Mobile Health - Seminar

These pages offer information on the current use and potential of mHealth in developing countries. One of the barriers to wider use of mobile devices is a lack of easy access to information and knowledge on what is working and how, and under which circumstances. This Platform aims to fill this gap.

Below are the key areas that we'll be focusing on in the 2011 agenda. Submissions are not strictly limited to this list of topics and we welcome proposals for alternate subjects.

Take a low-cost ultrasound probe, a Windows mobile phone, and the skills of two scientists at Washington University in St Louis in the United States, and you get the world's first mobile-phone ultrasound instrument.

Take a low-cost ultrasound probe, a Windows mobile phone, and the skills of two scientists at Washington University in St Louis in the United States, and you get the world's first mobile-phone ultrasound instrument.

"The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) develops interoperable technologies (specifications, guidelines, software, and tools) to lead the Web to its full potential. W3C is a forum for information, commerce, communication, and collective understanding. On this page, you'll find W3C news, links to W3C technologies and ways to get involved. New visitors can find help in Finding Your Way at W3C. We encourage organizations to learn more about W3C and about W3C Membership."

Mobile devices became pervasive objects as soon as people used mobile phones, smart phones and PDAs anywhere and at anytime. However, the design and implementation of mobile applications is still not straightforward. Moreover, decision makers can't easily estimate the risk of a project due to the difficulties to compare the various capabilities of existing software platforms for mobile devices. Beside this, the design and implementation of user interfaces for mobile devices and applications is very different from what is done for desktop PCs due to the different form factors and context of use.

"Public health surveillance is the ongoing collection and analysis of data to identify and respond to community health problems in a timely manner. Frequently, important public health information is distributed among many disparate databases, and includes far more than just clinical data. Infectious, gastrointestinal or respiratory illnesses may be detected by monitoring emergency room visits, water contaminations and air quality. Also, some helpful correlative data may exist online (e.g. pollens and allergens). As of now, meaningful integration of all these disparate data to inform public health practice has been the major barrier to their use in public health surveillance systems."

"Google.org uses Google's strengths in information and technology to build products and advocate for policies that address global challenges."

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This is for Chuck

"...public health and relief workers ought to have access to the best possible information whenever they need it, including satellite imagery, sensor data, media reports and all the rich resources of the World Wide Web."

This is for Hoeggi!

http://www.jjg.net/elements/pdf/elements.pdf A basic duality: The Web was originally conceived as a hypertextual information space; but the development of increasingly sophisticated front- and back-end technologies has fostered its use as a remote software interface. This dual nature has led to much confusion, as user experience practitioners have attempted to adapt their terminology to cases beyond the scope of its original application. The goal of this document is to define some of these terms within their appropriate contexts, and to clarify the underlying relationships among these various elements.

"Our two-day event featured the best insights into using mobile technology to improve health behavior. "