M-Health Frame Work - For Public Health Services

摘要

The m-health is a novel application of information technology in which health services are provided to the people through mobile devices. This application provide variety of services in various countries. As in every application the m-Health also has to face lots of threats in the area of security, confidentiality, privacy etc. The technology has its own advantages and disadvantages. As the technology advances, the physicians and patients are more forced to use this new facility of health application. And this services got acceptance in remote areas of different countries. The cost of devices, lack of trained people etc. determines the range of this application in different places. M-Health includes the use and capitalization on a mobile phone's core utility of voice and short messaging service (SMS) as well as more complex functionalities and applications including general packet radio service (GPRS), third and fourth generation mobile telecommunications (3G and 4G systems), global positioning system (GPS), and Bluetooth technology. With all this consideration the study proposes a frame work for the public health services. The state like Kerala, even though the state is first in literacy, the health services are pathetic in public sector as well as in private sector. The facilities are available only for the rich people. The architecture is mainly designed for local body like Panchayath or villages. The study also discuss the anxieties of doctors and patients while accepting the m-health services in public health services.