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Many disease infection cases are acquired and spread in hospital settings. Early detection of such infection cases is necessary to identify population at risk accurately and effectively. This paper introduces a systematic infection detection framework utilizing mobile communication technologies including mobile networking and encounter statistics during infection breakouts. Our target environment...
This paper discusses about predicting Dengue out-breaks in Sri Lanka using heterogeneous data sets: Mobile Network Big data and epidemiological data. Up to now, Dengue epidemiological prediction was largely done using the past Dengue cases and weather data. However, very recently it was discovered that infection can propagate through humans, where an infected human travels to a vulnerable area and...
The emerging practice of mobile integrated healthcare is based on a vision where all stakeholders in the healthcare ecology - patients, mobile providers, primary care physicians, hospitals, payers, among many others -- work together to monitor the status of individual patients and patient communities, detect or if possible predict salient changes in patient health status, and respond quickly to these...
The high prevalence of co morbid chronic conditions among minorities and underserved individuals is a public health problem that deserves research attention. We used the Design Science Research approach to iteratively build a persuasive mobile phone texting (SMS) based behavior change support intervention (OH-Buddy) that (1) addresses co morbid diabetes and periodontal chronic conditions, (2) uses...
Diabetes currently ranks among the highest threats to human life given the increase in the number of diagnosed cases worldwide. This sudden increase has been linked to changes in human lifestyle since the majority of cases diagnosed are that of type 2 diabetes. Mobile health (m-health) technologies are being implemented in all areas of the health industry to aid patients in their pursuit of healthier...
The application of Mobile Persuasive Technology for adjusting health attitudes and behaviors of the elderly is one of the key approaches used to solve problems of personal health care in the elderly. This paper analyzes the situation as well as the appropriateness of the use of such technology in the face of health care issues of the elderly in Thailand. The analysis shows that, currently, the mHealth...
m-Health technology is an important form of Information Technology enabled delivery for health care. However, its adoption and use by healthcare providers faces challenges that include the lack of understanding of what motivates user acceptance and adoption of its applications. In this study, the Unified theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology is used to model the prediction and explain user acceptance...
Health threats, such as HIV/AIDS, maternal health and SARS, are global in nature, as their impact goes beyond the borders of any one nation. This has compelled a global approach to combating these threats, commonly by multinational partnerships among many different types of institutions. Although diffusion of mobile technology in the developing world has been successful, and personal health records...
This paper presents a hybrid simulation model for the management of an eye condition called age-related macular degeneration, which particularly affects the elderly. The model represents not only the detailed clinical progression of disease in an individual, but also the organization of the hospital clinic in which patients with this condition are treated and the wider environment in which these patients...
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