a spokesperson for the trust. "Someone will be responsible for answering and receiving the texts."
So far the text message service is only available for chlamydia testing. But if it proves to be popular option for text-addicted teens and young adults, we could see this expanding, not only to other types of testing, but also to other hospitals.
Hit the jump and tell us if you could see yourself opting for text-message test results.
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CarmonaEnterprises
February 21, 2009 at 9:13am
Not likely that it will come around anytime soon from the hospitals. The HIPPA policy would have to be changed for people to receive medical information using a wireless device. As for the adoescents and teens there are laws to protect them from their records being exposed. This service mentioned in your article for STDs will be shut down soon for breaking the law for not being in compliance with HIPPA policies and Adolescent Confidential Information.
Imagine a teenger loaning their cell phone to a friend or had it taken away from the teacher at school and they get the message and read it.....
Teens and adolescents can go to the medical clinics to be tested by a trained Nurse or staff and their information will be protected.
Kids, Don't place your health in the hands of those who can put you and your rights to privacy into danger!
JeffC
AntiHero
February 20, 2009 at 1:18pm
This has got to be one of the funniest things I've seen in years....good lord.
jcollins
February 20, 2009 at 11:21am
Boy, you could have a lot of fun with this if you had a source for chlamydia samples. Or if you got the info for the service, spoofing the sent info and send fake messages out.
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