Chapter
1: Emerging mHealth Ecosystems based on innovative technologies and
services Vassileia Costarides, Kostas Giokas and Dimitris
Koutsouris Chapter
2: Wearable Health Monitoring Systems: An overview of design research areasAmine Boulemtafes and Nadjib Badache Chapter
3: Citizen Engagement in the mHealth Ecosystem Using Mobiles and Wearable
DevicesIoannis Kouris and Dimitrios Koutsouris Chapter
4: Innovative mHealth EcosystemsDimitrios Tsoromokos, Zacharias
Dermatis, Filippos Gozadinos and Athina Lazakidou Chapter
5: Mobile-Health Tool Use and Community
Health Worker Performance in the Kenyan Context: A Comparison of
Task-Technology Fit PerspectivesMaradona C. Gatara Chapter
6: Design of Wearable Health Monitoring
Systems: An overview of techniques and technologies
This book provides a principled approach to classification using the available data in a model which combines information from the social network and the healthcare models. It presents studies from leading researchers and practitioners focusing on the current challenges, directions, trends and opportunities associated with healthcare delivery systems and their supporting wireless and mobile health technologies. mHealth Ecosystems and Social Networks in Healthcare is divided into two parts. Part I covers the area of mHealth Ecosystems. Chapters include topics on adoption of cloud based mHealth services, the socio-economic impact of mHealth, as well as self-management of health and disease. In Part II, Social Networks in Healthcare are highlighted. Chapters cover social media and patient support, virtual knowledge sharing and knowledge management and also web-based applications in health care. Ultimately this book is an excellent source of comprehensive knowledge and literatureon the topics of mobile health ecosystems and social networks in healthcare.
Athina A. Lazakidou
Biomedicine Social Networks Digital Health Services Health Systems Healthcare Delivery Systems Healthcare Marketing Healthcare Social Networks M-Health Applications Mobile Ecosystems Mobile Healthcare mHealth