Author:Weiss, M; Botha, Adèle; Herselman, Martha EDate:Jan 2019mHealth solutions, in resource constrained public healthcare settings, are often an extension of the reach of the government health system. As such, mHealth is subjected to demands resulting from not only restrictions due to constrained health ...Read more
Author:Mvelase, PS; Dlamini, ZZ; Dludla, Angeline G; Sithole, Happy MDate:Nov 2015The acceptance of cloud computing is increasing in a fast pace in distributed computing environment. The use of cloud environments for storage and data processing needs is on the rise. On the other hand, mobile devices have been seen as one ...Read more
Author:Alberts, Ronell; Fogwill, Thomas A; Botha, Adèle; Chetty, DhayalanDate:May 2014Both eHealth and mHealth have much potential for efficient and effective health service delivery. However, fragmentation of applications and the lack of interoperability have been identified as major challenges for the effective deployment ...Read more
Author:Botha, Adèle; Herselman, Martha E; Kotze, DDate:Dec 2016Against the background of the conceptualisation of a Digital Health Innovation Ecosystem within the South African context, this chapter will present a localised mHealth & Wellness Innovation Ecosystem. As outlined in the previous chapter, a ...Read more
Author:Seebregts, C; Barron, P; Tanna, G; Benjamin, P; Fogwill, TDate:May 2016In August 2014, the National Department of Health implemented MomConnect as a national digital maternal health program that implements the South African mobile health (mHealth) strategy and the National Health Normative Standards Framework ...Read more
Author:Van Schalkwyk, A; Grobbelaar, SS; Vermeulen, E; Herselman, Martha EDate:Nov 2022There is a growing trend in the potential benefits and application of log data to evaluate mHealth Apps. Unfortunately, log analyses within this field are faced with challenges such as unregulated processes, questionable validity of the ...Read more
Author:Botha, Adèle; Weiss, M; Herselman, Martha EDate:Aug 2018This study is concerned with mHealth as a subset of eHealth; referring to the delivery of health-related services via mobile communications technology. Suitable taxonomies can facilitate classification of complex domains and supports researchers ...Read more
Author:Zhou, M; Herselman, Martha E; Coleman, ADate:Apr 2015Lowering costs and easy access to health information is important to public healthcare workers (PHWs) and patients who are both offline and online to improve equitable access to healthcare information. Harnessing mobile health (mHealth) ...Read more