Vula – secure medical chat & referral

Vula connects remote primary health care workers directly to on-call medical specialists using mobile technology. It is a secure medical chat & referral app that puts primary health workers in direct contact with medical specialists. Vula provides features that aid health care workers in providing the best care to patients, particularly in rural settings. The app facilitates referrals across medical specialties including Ophthalmology, Cardiology, Burns & Orthopaedics.

Essentially, Vula puts specialist knowledge into the primary health care worker's pocket, which leads to an increase in quality referrals, cost savings on patient transport, the empowerment of primary health care workers and ultimately improved patient care.
Health care workers will use the Vula app on their smartphones to assess, record and send patient information to specialists. This includes access to camera functionality, acuity tests, diagnostic information and specialty-specific patient forms. Specialists then receive the information and use Vula's chat function to advice the health care worker on the next steps to treatment (either on-site treatment and guidance, medical advice or instructions to send to the local hospital).