DocumentCode :
1381536
Title :
In the Spotlight: Health Information Systems— 
Mainstreaming mHealth 
Author :
Saranummi, Niilo
Author_Institution :
VTT Tech. Res. Centre of Finalnd, Tampere, Finland
Volume :
4
fYear :
2011
fDate :
7/3/1905 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage :
17
Lastpage :
19
Abstract :
What is mHealth? If we look at the use of information technology in healthcare, we´ll notice two intertwined development trends: connectivity and intelligent applications. The over arching goal has been to support and enable the delivery of health services and as a part of this to create a life-long electronic health record for patients. The emergence of local area networks and later internet provided new means for connectivity and enabled telemedicine and remote patient monitoring applications.
Keywords :
Internet; local area networks; medical computing; medical information systems; patient monitoring; telemedicine; health information systems; health services delivery; internet; life-long electronic health record; local area networks; mhealth; remote patient monitoring applications; telemedicine; Health information management; Medical services; Mobile communication; Smart phones; Technological innovation; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks; Cellular Phone; Electronic Health Records; Humans; Telemedicine; Wireless Technology;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Reviews in
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
1937-3333
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/RBME.2011.2176998
Filename :
6086570
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