Title :
Accessibility of iMHere Smartphone Apps for Self-Care
Author :
Yu, Daihua X. ; Parmanto, Bambang ; Dicianno, Brad E. ; Pramana, Gede
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Health Inf. Manage., Univ. of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Abstract :
Mobile health (mHealth) has been described as a patient-centered approach to health care. It aims to encourage self-care and self-monitoring for patients. The ability to perform real-time and systemic monitoring from mobile devices allows clinicians to assess medical and psychological symptoms and quickly deliver interventions in a patient´s natural environment. As the smartphone becomes ubiquitous, mHealth is a viable technology to empower patients to engage in preventive self-care.
Keywords :
health care; mobile computing; patient monitoring; real-time systems; smart phones; health care; iMHere smartphone apps; mHealth; medical symptoms; mobile devices; mobile health; patient self-monitoring; patient-centered approach; preventive self-care; psychological symptom; real-time monitoring; systemic monitoring; Bladder; Educational institutions; Electric breakdown; Medical services; Mood; Skin; Usability; accessibility; mobile health; self-care; smartphone apps; wellness;
Conference_Titel :
Healthcare Informatics (ICHI), 2014 IEEE International Conference on
DOI :
10.1109/ICHI.2014.62
