A user-centered mobile health device to manage life-threatening anaphylactic allergies and provide support in allergic reactions

Final Program and Abstract Book - 9th International Conference on Information Technology and Applications in Biomedicine, ITAB 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Hernandez Munoz, Luis U ^a   Woolley, Sandra I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allergies; Handheld; Healthcare computing; Mobile phone; User centered design

Indexed keywords

3-AXIS ACCELEROMETER; ALLERGIC REACTIONS; EMERGENCY SERVICE; FIRST AIDS; GPS LOCATION; HANDHELD; HANDHELDS; HEALTH MANAGEMENT; MOBILE HEALTH; MOBILE-PHONE USERS; MULTIMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES; PATIENT RECORD; PERSONAL INFORMATION; SMART PHONES; SUPPORT TOOL; USABILITY TESTS; USER-CENTERED; VIDEO DEMONSTRATION; WEB-BASED APPLICATIONS;

ALLERGIES; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; JET PUMPS; MOBILE PHONES; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; TELEPHONE; TELEPHONE SETS;

MEDICAL COMPUTING;

EID: 77949650248     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ITAB.2009.5394347     Document Type: Conference Paper

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