Towards a Wireless Mobile Social Network System Design in Healthcare

In today´s online social networking, one can Google social network and stumble upon an array of different results. Each of these choices is often associated with a common cause for people to network. The majority of today´s social networks are focused more towards teenagers and young adults as a virtual ldquohangoutrdquo and discussion area. However, there is a lack in one crucial area of social networking development and that is the medical/healthcare industry. One demographic not directly accounted for in the social networking age is people with the need for acquiring medical or healthcare related information and for connecting with others on this level. In addition, Web based social networks are limited to access restrictions. Users are usually required to access from a PC or laptop. This problem is slowly being taken care of with the emergence of mobile social networking. Milestone mobile devices such as the Apple iPhone and the Google/HTC G1 phone have helped jump start this transition. The paper looks into the new aspects how to design a special wireless mobile system (mCare) based on social networking platform in healthcare.