The eDoctor app was launched by Western Provincial Councillor Miss Hirunika Premachandra during the Medicare-Annual National Healthcare Exhibition held at BMICH. 

The unique service eDoctor provides is made even more accessible via this app. The eDoctor app can be downloaded onto any smart phone. However, only registered members of www.edoctor.lk are able to enjoy its full service. Its primary aim is to enable quick access and editing of one’s health records. 

The most important feature of this app is the ability to call, chat or email a doctor at one’s convenience. One can attach any relevant documents, reports, etc. via an email to aid in the conversation. All conversation histories will be saved and can be easily viewed at any time.

All personal health records can be stored, edited when required and retrieved with ease. Blood pressure measurements, weight, BMI, etc. are saved and displayed in a graphical manner. The patient’s current medications can be displayed and the patient may even upload the latest prescription, no longer having to struggle to remember tongue-twisting names of medications.

Regarding past health records, the app can store the details of all previous hospitalisations, any surgeries the patient has had and allergies. The relevant paperwork for each event i.e. diagnosis cards, prescriptions, investigations, etc., can all be included in this handy app. Carrying stacks of creased paper for every doctor’s visit is a thing of the past now.

Any other investigation reports can also be uploaded to the app with a simple click. With the advent of investigation reports being sent by email from the laboratories, these records can be viewed without the hassle of having to travel to collect the report.

For parents, vaccination of their children can be an incredibly complex process, requiring them to remember the schedule, dates, etc. The eDoctor app takes away all those difficulties. Just upload the vaccination reports and the schedule, and the app will give reminders for the next shot. Even adults can benefit by keeping an updated record of their vaccinations. This can be shown to the doctor when awaiting a medical check-up for foreign travel.

The app can also handle all the many visits one might make to one’s family doctor or a specialist. No detail is too insignificant for this handy little app. Each visit, the prescription, etc., can all be uploaded for future reference. These details are a gold mine when visiting an unfamiliar doctor. 

For female users, an extra feature is available – the pregnancy tab. All records of pregnancy, mode of delivery, birth weight, VOG’s name, etc. can be uploaded for later use. The methods of contraception the user is on may also be added.

The app by eDoctor is a ground-breaking idea to help the public in their health concerns. For more details visit www.edoctor.lk.

Mother’s Day gift from eDoctor.lk

While dates and celebrations differ, Mother’s Day most commonly falls on the second Sunday in May and usually involves presenting mothers with flower bouquets, wish cards and various other gifts. It is quite mundane for the thinking camp at eDoctor team.

To mark the Mother’s Day meaningfully eDoctor did a social media campaign selecting the best comment on ‘How valuable is your mother’s health to you’. In the mass media eDoctor team has conducted a campaign via a popular radio channel giving away 10 valuable health check-up packages to selected ‘VIP Moms’.

Their major event commemorating the Mother’s Day 2015 was presented to the public at Bambalapitiya Flats, on 10 May in the form of a ‘Free Health Clinic’. Elderly mothers and fathers were given the opportunity to get themselves checked for diabetes, high blood pressure, eye problems and spectacles. All of them met with a doctor at the end of the check-up for clarifying their health problems. First hand advice through a nutritionist was delivered to the needy on prevention of osteoporosis. 

Free health related products were distributed to the participants at the venue, through generous sponsors.