DocumentCode :
667429
Title :
Adapting mobile medical information search to low-resourced areas
Author :
Hanbury, Allan ; Van Zyl, Hendra ; Boyer, C. ; Barnard, Etienne
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Software Technol. & Interactive Syst., Vienna Univ. of Technol., Vienna, Austria
fYear :
2013
fDate :
29-31 May 2013
Firstpage :
1
Lastpage :
8
Abstract :
Providing good medical care in low-resourced areas is a challenge faced by many low and middle income countries. Continuously improving mobile communication infrastructure in these areas is however providing the opportunity to improve the access to medical information using mobile phones in these areas. In particular, physicians and community health workers based in low-resourced areas could be the first to gain benefit from this technology. This paper considers the implementation of a medical information search engine accessed on mobile devices for low-resourced areas. The challenges faced in low-resourced areas are covered, and adaptation of mobile medical information search for these areas is discussed. Finally, the impact that this technology can have in low-resourced areas is presented.
Keywords :
biomedical communication; medical information systems; mobile computing; mobile radio; search engines; low-resourced areas; medical care; medical information search engine; mobile communication infrastructure; mobile medical information search; mobile phones; Communities; Internet; Medical diagnostic imaging; Medical services; Mobile communication; Mobile handsets; Search engines; low-resourced areas; medical information search; mobile search;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
IST-Africa Conference and Exhibition (IST-Africa), 2013
Conference_Location :
Nairobi
Print_ISBN :
978-1-905824-38-0
Type :
conf
Filename :
6701773
Link To Document :
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