title: Mobile technology in health information systems - a review.
abstract: Mobile technology is getting involved in every sphere of life including medical health care. There has been an immense upsurge in mobile phone-based health innovations these days. The expansion of mobile phone networks and the proliferation of inexpensive mobile handsets have made the digital information and communication technology capabilities very handy for the people to exploit if for any utility including health care. The mobile phone based innovations are able to transform weak and under performing health information system into more modern and efficient information system. The present review article will enlighten all these aspects of mobile technology in health care.
authors.affiliation: Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Information Institute, Bai Xia Qu, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China. xiaoyingzhang08@163.com.
authors.forename: X-Y
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: P-Y
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D040421:Cell Phone; D063005:Health Information Systems