title: Mobile healthcare in the home environment.
abstract: Mobile healthcare provision in the home environment presents many challenges. Patients are becoming more informed about the management of chronic conditions and the use of technology to support the process is rising. Issues such as system interoperability, cost, security and training all have to be addressed to ensure effective use of mobile devices within the home healthcare arena. An aging population will impact upon traditional healthcare delivery methods.
authors.affiliation: Res. Sch. of Informatics, Loughborough Univ., Leicestershire, UK.
authors.forename: Sheila
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Price
authors.forename: Ron
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Summers
mesh_terms: D020811:Biomedical Technology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D034201:Computers, Handheld; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000191:economics; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D019468:Disease Management; D004470:Economics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D008490:Medical Informatics; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013685:Telecommunications; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000379:methods; D006113:United Kingdom