Barriers, Problems and Challenges in the Implementation of Mobile Healthcare Applications: A Systematic Literature Review

Abstract

Nowadays, advancements in mobile technology have boosted the utilization of mobile-based health technologies referred as mobile health. The Goal of these systems is to providing quick response regarding person’s health condition. The Rising acceptance of mobile phones constructs the recent opportunities of “pervasive health”. Recent numerous mobile-based monitoring systems those are designed, with the ability to compute a broad range of physiological signals. Mobile devices have enhanced the access of health information for patients and healthcare provider. It delivers timely healthcare reminder to patients. These devices are giving healthcare facilities at low cost. Although, with all these are several problems and challenges in the deployment of mobile healthcare applications. In this paper, issues, challenges and problems are described regarding mobile healthcare applications.

Keywords

• mobile healthcare
• mhealthcare
• health information system