Patient Monitoring in Mobile Health: Opportunities and Challenges
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Patient Monitoring in Mobile Health: Opportunities and Challenges
BACKGROUND In most countries chronic diseases lead to high health care costs and reduced productivity of people in society. The best way to reduce costs of health sector and increase the empowerment of people is prevention of chronic diseases and appropriate health activities management through monitoring of patients. To enjoy the full benefits of E-health, making use of methods and modern tech...
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عنوان ژورنال: Medical Archives
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0350-199X
DOI: 10.5455/medarh.2014.68.57-60