This book defines the phenomenon of mHealth and its evolution, explaining why an
understanding of mHealth is critical for decision makers, entrepreneurs, and policy analysts …

Objective The study aims to understand physicians' awareness of mobile health (mHealth)
apps and their intentions to use these apps in medical practice. Method Mobile Health …

Objective: To systematically risk assess and analyze the escalation of care process in
surgery so as to identify problems and provide recommendations for intervention …

Aim To report an analysis of the concept of distraction of clinicians by smartphones and
other mobile devices in hospitals. Background In the healthcare literature, the concept of …

BACKGROUND: Obesity is one of the biggest drivers of preventable chronic diseases and
healthcare costs in Worldwide. Different prevention activities are suggested. By monitoring …

Objective: To describe the uses of institutional and personal smartphones on General
Internal Medicine wards and highlight potential consequences from their use. Methods: A …

Background: Mobile technologies have emerged as important tools that health care
personnel can use to gain easy access to client data anywhere. This is particularly useful for …

This study examined how one US hospital implemented a mobile communication app to
improve workplace communication. The hospital did not provide the technology, instead …

Rationale, aims and objectives In order to enable safe and efficient information transfer
between health care professionals during clinical handover and escalation of care, existing …

Incomplete, fragmented and poorly organised communications contribute to more than half
the errors that lead to adverse and sentinel events. Meanwhile, communication software and …