Title : 
M-Hippocrates: Enabling Reliable and Interactive Mobile Health Services
         
        
            Author : 
Ghini, Vittorio ; Ferretti, Stefano ; Panzieri, Fabio
         
        
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
The lack of reliable communication is still an obstacle for enhanced mobile health services. The new m-Hippocrates software architecture aims to significantly improve mobile health applications using an application-level communication technology called Always Best Packet Switching.
         
        
            Keywords : 
health care; medical computing; mobile computing; packet switching; software architecture; always best packet switching; application-level communication technology; enhanced mobile health services; interactive mobile health services; m-Hippocrates software architecture; mobile health application; reliable communication; Biomedical monitoring; Medical information systems; Medical services; Mobile communication; Mobile computing; Software packages; cross-layer architectures; m-Hippocrates; m-health; mobility support;
         
        
        
            Journal_Title : 
IT Professional
         
        
        
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/MITP.2012.26