Innovation in practice: mobile phone technology in patient care

Blake, Holly

Abstract

Mobile phones are becoming increasingly important in everyday life and now in healthcare. There has been a steady growth of information and communication technologies in health communication and technology is used progressively in telemedicine, wireless monitoring of health outcomes in disease and in the delivery of health interventions. Mobile phones are becoming an important method of encouraging better nurse-patient communication and will undoubtedly increase in application over coming years. This article presents recent developments and applications of mobile technology for health promotion and patient-monitoring in chronic disease.

Citation

Blake, H. (2008). Innovation in practice: mobile phone technology in patient care. British Journal of Community Nursing, 13(4), https://doi.org/10.12968/bjcn.2008.13.4.29024

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Apr 23, 2008
• Online Publication Date: Sep 27, 2013
• Publication Date: Apr 1, 2008
• Deposit Date: Nov 2, 2016
• Publicly Available Date: Nov 2, 2016
• Journal: British Journal of Community Nursing
• Print ISSN: 1462-4753
• Electronic ISSN: 1462-4753
• Publisher: Mark Allen Healthcare
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 13
• Issue: 4
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.12968/bjcn.2008.13.4.29024
• Keywords: technology, mobile phone, monitoring, health communication
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/704656
• Publisher URL: http://www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/abs/10.12968/bjcn.2008.13.4.29024
• Additional Information: Precise date of publication estimated.