Critical Concepts in M-Health Technology Development: Time, Space, and Mobility

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Author(s): Henrique M. G. Martins (University of Beira Interior, Portugal)
Copyright: 2012
Pages: 11
Source title: Telemedicine and E-Health Services, Policies, and Applications: Advancements and Developments
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues (Instituto de Telecomunicações, University of Beira Interior, Portugal), Isabel de la Torre Díez (University of Valladolid, Spain)and Beatriz Sainz de Abajo (University of Valladolid, Spain)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-0888-7.ch006

Keywords: Health Information Systems / Medical Information Science Reference / Medicine & Healthcare

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This chapter is a theoretical in-depth review of three conceptual groups that serve as the fundamental basis for m-health technology development—both at hardware and software levels—as well as for technology adaptation to work/life practices, and for adoption and usage studies. Objectively the review will focus on the concepts of Time (clock, event, practice-based, and timeless time), experiences of time (subjective construction of the “past,” “present,” and “future,” time aggregation/“episodification” frequency, rhythm, cycles, “spiraling,” and mono-polichronicity), space, and mobility (namely physical mobility, remote versus local, modalities of travelling/visiting/ wandering, micro-mobility).

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