How our love of smartphones may transform communication in hospitals

Dr Ellie Mein MDU medico-legal adviser
Dr Ellie Mein looks at how mobile technology is changing the way we learn, deliver healthcare, manage time and monitor patients.

Around a third of the doctors surveyed said they’ve used WhatsApp or other web-based messaging apps to send clinical information.

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Dr Ellie Mein
Medico-legal adviser

MB ChB MRCOphth GDL LLM Ellie joined the MDU as a medico-legal adviser in 2013. Prior to this she worked as an ophthalmologist before completing her Graduate Diploma in Law in Birmingham.