TY - GEN
T1 - Mobile support for community healthcare
T2 - IFIP TC8 Working Conference on Mobile Information Systems
AU - Adams, Carl
AU - Fitch, Tineke
PY - 2005/1/1
Y1 - 2005/1/1
N2 - Mobile support, through powerful multimedia and communication devices, offers much promise to enhance the working environment. One area where substantial enhancements are possible, including considerable 'social good', is healthcare. The full infrastructure of the health systems can be brought to support the patient, irrespective of location. The role of community healthcare professionals could be considerably enhanced, enabling a fuller range of patient care to be provided in the community. However, applying such technologies are likely to have unforeseen consequences. This paper explores a 'Janus-faced' view of such technological changes to identify some of these unanticipated consequences. A case of district nurses in the UK is discussed, where technologies such as mobile phones are already being used. For the case, mobile technologies offer much potential, but this will require structural changes, not just in technology.
AB - Mobile support, through powerful multimedia and communication devices, offers much promise to enhance the working environment. One area where substantial enhancements are possible, including considerable 'social good', is healthcare. The full infrastructure of the health systems can be brought to support the patient, irrespective of location. The role of community healthcare professionals could be considerably enhanced, enabling a fuller range of patient care to be provided in the community. However, applying such technologies are likely to have unforeseen consequences. This paper explores a 'Janus-faced' view of such technological changes to identify some of these unanticipated consequences. A case of district nurses in the UK is discussed, where technologies such as mobile phones are already being used. For the case, mobile technologies offer much potential, but this will require structural changes, not just in technology.
KW - Community Healthcare
KW - Janus-faced
KW - Mobile Applications
KW - Mobile Services
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84902982901&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/0-387-22874-8_25
DO - 10.1007/0-387-22874-8_25
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84902982901
SN - 0387228519
SN - 978-0-387-22851-8
T3 - IFIP International Federation for Information Processing Advances in Information and Communication Technology
SP - 341
EP - 349
BT - MOBIS 2004: Mobile Information Systems
A2 - Lawrence, Elaine
A2 - Pernici, Barbara
A2 - Krogstie, John
PB - Springer
Y2 - 15 September 2004 through 17 September 2004
ER -