A sophisticated mechanism for enabling real-time mobile access to PHR data.
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2013-07-04
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Faced with rapid changes such as growing complexity in care delivery health systems nowadays fall short in their ability to translate knowledge into practice Mobile technology holds enormous potential for transforming healthcare delivery systems which currently involve cumbersome processes that slow down care and decrease rather than improve safety However the limited computing energy and information storage capabilities of mobile devices are hampering their ability to support increasingly sophisticated applications required by certain application fields such as healthcare This paper is concerned with a framework which provides ubiquitous mobile access to comprehensive health information at any point of care or decision making in a way that efficient utilization of mobile device resources is achieved To this end a cloud based push messaging mechanism is utilized which draws upon and enhances Google Cloud Messaging service
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Adult, Workforce, Community-based health worker, Facility-based health worker, Access to information or data, Effectiveness, Provider-to-provider communication, Electronic health records, Internet, Installed application