Mobile Health Access for Diabetics in Rural Areas of Turkey – Results of a Survey

Emine Seker; Marco Savini

Electronic Healthcare. Second International ICST Conference, eHealth 2009, Istanbul, Turkey, September 23-15, 2009, Revised Selected Papers

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Mobile Health Access for Diabetics in Rural Areas of Turkey – Results of a Survey

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@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-11745-9_3,
    author={Emine Seker and Marco Savini},
    title={Mobile Health Access for Diabetics in Rural Areas of Turkey -- Results of a Survey},
    proceedings={Electronic Healthcare. Second International ICST Conference, eHealth 2009, Istanbul, Turkey, September 23-15, 2009, Revised Selected Papers},
    proceedings_a={E-HEALTH},
    year={2012},
    month={5},
    keywords={mobile health diabetes turkey survey rural area mhealth ehealth},
    doi={10.1007/978-3-642-11745-9_3}
}

Emine Seker
Marco Savini
Year: 2012
Mobile Health Access for Diabetics in Rural Areas of Turkey – Results of a Survey
E-HEALTH
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-11745-9_3

Emine Seker¹^,*, Marco Savini¹^,*

1: University of Fribourg

*Contact email: emine.seker@unifr.ch, marco.savini@unifr.ch

Abstract

Extending the reach of medical professionals in rural areas is one of the goals using mobile health technologies. This paper illustrates the results of a survey conducted in 2008 in Turkey asking medical professionals about their current ICT usage and opinions about using mobile technologies in order to help patients with diabetes. The goal is to reduce the information gap between patients and medical professionals by allowing sending the information electronically using mobile technologies. This will improve both the interaction between various actors and also improve the treatment, as important trends of this chronic disease can be discovered on time.

Keywords: mobile health diabetes turkey survey rural area mhealth ehealth

Published: 2012-05-28

: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-11745-9_3