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mHealth

mHealth (also written as m-health or sometimes mobile health) is an emerging term for medical and public health practice supported by mobile devices, such as mobile phones, patient monitoring devices, Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs), and other wireless devices. mHealth applications include the use of mobile devices in collecting community and clinical health data, delivery of healthcare information to practitioners, researchers, and patients, real-time monitoring of patient vital signs, and direct provision of care.

Reference:

Germanakos P., Mourlas C., & Samaras G. "A Mobile Agent Approach for Ubiquitous and Personalized eHealth Information Systems." Proceedings of the Workshop on 'Personalization for e-Health' of the 10th International Conference on User Modeling (UM'05). Edinburgh, July 29, 2005, pp. 67-70.

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Member States reporting at least one mHealth initiative, by WHO region

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Member States reporting at least one mHealth initiative, by World Bank income group

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Adoption of mHealth initiatives and phases, globally

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Adoption of mHealth initiatives and their phases, by WHO region

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Adoption of mHealth initiatives and their phases, by World Bank income group

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Top MDNet uses in Ghana

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MDNet success indicators

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Barriers to mHealth implementation, globally

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Barriers by WHO region

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Top four barriers to mHealth implementation, by World Bank income group

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Evaluation of mHealth initiatives, by World Bank income group

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Evaluation of mHealth initiatives, by WHO region