North Fulton Hospital Offers Free Mobile App

North Fulton Hospital now offers a mobile application to further connect the hospital to community members and increase access to health-related information. The mobile application, powered by WorldLink, is available as a free download for iPhone™, iPad™, iTouch™, BlackBerry™ and Android™ products. 

“As more people utilize mobile devices and smartphones, it made sense to provide an application that better connects the community with their local hospital,” says Debbie Keel, Chief Executive Officer for North Fulton Hospital. “The App also allows individuals to input important health information that can be useful to healthcare personnel such as allergies and previous health conditions.”

In addition to an area to input your health data, the application also allows access to the hospital’s InquickER site, allowing individuals the ability to schedule an arrival time at the Emergency Room so they can wait at home. 

The application has multiple features including the following:

·         InQuickER – allows user to register a time of a visit to hospital’s emergency room

·         Physician Finder – find a physician affiliated with North Fulton Hospital online

·         Directions – Download a map or GPS and turn by turn directions

·         Call Us – a list of frequently-called hospital numbers

·         My Data –  an area to list allergies, emergency contacts, important contacts, insurance information, medical history, physician contacts and medications

·         First Aid Guide

·         Health Library

Downloading the North Fulton Hospital application is quick and easy.  For iPhone™, iPad™,  iTouch™ , BlackBerry™ and Android™ products, log onto www.nfultonhospital.com and click on the icon on the “Download Free App” icon.   For all Apple products, you can also download the application using the iTunes App Store and search North Fulton Hospital under the Health and Fitness section.

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North Fulton Hospital (NFH), part of Tenet Georgia, is a 202-bed, acute-care hospital located on Highway 9, Alpharetta Highway, in Roswell.  Opened in 1983, NFH serves North Fulton and surrounding counties through its team of over 1000 employees, 400 staff physicians and 200 volunteers.  NFH is a state-designated Level II trauma center and provides a continuum of services through its centers and programs, including neurosciences, women’s health services, orthopedics, rehabilitation, surgical services, gastroenterology and oncology.  The hospital is fully accredited and also is certified as a Primary Stroke Center by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, the nation’s oldest and largest hospital accreditation agency.