DocumentCode :
2258803
Title :
Ubiquitous health care framework for the rural African environment
Author :
Mark, Muwanguzi ; Ngwira, Seleman M.
Author_Institution :
Comput. Eng. Dept., Tshwane Univ. of Technol., Pretoria, South Africa
fYear :
2011
fDate :
13-15 Sept. 2011
Firstpage :
1
Lastpage :
6
Abstract :
With the advancement of technology and telecommunication, ICT is in a position to play a major role in Public Health planning, disease eradication and containment. The introduction of Ubiquitous computing into the health care system will ensure that patient data is readily available to those authorized and can be collected and analyzed in real time. In this paper we designed and developed a Ubiquitous health care framework that is best suited for developing African states that will assist in health care planning, collection and management of patient records, decision and basic diagnostic support. The system proposed looks at all aspects of public health and envisages to integrate them into one.
Keywords :
Internet; biomedical telemetry; diseases; health care; medical computing; medical information systems; patient diagnosis; disease eradication; health care planning; health care system; patient records; rural African environment; telecommunication; ubiquitous computing; ubiquitous health care framework; Databases; Decision support systems; Diseases; Mobile communication; Public healthcare; Surveillance; CDSS; Public Health; e-health; e-surveillance; mobile computing; ubiquitous computing;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
AFRICON, 2011
Conference_Location :
Livingstone
ISSN :
2153-0025
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-992-8
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/AFRCON.2011.6072068
Filename :
6072068
Link To Document :
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