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Title

Web mobile-based applications for healthcare management / [edited by] Latif Al-Hakim.

Publication

Hershey, PA : IRM Press, [2007], ©2007.

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Additional Authors

Al-Hakim, Latif, 1946-

Description

xxvi, 421 pages : illustrations; 27 cm

Summary

"This book addresses the difficult task of managing admissions and waiting lists while ensuring quick and convincing response to unanticipated changes of the clinical needs. It tackles the limitations of traditional systems, taking into consideration the dynamic nature of clinical needs, scarce resources, alternative strategies, and customer satisfaction in an environment that imposes unexpected deviation from planned activities"--Provided by publisher.

Subjects

• Internet
• Internet in medicine
• Information storage and retrieval systems > Hospitals
• Health facilities > Administration > Data processing
• Computers, Handheld
• Medical Records Systems, Computerized
• Cell Phone
• Hospitals > Administration > Data processing

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Ch. I. The development of a Web strategy in a healthcare organization : a case history / Massimo Memmola -- Ch. II. A framework for delivering m-health excellence / Nilmini Wickramasinghe and Steve Goldberg -- Ch. III. Healthcare oraganizations and the Internet's virtual space : changes in action / Stefano Baraldi and Massimo Memmola -- Ch. IV. An e-healthcare mobile application : a stakeholders' analysis : experience of reading / Niki Panteli, Barbara Pitsillides, Andreas Pitsillides and George Samaras -- Ch. V. Behavior change through ICT use : experiences from relatively healthy populations / Marieke W. Verheijden -- Ch. VI. Challenges, opportunities, and solutions for ubiquitous eldercare / Paolo Bellavista, Dario Bottazzi, Antonio Corrad and Rebecca Montanari -- Ch. VII. Bringing secure wireless technology to the bedside : a case study of two Canadian healthcare organizations / Dawn-Marie Turner and Sunil Hazari -- Ch. VIII. Reliability and evaluation of health information online / Elmer V. Bernstam and Funda Meric-Bernstam -- Ch. IX. Integrating mobile-based systems with health care databases / Yu Jiao, Ali R. Hurson, Thomas E. Potok and Barbara G. Beckerman -- Ch. X. Utilizing mobile phones as patient terminal in managing chronic diseases / Alexander Kollmann, Peter Kastner and Guenter Schreier -- Ch. XI. Considerations for deploying Web and mobile technologies to support the building of patient self-efficacy and self-management of chronic illness / Elizabeth Cummings and Paul Turner -- Ch. XII. PDAs as mobile-based health information deployment platforms for ambulatory care : clinician-centric, end-user considerations / Jason Sargent, Carole Alcock, Lois Burgess, Joan Cooper and Damian Ryan -- Ch. XIII. 3G mobile medical image viewing / Eric T. T. Wong and Carrison K. S. Tong -- Ch. XIV. Intelligent agents framework for RFID hospitals / Masoud Mohammadian and Ric Jentzsch -- Ch. XV. Rescheduling dental care with GSM-based text messages / Reima Suomo and Ari Serkkola -- Ch. XVI. Conceptual framework for mobile-based application in healthcare / Matthew W. Guah -- Ch. XVII. IDEF3-based framework for Web-based hospital information system / Latif Al-Hakim.

ISBN

• 1591406587 (hardcover)
• 9781591406587 (hardcover)
• 1591406595 (softcover)
• 9781591406594 (softcover)

LCCN

2006033666

OCLC

• ocm73502301
• 73502301
• SCSB-5325495

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries