Implications and Effectiveness of Using Android Mobile Computing In Improving Healthcare Management

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CHAPTER 01: INTRODUCTION1

Background2

Rationale of the study7

Aim8

Objective8

Research Question8

LITERATURE REVIEW9

METHODOLOGY18

Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria19

Proposed Methods20

REFERENCES24

CHAPTER 01: INTRODUCTION

In the modern world of today, the demand for increasingly higher quality of medical care and healthcare facilities are increasing exponentially. One of the leading reasons responsible for this particular aspect is the fact that the fraction of population which is aged greater than 65 years of age is forecasted to increase by almost 7 per cent, as the prediction state that from being 12.4 per cent in the year 2000, this figure would mount up to approximately 19.6 per cent in the year 2030 (Armbrust, et al., 2010, pp. 51). This 7 per cent increase would mean that by the year 2030, there would be about 70 million people aged over 65 years. Within this fraction, roughly 19.5 million would be older than the age of 80 years old (Rolim, 2010, p. 97). As the figures suggest that people are living longer, thus it is imperative that the medical quality matches pace and quality healthcare can be provided to the elderly to ensure a quality life for their age group. Thus, the capabilities of the entire medical industry need to expand radically in order to meet the new and diversifying needs of the growing population (Kuo, 2011, p.13).

In this pursuit, a specific area in the healthcare industry has received much attention in the recent times, pervasive healthcare. It basically denotes the idea that the physical state of a patient can be autonomously and automatically monitored using a device. It allows data to be synchronized with the central server so that the doctors could make use of real time information pertaining to the symptoms and different patterns which might emerge in the patient's health over time (Klien, 2011, p.572). This real time information sharing of medical data can radically increase the quality of the service which healthcare providers are currently delivering and it allows for more personalized treatments focused on the specific condition of the patient at that particular time.

Even though there are currently devices which can allow continuous monitoring of a person, but the real time sharing of data among professional is not available to professionals for now (Alagoz, 2010, pp. 38-41). Currently, the data needs to be downloaded before it could be processed for further actions to be taken place. The introduction of cloud computing facility has opened up a completely new dimension to pervasive healthcare system in which data pertaining to the medical records could be easily synchronized with the cloud. This aspect of cloud synchronization allows doctors to be immediately notified in case the patient's situation becomes worse. Furthermore, cloud computing devices require less computing power and help reduce the cost borne by the organization itself. The shift towards cloud computing in the field of healthcare management and inclusion of android based devices has the potential of radically improving the healthcare management and effectively handle the growing needs ...