Mobile Healthcare Provider
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A Mobile Healthcare Provider is a healthcare delivery service that is supported by mobile devices.
- AKA: mHealth, Mobile Health.
- Example(s):
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- See: Public Health, Mobile Phone, Personal Digital Assistant, Health Care Provider, Satellite Communication, Patient Monitors, Decentralized Clinical Trials.
References
2021
- (Wikipedia, 2021) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/mHealth Retrieved:2021-9-26.
- mHealth (also written as m-health or mhealth) is an abbreviation for mobile health, a term used for the practice of medicine and public health supported by mobile devices.[1] The term is most commonly used in reference to using mobile communication devices, such as mobile phones, tablet computers and personal digital assistants (PDAs), and wearable devices such as smart watches, for health services, information, and data collection.[2] The mHealth field has emerged as a sub-segment of eHealth, the use of information and communication technology (ICT), such as computers, mobile phones, communications satellite, patient monitors, etc., for health services and information.[3] mHealth applications include the use of mobile devices in collecting community and clinical health data, delivery sharing of healthcare information for practitioners, researchers and patients, real-time monitoring of patient vital signs, the direct provision of care (via mobile telemedicine) as well as training and collaboration of health workers.[4] [5]
While mHealth has application for industrialized nations, the field has emerged in recent years as largely an application for developing countries, stemming from the rapid rise of mobile phone penetration in low-income nations. The field, then, largely emerges as a means of providing greater access to larger segments of a population in developing countries, as well as improving the capacity of health systems in such countries to provide quality healthcare.[6]
Within the mHealth space, projects operate with a variety of objectives, including increased access to healthcare and health-related information (particularly for hard-to-reach populations); improved ability to diagnose and track diseases; timelier, more actionable public health information; and expanded access to ongoing medical education and training for health workers. [7]
- mHealth (also written as m-health or mhealth) is an abbreviation for mobile health, a term used for the practice of medicine and public health supported by mobile devices.[1] The term is most commonly used in reference to using mobile communication devices, such as mobile phones, tablet computers and personal digital assistants (PDAs), and wearable devices such as smart watches, for health services, information, and data collection.[2] The mHealth field has emerged as a sub-segment of eHealth, the use of information and communication technology (ICT), such as computers, mobile phones, communications satellite, patient monitors, etc., for health services and information.[3] mHealth applications include the use of mobile devices in collecting community and clinical health data, delivery sharing of healthcare information for practitioners, researchers and patients, real-time monitoring of patient vital signs, the direct provision of care (via mobile telemedicine) as well as training and collaboration of health workers.[4] [5]
- ↑ Adibi, Sasan, ed. (February 19, 2015). Mobile Health: A Technology Road Map. Springer Series in Bio-/Neuroinformatics. 5. Springer. p. 1. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-12817-7. ISBN 978-3-319-12817-7.
- ↑ Cipresso, P.; Serino S.; Villani D.; Repetto C.; Selitti L.; Albani G.; Mauro A.; Gaggioli A.; Riva G. (2012). “Is your phone so smart to affect your states? An exploratory study based on psychophysiological measures". Neurocomputing. 84: 23–30. doi:10.1016/j.neucom.2011.12.027
- ↑ Vital Wave Consulting (February 2009). mHealth for Development: The Opportunity of Mobile Technology for Healthcare in the Developing World (PDF). United Nations Foundation, Vodafone Foundation. p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-12-03.
- ↑ Pimmer, Christoph; Tulenko, Kate (2016). “The convergence of mobile and social media: Affordances and constraints of mobile networked communication for health workers in low- and middle-income countries". Mobile Media & Communication. 4 (2): 252–269. doi:10.1177/2050157915622657. S2CID 167748382
- ↑ Germanakos P, Mourlas C, Samaras G. "A Mobile Agent Approach for Ubiquitous and Personalized eHealth Information Systems" (PDF). Proceedings of the Workshop on 'Personalization for e-Health' of the 10th International Conference on User Modeling (UM'05). Edinburgh, July 29, 2005. pp. 67–70.
- ↑ Adibi, Sasan, ed. (November 24, 2014). mHealth Multidisciplinary Verticals. CRC Press (Taylor & Francis Group). p. 259. ISBN 978-1-482-21480-2
- ↑ Masson, M (December 2014). "Benefits of TED Talks". Canadian Family Physician. 60 (12): 1080. PMC 4264800. PMID 25500595.
2009
- (VWC, 2009) ⇒ Vital Wave Consulting (2009). "mHealth for Development: The Opportunity of Mobile Technology for Healthcare in the Developing World". In: United Nations Foundation, Vodafone Foundation.
- QUOTE: In recent years, mHealth has emerged as an important subsegment of the field of electronic health (eHealth). While there is no widely agreed-to definition for these fields, the public health community has coalesced around these working definitions:
- eHealth: Using information and communication technology (ICT)—such as computers, mobile phones, and satellite communications—for health services and information.
- mHealth: Using mobile communications—such as PDAs and mobile phones—for health services and information.
- QUOTE: In recent years, mHealth has emerged as an important subsegment of the field of electronic health (eHealth). While there is no widely agreed-to definition for these fields, the public health community has coalesced around these working definitions:
- mHealth and eHealth are inextricably linked — both are used to improve health outcomes and their technologies work in conjunction. For example, many eHealth initiatives involve digitizing patient records and creating an electronic ‘backbone’ that ideally will standardize access to patient data within a national system. mHealth programs can serve as the access point for entering patient data into national health information systems, and as remote information tools that provide information to healthcare clinics, home providers, and health workers in the field. While there are many stand-alone mHealth programs, it is important to note the opportunity mHealth presents for strengthening broader eHealth initiatives.