Global Health Informatics: Principles of eHealth and mHealth to Improve Quality of Care (Mit Press) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0262533200 ISBN 13: 9780262533201

Publisher: The MIT Press, 2017

Synopsis

Key concepts, frameworks, examples, and lessons learned in designing and implementing health information and communication technology systems in the developing world.

The widespread usage of mobile phones that bring computational power and data to our fingertips has enabled new models for tracking and battling disease. The developing world in particular has become a proving ground for innovation in eHealth (using communication and technology tools in healthcare) and mHealth (using the affordances of mobile technology in eHealth systems). In this book, experts from a variety of disciplines―among them computer science, medicine, public health, policy, and business―discuss key concepts, frameworks, examples, and lessons learned in designing and implementing digital health systems in the developing world.

The contributors consider such topics as global health disparities and quality of care; aligning eHealth strategies with government policy; the role of monitoring and evaluation in improving care; databases, patient registries, and electronic health records; the lifecycle of a digital health system project; software project management; privacy and security; and evaluating health technology systems.

About this title

About the Author:

Leo Anthony G. Celi, originally from Manila, Philippines, is an attending physician at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School, and Clinical Research Director of the Laboratory of Computational Physiology at the MIT Institute for Medical Engineering and Science. Leo Anthony Celi and Kenneth Paik codirect Sana at the MIT Institute for Medical Engineering and Science.

About this edition

• Publisher: The MIT Press
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0262533200
• ISBN 13: 9780262533201
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 464
• Editor: Celi Leo Anthony G., Fraser Hamish S. F., Nikore Vipan, Osorio Juan Sebastian, Paik Kenneth