Supporting Health-ICT Projects using Handheld Technology
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2005-04-06
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Presented at Med-e-tel 2005 Conference in Luxembourg.
Abstract
eHealth Home Care Applications: There are currently many areas where basic telecommunications and power
infrastructure is available; however, this infrastructure is insufficient to
properly support a complete information and communications technology
(ICT) environment. The use of cheap mobile handheld devices such as
Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) and Smart Phones can provide many of the
benefits of ICT to these areas. This type of device has already been
successfully used to provide data collection services, improved health care
delivery by monitoring sets of patients and providing knowledge management
by providing decision making support and making large amounts of reference
materials easily available.
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This presentation was given by Philippe Boucher of the World Health Organization, at the Med-e-tel 2005 Conference in Luxembourg on April 6th, 2005.
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Technology, Telehomecare, Communications, World Health Organization