World Conference on Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Mobile Technology Applications in the Healthcare Industry for
Disease Management and Wellness
Abstract
Technology is an unavoidable fact of today’s life. Attractive advantages of wireless technology accelerated the rapid
development of mobile applications. With the increase of the usage of mobile devices in the recent years, new solutions come to
mind including mobile technologies to fulfill requirements or suggest better solutions in the vast area of medical informatics to
the existing ones. Augmentation in the area of wireless technology positively affects the medical applications. In the healthcare
industry, mobile applications provide better personalized health care, disease management and services to patients and their
relatives, as well as a better and flexible way of communicating with physicians, patients and medical suppliers. It is obvious that
the applications using mobile technologies has the potential to bring better conditions both for the patients for their disease
management and for the humanity for checking their self wellness. In this paper, the current mobile technology utilized in
healthcare such as relapse prevention in schizophrenia, aged people’s care and wellness, diagnosis and management of attentiondeficit
etc. is reviewed in detail outlining the current mobile technologies and wireless revolution of today and examining some
of the outstanding applications using these technologies in the clinical area. The results of this study can provide clues to
researchers to further the mobile technology in healthcare.
1. Introduction
Since competition of medical applications accelerated and the usage of internet increased in all areas of people’s
life, the need to convince healthcare professionals like physicians and nursing staff to use the applications of mobile
technology arises. This incredible popularity has coincided with technological advances in the power of computing,
memory size, colorful and thin screens, functionalities and wireless connectivity. The computing devices like
Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) and Pocket Personal Computers (Pocket PCs) are today highly mobile and easily
internet accessible.
World Conference on Technology, Innovation and EntrepreneurshipMobile Technology Applications in the Healthcare Industry forDisease Management and WellnessAbstractTechnology is an unavoidable fact of today’s life. Attractive advantages of wireless technology accelerated the rapiddevelopment of mobile applications. With the increase of the usage of mobile devices in the recent years, new solutions come tomind including mobile technologies to fulfill requirements or suggest better solutions in the vast area of medical informatics tothe existing ones. Augmentation in the area of wireless technology positively affects the medical applications. In the healthcareindustry, mobile applications provide better personalized health care, disease management and services to patients and theirrelatives, as well as a better and flexible way of communicating with physicians, patients and medical suppliers. It is obvious thatthe applications using mobile technologies has the potential to bring better conditions both for the patients for their diseasemanagement and for the humanity for checking their self wellness. In this paper, the current mobile technology utilized inhealthcare such as relapse prevention in schizophrenia, aged people’s care and wellness, diagnosis and management of attentiondeficitetc. is reviewed in detail outlining the current mobile technologies and wireless revolution of today and examining someof the outstanding applications using these technologies in the clinical area. The results of this study can provide clues to
researchers to further the mobile technology in healthcare.
1. Introduction
Since competition of medical applications accelerated and the usage of internet increased in all areas of people’s
life, the need to convince healthcare professionals like physicians and nursing staff to use the applications of mobile
technology arises. This incredible popularity has coincided with technological advances in the power of computing,
memory size, colorful and thin screens, functionalities and wireless connectivity. The computing devices like
Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) and Pocket Personal Computers (Pocket PCs) are today highly mobile and easily
internet accessible.
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