The emerging field of mobile health

Science Translational Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 283, 2015, Pages

  Steinhubl, Steven R ^a   Muse, Evan D ^a   Topol, Eric J ^a  

^a SCRIPPS TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BIOSENSOR; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA PROCESSING; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; IMAGING; LAB ON A CHIP; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MOBILE HEALTH; MOBILE PHONE; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; REVIEW; TELEHEALTH; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DECISION MAKING; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT; POINT OF CARE SYSTEM; PROCEDURES; SOFTWARE; TELEMEDICINE;

AUTOMATION; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; CELL PHONES; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; HUMANS; LAB-ON-A-CHIP DEVICES; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84928238715     PISSN: 19466234     EISSN: 19466242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aaa3487     Document Type: Review

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