Over the past decade, technology has become increasingly important in the lives of adolescents. As a group, adolescents are heavy users of newer electronic communication forms such as instant messaging, e-mail, and text messaging, as well as communication-oriented Internet sites such as blogs, social networking, and sites for sharing photos and videos. Kaveri Subrahmanyam and Patricia Greenfiel...

BACKGROUND Secure messaging with health care providers offers the promise of improved patient-provider relationships, potentially facilitating outcome improvements. But, will patients use messaging technology in the manner envisioned by policy-makers if their providers do not actively use it? OBJECTIVE We hypothesized that the level and type of secure messaging usage by providers might be ass...

Information exchange, enabled by computable interoperability, is the key to many of the initiatives underway including the development of Regional Health Information Exchanges, Regional Health Information Organizations, and the National Health Information Network. These initiatives must include public health as a full partner in the emerging transformation of our nation's healthcare system thro...

The outpatients department in a developing country is typically understaffed and inadequately equipped to handle a large numbers of patients filing through on an average day. The use of electronic medical record (EMR) systems can resolve some of the longstanding medical inefficiencies common in developing countries. This paper presents the design and implementation of a proposed outpatient mana...

Flying Message Service (FMS) is a design project promoting community-based messaging in public spaces in the city. We have built a system that enables people to attach electronic messages to pigeons. From input stations located in public plazas, pigeons would transmit text messages to be displayed on large public screens at plazas throughout the city. The project evolved through ethnographic an...

The mental health field has seen a trend in recent years of the increased use of information technology, including mobile phones, tablets, and laptop computers, to facilitate clinical treatment delivery to individual patients and for record keeping. However, little attention has been paid to ensuring that electronic communication with patients is private and secure. This is despite potentially ...

In this paper we introduce the four main forms of wireless messaging. After analyzing the current market state and its technology accordingly, we list the major messaging applications. Then, we demonstrate the predication report of messaging development from year 2003 to 2008. Finally, the key factors for the successful deployment of mobile messaging services are investigated. As a conclusion, ...

Today electronic communication technology became more advanced to give solutions in real time.. In this paper use the smart and efficient energy metering system uses GSM network.GSM is most popularly used because of its vast coverage area and its cost effectiveness. It is wireless two way communication between utility company and energy metering system..GSM based smart efficient energy meter se...