HWA Alert app for iPhone and iPad


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Utilities Medical
Developer: REFORM Information Systems SA
Free
Current version: 1.1, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 10 Jun 2013
App size: 7.2 Mb

You can use HWA Alert in two ways.

A. Notify your friend of your position and your condition. "HWA Alert" will send automatically generated alerts signals to predefined email address, including your position, speed & heading, an extra text message and a short voice message if you like. Just enter a recipient email address and you are ready to submit Alerts to your friend.
Alerts can be sent manually, by pressing the alert button, or automatically, based on an auto alert logic that can be configured by the user. Also this app can send the position of your iPhone at predefined time intervals (position reports).

B. Additionally, you can purchase subscription through inApp and you can use "HWA Alert" app to notify HEALTHWATCH SA (HWA) signal center about your health condition. The HWA offers health services for travelers in several countries. Especially for customers who are travelling in Greece, Cyprus, Turkey and Bulgaria it offers the below mentioned health services:

• Medical help lines including, optical and dental health
• Major incident support
• Home and hotel assistance
• Call center services
• Hotel Accommodation
• Emergency repatriation
• Hotel – hospital transfer
• Taxi arrangements
• Ambulance arrangements
• Doctor visit arrangements

The HWAs philosophy is to provide the best quality service to clients (e.g. travelers) of insurance and medical companies in the most cost effective and medically ethical way. Our medical team carefully monitors the health incidents or the treatment in order to assist in patient

***The reasons ***
When abroad or even in your everyday life you might find yourself in a health situation needing help or assistance of any kind. It can be simple health information, medical advice, emergency medical help e.t.c. Therefore it proves helpful and sometimes lifesaving to have access to HWAs 24-hour call center specialized in providing all kinds of health assistance services in several countries.

...imagine being at home or even in a remote area in a foreign country when a health problem arises.
In the event of an accident you will need to organize a doctor’s visit and be able to convey the appropriate information so that they can locate you. Moreover, if you find yourself in an awkward situation you will definitely need some kind of health assistance. Wouldn’t it be easier for you to simply press a button on your iPhone/iPad and get a call back from HWA within seconds?
Our specialized health center with well-trained staff or even a doctor available will give you immediate advice while at the same time locate you and arrange the best and quickest way to assist you.

HWA Alert will send manually or automatically generated alerts signals to HWAs signal center, including your position, telephone numbers, a predefined text message with instructions and a short voice message. Alerts can be sent manually, by pressing the alert button, or automatically, based on an auto alert logic that can be configured by the user.
The signal center operator spots the location of the incident, reads the instructions of the specific signal and follows them accordingly.

***Warnings***
1.Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
2.The App requires active internet connection (cellular or wifi) to function properly.