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What is Mobile Health (M-Health)

Chapter 366
Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Third Edition
The mobile application which provides the health-related services using mobile communications and information technologies. M-health is used in a variety of health and wellness purposes among both patients and physicians; such as the monitoring diet and exercise, the controlling diabetes, the remote patient monitoring, video consultations, and personal emergency response system.
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Determinants of Users' Intention to Use Mobile Information Technologies
Numtip Trakulmaykee (University of Sciences Malaysia, Malaysia) and Parichard Benrit (Prince of Songkla University, Thailand)
Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 9
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-5888-2.ch366
Abstract
This article provides the guideline for businesses and academics to understand the determinants of users' intention to use mobile information technologies in particular of innovation characteristics. As a result of the different features and innovation characteristics in each mobile context, the determinants of users' intention are different in various mobile contexts. Therefore, this article focuses on the innovation characteristics of mobile information technologies. In order to clearly understand the similarity and difference of innovation characteristics, this article compares and synthesizes the innovation characteristics in four mobile contexts (mobile banking, mobile commerce, mobile learning and mobile health). The outcome of article is guideline which proposes the core innovation characteristics of all mobile information technologies, the core innovation characteristics of each mobile context, and additional innovation characteristics of each mobile context.
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Contribution of an Intelligent Virtual Assistant to Healthy Ageing in Adults With Type 2 Diabetes
Provision of health care services or information exchange in the health context via wireless devices (e.g. smartphone, tablet, smart pill boxes) and related technologies (e.g. 3G and 4G systems mobile telecommunications, global positioning system, Bluetooth).
Published in Chapter: Contribution of an Intelligent Virtual Assistant to Healthy Ageing in Adults With Type 2 Diabetes; From: Exploring the Role of ICTs in Healthy Aging
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The Roles of Time Orientation and Innate Innovativeness on Intentioned Adoption of an AI Innovation: The Study of Millennial Consumers in London, UK
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