Mobile eHealth Care

Research Paper # 52696

Business > Industries
Business > Information Mgmt. and Systems
Computer and Technology > Technology

Mobile eHealth Care

A discussion of mobile eHealth care project management and the technology that is currently available.

4,944 words () | 40 sources | MLA | 2004 Australia

Paper Summary:

This paper argues that healthcare providers are deploying wireless/mobile technologies in mobile health care projects for eliminating costs in healthcare, managing care and regulations such as healthcare information portability and accountability. It is believed healthcare industry is appropriate for the adoption of m-commerce or wireless solution.

Contents:
Abstract
Introduction
Wireless Technologies for Healthcare Project
Discussion on Constraints in Wireless/mobile
Security and Processes
Implementing Practical Applications For Wireless
Discussion on Feasibility
conclusion

From the Paper:

"For the need of healthcare industry, care providers have been implementing mobile health care projects, which provide inherent mobile workflow of the clinical environment, an absolute must for physician adoption and usage of any technology. Wireless mobile technology is definitely headed towards success in the healthcare industry owing to the technologies and benefits provided above. But we need to realize that organizational and cultural issues except for technology itself at the same time. For example, there are many articles describing the successful implementation of wireless technology in clinics and hospitals nationwide, some of them have been explored in this paper; however, there is also lack of studies measuring the Return on Investment (ROI) of implementing wireless mobile solution in healthcare. The few that exist have been conducted by the vendors of the wireless technology themselves and are likely to be biased on the positive side for obvious reason. Thus more researches and studies need to be conducted and more evidence needs to be gathered about the impact of wireless systems in healthcare."