Current and Emerging Mhealth Technologies: Adoption, Implementation, and Use Softcover Repri Edition Contributor(s): Sezgin, Emre (Editor), Yildirim, Soner (Editor), Özkan-Yildirim, Sevgi (Editor) |
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ISBN: 303010320X ISBN-13: 9783030103200 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2018 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Medical | Preventive Medicine - Medical | Administration - Medical | Informatics |
Dewey: 353.6 |
Physical Information: 0.67" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.99 lbs) 311 pages |
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Publisher Description: The promise and prospects for mobile technologies in healthcare service delivery--particularly as experienced by patients and other users--are the focus of this forward-looking volume. Its detailed sociotechnical perspective takes in factors influencing patient and provider adoption of technological advances, in addition to the well-known cost and accessibility advantages. Enlightening reports show mobile health technologies in multiple contexts as an impetus for behavioral change, a means of monitoring health changes, a growing trend in service delivery, and an emerging health frontier worldwide. Together, these chapters point to the continued expansion--and global reach--of mobile technology in the next stage of healthcare services. Included in the coverage:
Current and Emerging mHealth Technologies is salient reading for researchers interested in mobile health development and implementation as well as technology adoption, and mobile health system developers and managers who are interested in the implications of mobile health use by patients and/or healthcare professionals. It can also be used for courses in technology adoption and health technologies. |