Description
The integration of mobile technology into the medical industry has revolutionized the efficiency and delivery of healthcare services. Once limited by distance and physical barriers, health professionals can now reach patients and other practitioners with ease.
M-Health Innovations for Patient-Centered Care is a pivotal reference source for the latest scholarly research on the incorporation of mobile telecommunication devices in the health field and how this technology has increased overall quality of care. Highlighting various types of available technologies, necessary support infrastructures, and alterations in business models, this publication is ideally designed for medical professionals, upper-level students, and e-health system designers interested in the effects of mobile technology on healthcare delivery.
Reviews and Testimonials
The 17 chapters in this volume explore the integration of mobile health technology (m-health) into patient-centered healthcare. Information technology and medical specialists from the US, Europe, Middle East, and India look at specific technologies, the effects of m-health on the industry and stakeholders and the infrastructure and architecture needed to support these technologies, the involvement of various stakeholders and the impact of m-health on existing technology, and the transformation of the business model.
– ProtoView Reviews
Author's/Editor's Biography
Anastasius Moumtzoglou (Ed.)
Anastasius Moumtzoglou has been an Executive Board Member of the European Society for Quality in HealthCare (ESQH), and President of the Hellenic Society for Quality & Safety in HealthCare (HSQSH). He holds B.A in Economics (National & Kapodistrian University of Athens), MA in Health Services Management (National School of Public Health), MA in Macroeconomics (The University of Liverpool), and Ph.D. in Economics (National & Kapodistrian University of Athens), He works for 'P. & A. Kyriakou' Children's Hospital and teaches the module of quality at the graduate and postgraduate level. He has written three Greek books, which are the only ones in the Greek references. He is also Editor-in-Chief of the
International Journal of Reliable and Quality E-Healthcare (IJRQEH) and has edited the book
E-Health Systems Quality and Reliability: Models and Standards. He has served as a scientific coordinator and researcher in Greek and European research programs, while, in 2004, he was declared ‘Person of Quality in Healthcare’, with respect to Greece. His research interests include healthcare management, quality, knowledge management, pensions, and the dualism of the labor market.