Mobile healthcare: The opportunities and challenges

International Journal of Electronic Healthcare

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 208-219

  Shieh, Yao Y ^a   Tsai, Fong Y ^a   Anavim, Arash ^a   Shieh, Mason ^b   Wang, Michael D ^a   Lin, Chao Ming C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; e healthcare; Electronic Health Record; HER; Interoperability; Mobile; Security; Telehealth; Ubiquitous access; Virtual Retinal Display; VRD; Wireless communication

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSUMER; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; GENETIC DISORDER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; INTERNET; LIBRARY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MOBILE HEALTH CARE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PRIVACY; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION;

EID: 48749085648     PISSN: 17418453     EISSN: 17418461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEH.2008.019793     Document Type: Article

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