Ice Aid, Johannesburg

A study by Patient Safety Incidents found that failure to diagnose and treat on time was the most common cause in patient safety incident. (155/1000 hospitalized patients) The study also shows that medical error occurs when doctors don’t have access to prompt information.

Wearing medical bracelets can help speed assessment process, avoid harmful medication being given to patients, reduce misdiagnosis and extra medical costs. Medical Bracelets prevent minor emergencies from becoming major ones.

Even though 75% of emergency responders and doctors check for medical bracelet on their patients, 93% of people that are treated in the ER have no medical data or history available.

Ice-Aid (IN CASE OF EMERGENCY-ASSISTANCE IN DISTRESS) has developed the most advanced medical and emergency bracelet, using sms technology to provide this important information in the event of an emergency.

SMS reminders for medical compliance
Medical compliance or adherence are the terms used in medicine to describe the degree to which a patient correctly follows medical indications regarding drug and medication usage. Non- compliance is a major obstacle to the efficient delivery of health care. In 2003, the World Health Organization released a report stating that 50% of patients with chronic disieases in developed countries followed their medicine treatments.

Medication non-compliance is the failure of a patient to take the correct drugs on time and in the prescribed dosges. In some cases, non-compliance can be fatal. Furthermore, the cost of non compliance can be devastating to patients, doctors, insurances and the health industry as a whole.