Title :
Analysis of cross-platform development frameworks for a smartphone pediatric application
Author :
Oliveira, Renato ; Pontes, Gabriel ; Machado, Jose ; Abelha, Antonio
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf., Univ. of Minho, Braga, Portugal
Abstract :
The number of smartphone users is growing rapidly, including among healthcare professionals [1]. Together with a pediatrician, it was identified the necessity of a mobile tool to support clinical practice and decision. However, in order to reach the majority smartphone users it is necessary to develop applications for multiple platforms. In this article it is done an analysis of the smartphone market-share, a study of some of the most popular smartphone cross-platform development frameworks and finally selected the best framework to develop a pediatric application.
Keywords :
decision support systems; health care; human computer interaction; medical administrative data processing; medical computing; mobile computing; paediatrics; smart phones; telemedicine; clinical decision support; clinical practice support; cross-platform development frameworks; healthcare professionals; mobile tool; smartphone market-share analysis; smartphone pediatric application; Flexible printed circuits; HTML; Mobile communication; Operating systems; Smart phones; Titanium; Smartphone; cross-platform; market share; pediatric;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM), 2013 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Bangkok
DOI :
10.1109/IEEM.2013.6962572
