Cardinal Santos Medical Center goes high-tech with mobile app Adding to an already vast catalog of health services, Cardinal Santos Medical Center (CSMC) is now adapting Smartphone mobile technology to upgrade the way it provides access to information and services to patients and the general public. The first hospital in the Philippines to launch a mobile app, this technology will make it easier for patients to contact the Emergency Room, Information Desk, Customer Service, Wellness Clinic, Home Service, as well as get directions and schedule information. “Mobile technology is now an integral part of modern lives. Smartphones and online technology link us to the rest of the world 24-hours a day. This is why we are utilizing mobile apps to make our health services easily accessible, wherever a client may be,” said Atty. Pilar Nenuca P. Almira, president and CEO of Cardinal Santos Medical Center. “And we’re just scratching the surface here. The practical applications are only limited by our imagination.” This mobile app is now available in Google Play. It will also be available soon on iTunes for iOS devices. Cardinal Santos Medical Center is one of the leading hospitals in the Philippines in the fields of BRAIN, SPINE, the HEART, CANCER, and MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY. It is also known for its expertise in Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pulmonary Medicine, Nephrology, Urology, and Rehabilitation Medicine. The hospital employs a comprehensive care approach to all specialties. Cardinal Santos Medical Center is a modern, tertiary hospital and academic institution managed by Metro Pacific Investments Corporation. Its sister companies include Makati Medical Center, Asian Hospital and Medical Center, Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, De Los Santos-STI Medical Center, Riverside Medical Center, Davao Doctors Hospital, Meralco, Maynilad Water Services, and Manila North Tollways Corporation. It is located at 10 Wilson St. Greenhills West, San Juan City, Metro Manila. Call 727-0001 or visit www.cardinalsantos.com.ph for more information.
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CARDINAL SANTOS MEDICAL CENTER (CSMC) HAND CENTER and MOBILE APP LAUNCH. Key executives of Cardinal Santos Medical Center introduced the first Hand Center in the Philippines, the first Robotics Therapy in the Philippines, and the first hospital mobile application in the Philippines at a press launch held recently. Pictured (at far right) discussing the features of the mobile app is CSMC vice president and chief information officer Allen Bacallan. Looking on are (from left) chair of the CSMC Department of Rehabilitation Medicine Dr. Ofelia B Luna-Reyes, CSMC president and CEO Atty. Pilar Nenuca Almira, and head of the CSMC Hand Center Dr. Leo Daniel Caro.
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