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Authors:
Carlos Rolim
Fernando Koch
Jim Black
Claudio Geyer
Keywords: Mobile phones; Smart spaces; Chronic diseases.
Abstract:
Our research group is developing solutions for public health mixing mobile devices extended by low-cost sensing technologies, and ubiquitous computing. We seek solutions for mass distribution that (i) enhance the average investment per patient, (ii) reduce the cost of public health implementation, and (iii) improve end-user experience. Our solutions are tailored to monitoring and diagnosis of conditions associated to chronic diseases such as obesity, hypertension, diabetes and obstructive lung disease. We focus on innovative mobile health (mHealth) that provide one-on-one, in-field diagnostic and monitoring procedures allowing 'good enough' diagnosis. This project is motivated by the need to enhance public and individual health care provisioning for in-development communities and the extensive availability of mobile computing technology in this environment.
Pages: 72 to 76
Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2011
Publication date: February 23, 2011
Published in: conference
ISSN: 2308-4359
ISBN: 978-1-61208-119-9
Location: Gosier, Guadeloupe, France
Dates: from February 23, 2011 to February 28, 2011