The impact of ICT use on health: Development and application of a mobile system in the strategic family health program (ESF)

Author

Barone, Dante A. C. ; Figueiredo, M.C. ; Wink, G.L.

Author_Institution

Inst. de Inf., Fed. do Rio Grande do Sul, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Brazil

fYear

2012

fDate

1-5 Oct. 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

7

Abstract

In this paper an innovative software for mobile devices based on the Android operating system is presented. This tool of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is designed to be used by brazilian health professionals in the data collection and storage tasks of general and oral health conditions, in home care in field trips to work with families in vulnerability. Its use provided more agility, precision and better outcomes in the care given to them. This article will discuss the major issues involved in the choice of the Android operating system, emphasizing how it was judged more adequate to be used in this project. innovative features that a mobile device offers. This work resulted in a valuable potential for the evolution of dental care within a program of the Ministry of Health of the Government of Brazil known as the Family Health Strategy.

Keywords

health care; medical information systems; mobile computing; operating system kernels; Android operating system; Brazilian health professionals; ESF; Government of Brazil; ICT; Ministry of Health; data collection task; data storage task; dental care evolution; family health strategy; general health conditions; home care; information and communication technology; innovative software; mobile devices; mobile system; oral health conditions; strategic family health program; Androids; Dentistry; Global Positioning System; Hardware; Humanoid robots; Software; Visualization; Android; Information and Communication Technology (ICT); Oral Health System;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Informatica (CLEI), 2012 XXXVIII Conferencia Latinoamericana En

Conference_Location

Medellin

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-0794-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEI.2012.6427211

Filename

6427211