title: Introduction to the special section on M-Health: beyond seamless mobility and global wireless health-care connectivity.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Istepanian
authors.forename: Emil
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Jovanov
authors.forename: Y T
authors.initials: YT
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D003628:Database Management Systems; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D038622:Internationality; D020407:Internet; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D018670:Monitoring, Ambulatory / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D018511:Systems Integration; D013685:Telecommunications / Q000639:trends; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D013686:Telemetry / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D014159:Transducers