Mobile solutions for front-line health workers in developing countries

Author

Black, Jim ; Koch, Fernando ; Sonenberg, Liz ; Scheepers, Rens ; Khandoker, Ahsan ; Charry, Edgar ; Walker, Brian ; Soe, Nay Lin

Author_Institution

Nossal Inst. for Global Health, Univ. of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

fYear

2009

fDate

16-18 Dec. 2009

Firstpage

89

Lastpage

93

Abstract

We introduce an architecture for low-cost mobile health (mHealth) applications that run on health-workers´ existing devices. Moreover, we envision extending the phone´s capabilities with an external to attach Â¿sensorÂ¿ modules, such as pulse oximeter, ECG and phonocardiogram. Our design principles are frugality and simplicity. We propose a comprehensive solution to aid health-workers in their daily tasks, at a low-cost and high penetration rate.

Keywords

electrocardiography; mobile computing; telemedicine; ECG; front-line health workers; low-cost mobile health applications; mobile computing; phonocardiogram; sensor modules; telemedicine; Africa; Application software; Availability; Costs; Drugs; Electrocardiography; Information systems; Medical services; Mobile computing; Mobile handsets; Mobile computing; mobile health; sensors; support health-workers; telemedicine;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

e-Health Networking, Applications and Services, 2009. Healthcom 2009. 11th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Sydney, NSW

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5013-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-5014-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/HEALTH.2009.5406188

Filename

5406188