MHealth Application Areas and Technology Combinations*. A Comparison of Literature from High and Low/Middle Income Countries.

ABSTRACT:

Background

With the continuous and enormous spread of mobile technologies, mHealth has evolved as a new subfield of eHealth. While eHealth is broadly focused on information and communication technologies, mHealth seeks to explore more into mobile devices and wireless communication. Since mobile phone penetration has exceeded other infrastructure in low and middle-income countries (LMICs), mHealth is seen as a promising component to provide pervasive and patient-centered care.

Objectives

The aim of our research work for this paper is to examine the mHealth literature to identify application areas, target diseases, and mHealth service and technology types that are most appropriate for LMICs.

Methods

Based on the 2011 WHO mHealth report, a combination of search terms, al

SUBMITTER: Abaza H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6291822 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature