M-health Innovations for Patient-centered Care

The 17 chapters in this volume explore the integration of mobile health technology (m-health) into patient-centered healthcare. Information technology and medical specialists from the US, Europe, Middle East, and India look at specific technologies, the effects of m-health on the industry and stakeholders and the infrastructure and architecture needed to support these technologies, the involvement of various stakeholders and the impact of m-health on existing technology, and the transformation of the business model. They describe the history and implementation of m-health; m-health research and development activities in Europe; a collaborative m-health platform for evidence-based self-management and detection of chronic multimorbidity; an integrated platform for lifestyle change and personalized prevention and self-management of high blood pressure; mobile platforms for health professionals; the use of m-health in sleep disorders diagnosis, the care of obese pediatric patients, awareness about bipolar disorder, asthma care, prehospital emergency medicine, wound monitoring, and cytopathology; virus models and analysis in m-health information technology systems; information security threats in patient-centered healthcare; tailored m-health communication; and the role of self-efficacy in m-health. Annotation c2016 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)