A systematic review of 'healthcare via cell phones' concluded that information and education interventions delivered through wireless mobile technology resulted in improvements in both clinical outcome (e.g. Asthma symptoms, HbA1C levels, smoking quit rates) and care processes (e.g. lower failed appointments, quicker diagnosis and treatment) [ 19].
In view of rapid developments in hardware, wireless technology and data-transmission, psychiatric intervention through video-conferencing (telepsychiatry) can be an effective mode of service delivery, especially for remotely located population clusters.
"I favor market approaches rather than government funding and intervention to build a national wireless network," said Senator Michael S. Lee of Utah.
Though remote monitoring of devices can be expected with the advances in wireless technology and the internet, for lower tech interventions, log books can be implemented as an effective tool to track adherence to behavioral interventions.
After the initial training, each village doctor in the intervention arm is provided with a 3G wireless network smart phone with the pre-installed EPI app.
DHTs include assessments and interventions delivered via computer, Internet, mobile phone, and wireless or wearable device technologies.
Working together without human intervention, cognitive radios in close proximity would create an efficient wireless network that adapts to the communications needs of the moment.
Next-generation applications for WSN include topics such as wireless building automation, distributed wireless health monitoring, industrial process monitoring and disaster intervention.
The current explosion in the use of mobile phone technology in healthcare coupled with decreasing costs of wireless communications worldwide has led to a panoply of promising mobile phone based interventions among patients with chronic conditions, including HIV infection.
Zaks' second project, SOS.Venezuela, features the kind of technological artistic intervention that brings people together under a community banner, in this case, a wireless network.
Intervention group students completed the information management exercises using their PDAs plus Internet capable wireless computers.
