title: Mobile Social Networking Health (MSNet-Health): beyond the mHealth frontier.
abstract: The purpose of this conceptual paper is to introduce the concept of Mobile Social Networking Healthcare (MSNet-Health). The paper defines MSNet-Health and provides a working scenario of MSNet-Health. The paper suggests various potential domain area applications for MSNet-Health, such as diabetes, antenatal education, smoking cessation, weight loss, and arthritis. Challenges and future research areas are also discussed.
authors.affiliation: College of Public Health and Health Informatics, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. househmo@ngha.med.sa
authors.forename: Mowafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Househ
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000639:trends*; D005544:Forecasting; D020407:Internet / Q000639:trends*; D012529:Saudi Arabia; D060756:Social Networking; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000639:trends*