e-Infrastructure and e-Services for Developing Countries. 11th EAI International Conference, AFRICOMM 2019, Porto-Novo, Benin, December 3–4, 2019, Proceedings

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Mobile Health Applications Future Trends and Challenges

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-030-41593-8_15,
        author={Teddy Bessin and Alain Ou\^{e}draogo and Ferdinand Guinko},
        title={Mobile Health Applications Future Trends and Challenges},
        proceedings={e-Infrastructure and e-Services for Developing Countries. 11th EAI International Conference, AFRICOMM 2019, Porto-Novo, Benin, December 3--4, 2019, Proceedings},
        proceedings_a={AFRICOMM},
        year={2020},
        month={2},
        keywords={mhealth Mobile health future trends mhealth opportunities},
        doi={10.1007/978-3-030-41593-8_15}
    }
    
  • Teddy Bessin
    Alain Ouédraogo
    Ferdinand Guinko
    Year: 2020
    Mobile Health Applications Future Trends and Challenges
    AFRICOMM
    Springer
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-41593-8_15
Teddy Bessin1,*, Alain Ouédraogo1,*, Ferdinand Guinko1,*
  • 1: Université Joseph KI-ZERBO
*Contact email: bess_ivan@hotmail.fr, wilfriedalaino@gmail.com, tonguimferdinand@guinko.net

Abstract

Digital technologies are now a big part of the healthcare industry. With the rapid evolution of information and telecommunication technologies, mobile phones offers amazing opportunities to improve healthcare system, in the way that physicians, patients and other health system actors are more interconnected than it is in the traditional healthcare system. The goal of this study is to present the current and future trends in the field of mobile health (mhealth) and also to present the challenges in the use of mhealth apps.