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Mobile Solutions for Managing Health Care

Mobile Solutions for Managing Health Care

Esko Alasaarela, Ravi Nemana, Steven DeMello, Nick S. Oliver, Masako Miyazaki
Copyright: © 2011 |Pages: 22
ISBN13: 9781609601836|ISBN10: 1609601831|EISBN13: 9781609601850
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60960-183-6.ch009
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Alasaarela, Esko, et al. "Mobile Solutions for Managing Health Care." Healthcare Delivery Reform and New Technologies: Organizational Initiatives, edited by Matthew Guah, IGI Global, 2011, pp. 150-171. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-183-6.ch009

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Alasaarela, E., Nemana, R., DeMello, S., Oliver, N. S., & Miyazaki, M. (2011). Mobile Solutions for Managing Health Care. In M. Guah (Ed.), Healthcare Delivery Reform and New Technologies: Organizational Initiatives (pp. 150-171). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-183-6.ch009

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Alasaarela, Esko, et al. "Mobile Solutions for Managing Health Care." In Healthcare Delivery Reform and New Technologies: Organizational Initiatives, edited by Matthew Guah, 150-171. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2011. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-183-6.ch009

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Abstract

Wirhe project is an international collaborative study that focused on the future of healthcare needs, technology requirements and solutions for effective use of wireless platform for health care delivery. In this chapter, the authors present results of a Wirhe survey of 85 experts and individual interviews with 35 experts. The authors asked their opinions on the current status of adopting wireless equipment in health care, unmet needs in serving hospital in-patients and outpatients, and their views on the incorporation of wireless platform for future health care delivery and personal health management. Key findings are that 1) both remarkable quality improvements and process enhancements can be expected from thoroughly utilizing the wireless technologies and mobile solutions, 2) integration of personal health monitoring and professional health management is a key issue to be addressed and 3) health promotion and illness prevention will grow by utilizing mobile solutions. As a result of this study, they propose a framework that can be used in developing wireless health care solutions for managing diseases and related health problems. It can also be used to structure and stratify the needs by importance and utility, to anticipate which technologies and solutions are needed next, and to estimate how large the market size may be for industries.

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