mHealth Ecosystems and Social Networks in Healthcare [Paperback]

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 literature on the topics of mobile health ecosystems and social networks in healthcare.

Emerging mHealth Ecosystems Based on Innovative Technologies and Services.- Wearable Health Monitoring Systems.- Citizen Engagement in the mHealth Ecosystem Using Mobiles and Wearable Devices.- Innovative mHealth Ecosystems.- Mobile-Health Tool Use and Community Health Worker Performance in the Kenyan Context.- Design of Wearable Health Monitoring Systems.- mHealth Ecosystem Based on a Non-Invasive Commercial Hemodynamic Monitoring System Used for Heart Failure Patients as Portable Point of Care.- How Knowledge Flows Through Social Networks and Communities of Practice in a Healthcare Project.- A Context-Aware Social Networking Platform Built Around the Needs of Elderly Users.- Cost Effectiveness in Healthcare Using Social Networks.- Social Networks and Web-Based Applications in the Healthcare Sector.- Knowledge Sharing in Health Innovation Projects.- Social Networks Medicall³J