Wireless telemedicine and m-health: technologies, applications and research issues. (5th October 2011)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Xiao, Yang; Takahashi, Daisuke; Liu, Jing; Deng, Hongmei; Zhang, Jingyuan
• Is Part Of: International journal of sensor networks. Volume 10:Number 4(2011)
• Page Start: 202
• Page End: 236
• Publication Date: 2011-10-05
• Subjects: wireless telemedicine -- m-health -- e-health -- RFID -- radio frequency identification -- WLAN -- wireless LANs -- local area networks -- WPAN -- wireless PANs -- personal area networks -- 3G -- 4G -- electronic healthcare -- mobile healthcare; Sensor networks -- Periodicals; 681.2
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1748-1279

Abstract

Telemedicine is not medicine, but it is used to compute, to communicate and to deliver high-quality medical care regardless of location. It reduces cost, time and resources. Furthermore, wireless technologies play significant roles in telemedicine, and they are therefore called wireless telemedicine or mobile-health. This paper provides a comprehensive survey on wireless telemedicine, including the relevant wireless technologies, applications and research issues.