Mobile health

master's thesis

• Title: Mobile health : current state and possible future developments
• Author: Roberto Michele Vietri
• Mentor: Jadranka Božikov (mentor)
• Committee member: Gordana Pavleković (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Sanja Musić Milanović (član povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Jadranka Božikov (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; School of Medicine; (Department of Medical Statistics, Epidemiology and Medical Informatics); Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2014-07-15, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: BIOMEDICINE AND HEALTHCARE; Public Health and Health Care; Health Ecology

Abstract

Mobile Health (mHealth) is an exciting new field of Electronic Health (eHealth) with continual and
massive developments at all levels of the stack, from the devices themselves at the lowest level to
the operating systems and the software at the higher levels. We look at the origins of mHealth and
its initial development as well as the reasons for that. The current state of mHealth varies
significantly by geographic region and economic status. We look at the current role of mHealth
worldwide and it's relation to the development of mobile technology. mHealth has also been used in
many unique roles in disaster areas and in disease outbreaks, we have a look at a few of these
unique usage cases such as mHealth use in diabetes, Dengue Fever and malaria. We also look at
some remote application uses such as wireless ECG monitoring and the potential for change that
has as well as the cost effective role it is playing in ensuring genuine drugs that are not tampered
with reach the end users. We look at the role medical professionals and students are utilising
mHealth for, and the many different areas where it is developing in education. We then move on to
futuristic trends and developments and look at the factors hindering mHealth growth as well as up
and coming technologies which are only now starting to hit the market and give a taste of what we
can expect from mHealth in the future.

• Keywords: mHealth; eHealth; mobile technology; mobile health; mobile phones
• Language: english
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:105:898204
• Study programme: Title: Medicine (in English language); Study programme type: university; Study level: integrated undergraduate and graduate; Academic / professional title: doktor/doktorica medicine (doktor/doktorica medicine)
• Type of resource: Text
• File origin: Born digital
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2015-11-20 10:11:56