M HEALTH

WHAT IS M HEALTH?

•  term used for the practice of medicine and public health supported by mobile devices

• The MHealth field has emerged as a sub-segment of eHealth

• The term mHealth was coined by Robert Istepanian as use of "emerging mobile communications and network technologies for healthcare"

WHAT'S MAKE UP M HEALTH?

M HEALTH APP. INCLUDE:

• use of mobile devices in collecting community and clinical health data

• delivery of healthcare information to practitioners

• real-time monitoring of patient vital signs, and direct provision of care (via mobile telemedicine)

MOTIVATION BEHIND THE DEVELOPMENT OF MHEALTH

• The motivation behind the development of the mHealth field arises from two factors

• The first factor concerns the myriad constraints felt by healthcare systems of developing nations

• The second factor is the recent rapid rise in mobile phone penetration in developing countries