A Holistic Ecosystem for Rural mHealth Applications and Lesson Learnt
Delivering mHealth applications requires a mHealth ecosystem and this paper will present the development of an ecosystem of mHealth applications to be deployed at remote and rural villages that do not enjoy the same health benefits as in urban areas. Some evidence was found to indicate advantages...
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| author | Jacey-Lynn, Minoi Mohd Raili, Suhaili Yeo, Alvin W |
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| description | Delivering mHealth applications requires a mHealth ecosystem and this paper will present the development
of an ecosystem of mHealth applications to be deployed at
remote and rural villages that do not enjoy the same health benefits as in urban areas. Some evidence was found to indicate advantages of mHealth applications in supporting healthy living and wellness behavioural change among the people. The fundamental principle of an ecosystem is to enhance the participation of all the stakeholders and to understand the big picture of the work process holistically. The stakeholders include developers, telecommunication providers, patients, caregivers, healthcare providers, the Ministry of Health and other government sectors. It is important to balance the commercial interests and the peoples’ needs. For the last decade, commercialised mHealth applications are increasingly available to target heterogeneous audiences and address specific health needs. With that, research interest in mHealth is also increasing together with the complexity of the ecosystems that impact all the stakeholders. We will present the development of protocols and privacy from lessons learnt to increase the
effectiveness of mHealth in practice and to allow better
understanding for future development and employment. We
have also conducted a pilot participatory study at four
telecentres at rural areas in Malaysia using commercialised mHealth systems. |
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| spelling | unimas-98342022-01-04T02:11:58Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/9834/ A Holistic Ecosystem for Rural mHealth Applications and Lesson Learnt Jacey-Lynn, Minoi Mohd Raili, Suhaili Yeo, Alvin W T Technology (General) Delivering mHealth applications requires a mHealth ecosystem and this paper will present the development of an ecosystem of mHealth applications to be deployed at remote and rural villages that do not enjoy the same health benefits as in urban areas. Some evidence was found to indicate advantages of mHealth applications in supporting healthy living and wellness behavioural change among the people. The fundamental principle of an ecosystem is to enhance the participation of all the stakeholders and to understand the big picture of the work process holistically. The stakeholders include developers, telecommunication providers, patients, caregivers, healthcare providers, the Ministry of Health and other government sectors. It is important to balance the commercial interests and the peoples’ needs. For the last decade, commercialised mHealth applications are increasingly available to target heterogeneous audiences and address specific health needs. With that, research interest in mHealth is also increasing together with the complexity of the ecosystems that impact all the stakeholders. We will present the development of protocols and privacy from lessons learnt to increase the effectiveness of mHealth in practice and to allow better understanding for future development and employment. We have also conducted a pilot participatory study at four telecentres at rural areas in Malaysia using commercialised mHealth systems. UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK (UNIMAS) 2014 Proceeding NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/9834/1/Jacey-Lynn.pdf Jacey-Lynn, Minoi and Mohd Raili, Suhaili and Yeo, Alvin W (2014) A Holistic Ecosystem for Rural mHealth Applications and Lesson Learnt. In: Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Sciences, 8 - 10 December 2014, Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia. http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=7047460 |
| spellingShingle | T Technology (General) Jacey-Lynn, Minoi Mohd Raili, Suhaili Yeo, Alvin W A Holistic Ecosystem for Rural mHealth Applications and Lesson Learnt |
| title | A Holistic Ecosystem for Rural mHealth Applications and Lesson Learnt |
| title_full | A Holistic Ecosystem for Rural mHealth Applications and Lesson Learnt |
| title_fullStr | A Holistic Ecosystem for Rural mHealth Applications and Lesson Learnt |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Holistic Ecosystem for Rural mHealth Applications and Lesson Learnt |
| title_short | A Holistic Ecosystem for Rural mHealth Applications and Lesson Learnt |
| title_sort | holistic ecosystem for rural mhealth applications and lesson learnt |
| topic | T Technology (General) |
| url | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/9834/ http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/9834/ http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/9834/1/Jacey-Lynn.pdf |