{"id":"https://openalex.org/W3010478152","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/healthcom46333.2019.9009477","title":"A Mobile Health System to Empower Healthcare Services in Remote Regions","display_name":"A Mobile Health System to Empower Healthcare Services in Remote Regions","publication_year":2019,"publication_date":"2019-10-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W3010478152","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/healthcom46333.2019.9009477","mag":"3010478152"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/healthcom46333.2019.9009477","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/healthcom46333.2019.9009477","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2019 IEEE International Conference on E-health Networking, Application & Services (HealthCom)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5055050505","display_name":"Bruno M. C. Silva","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5939-8370"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I161321875","display_name":"University of Beira Interior","ror":"https://ror.org/03nf36p02","country_code":"PT","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I161321875"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210120471","display_name":"Instituto de Telecomunica\u00e7\u00f5es","ror":"https://ror.org/02ht4fk33","country_code":"PT","type":"nonprofit","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210120471"]}],"countries":["PT"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Bruno M. C. Silva","raw_affiliation_strings":["Instituto de Telecomunica\u00e7\u00f5es, Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilh\u00e3, Portugal"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Instituto de Telecomunica\u00e7\u00f5es, Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilh\u00e3, Portugal","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I161321875","https://openalex.org/I4210120471"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5076776322","display_name":"Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8657-3800"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I161321875","display_name":"University of Beira Interior","ror":"https://ror.org/03nf36p02","country_code":"PT","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I161321875"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210120471","display_name":"Instituto de Telecomunica\u00e7\u00f5es","ror":"https://ror.org/02ht4fk33","country_code":"PT","type":"nonprofit","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210120471"]}],"countries":["PT"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues","raw_affiliation_strings":["Instituto de Telecomunica\u00e7\u00f5es, Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilh\u00e3, Portugal"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Instituto de Telecomunica\u00e7\u00f5es, Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilh\u00e3, Portugal","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I161321875","https://openalex.org/I4210120471"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5102013477","display_name":"Andr\u00e9 Ramos","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7954-0629"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210120471","display_name":"Instituto de Telecomunica\u00e7\u00f5es","ror":"https://ror.org/02ht4fk33","country_code":"PT","type":"nonprofit","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210120471"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I161321875","display_name":"University of Beira Interior","ror":"https://ror.org/03nf36p02","country_code":"PT","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I161321875"]}],"countries":["PT"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Andre Ramos","raw_affiliation_strings":["Instituto de Telecomunica\u00e7\u00f5es, Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilh\u00e3, Portugal"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Instituto de Telecomunica\u00e7\u00f5es, Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilh\u00e3, Portugal","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I161321875","https://openalex.org/I4210120471"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5028789029","display_name":"Kashif Saleem","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8062-3301"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I28022161","display_name":"King Saud University","ror":"https://ror.org/02f81g417","country_code":"SA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I28022161"]}],"countries":["SA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Kashif Saleem","raw_affiliation_strings":["Center of Excellence in Information Assurance (CoEIA), King Saud University, Saudi Arabia"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Center of Excellence in Information Assurance (CoEIA), King Saud University, Saudi Arabia","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I28022161"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5046258353","display_name":"Isabel de la Torre D\u00edez","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3134-7720"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I108103353","display_name":"Universidad de Valladolid","ror":"https://ror.org/01fvbaw18","country_code":"ES","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I108103353"]}],"countries":["ES"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Isabel de la Torre","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I108103353"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5061370797","display_name":"Ricardo A. L. Rab\u00ealo","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1482-6404"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I3121799822","display_name":"Universidade Federal do Piau\u00ed","ror":"https://ror.org/00kwnx126","country_code":"BR","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I3121799822"]}],"countries":["BR"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Ricardo L. Rabelo","raw_affiliation_strings":["Federal University of Piau\u00ed, Teresina, PI, Brazil"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Federal University of Piau\u00ed, Teresina, PI, Brazil","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I3121799822"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":4,"institutions_distinct_count":6,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5055050505"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I161321875","https://openalex.org/I4210120471"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":1.9312,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":8,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.8851713,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":96},"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"1","last_page":"6"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11446","display_name":"Mobile Health and mHealth Applications","score":0.9995999932289124,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3600","display_name":"General Health Professions"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/36","display_name":"Health Professions"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11446","display_name":"Mobile Health and mHealth Applications","score":0.9995999932289124,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3600","display_name":"General Health Professions"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/36","display_name":"Health Professions"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13194","display_name":"ICT in Developing Communities","score":0.9911999702453613,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10273","display_name":"IoT and Edge/Fog Computing","score":0.9695000052452087,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/health-care","display_name":"Health care","score":0.6489928960800171},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/android","display_name":"Android (operating system)","score":0.562028169631958},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mhealth","display_name":"mHealth","score":0.45593422651290894},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/business","display_name":"Business","score":0.41330116987228394},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.4091034531593323},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/telecommunications","display_name":"Telecommunications","score":0.33373475074768066},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/operating-system","display_name":"Operating system","score":0.10320219397544861}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C160735492","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q31207","display_name":"Health care","level":2,"score":0.6489928960800171},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C557433098","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q94","display_name":"Android (operating system)","level":2,"score":0.562028169631958},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779363104","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17069079","display_name":"mHealth","level":3,"score":0.45593422651290894},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144133560","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4830453","display_name":"Business","level":0,"score":0.41330116987228394},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.4091034531593323},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C76155785","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q418","display_name":"Telecommunications","level":1,"score":0.33373475074768066},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111919701","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9135","display_name":"Operating system","level":1,"score":0.10320219397544861},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162324750","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8134","display_name":"Economics","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C50522688","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q189833","display_name":"Economic growth","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/healthcom46333.2019.9009477","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/healthcom46333.2019.9009477","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2019 IEEE International Conference on E-health Networking, Application & Services (HealthCom)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"score":0.4000000059604645,"display_name":"Partnerships for the goals","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/17"}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":17,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1966762025","https://openalex.org/W1976171963","https://openalex.org/W1988642609","https://openalex.org/W2009699373","https://openalex.org/W2013466870","https://openalex.org/W2144735803","https://openalex.org/W2418929268","https://openalex.org/W2441724948","https://openalex.org/W2538494097","https://openalex.org/W2547396270","https://openalex.org/W2556658052","https://openalex.org/W2586230914","https://openalex.org/W2588705262","https://openalex.org/W2603493789","https://openalex.org/W2622005247","https://openalex.org/W2889121398","https://openalex.org/W2913066864"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2033816204","https://openalex.org/W2337765902","https://openalex.org/W1588402739","https://openalex.org/W1910106490","https://openalex.org/W2119759502","https://openalex.org/W2136813899","https://openalex.org/W60974719","https://openalex.org/W2044449324","https://openalex.org/W2529784083","https://openalex.org/W1600651823","https://openalex.org/W1970602071","https://openalex.org/W1742144788","https://openalex.org/W2013377586","https://openalex.org/W2796595951","https://openalex.org/W2603809867","https://openalex.org/W2295291442","https://openalex.org/W2099490460","https://openalex.org/W2221927353","https://openalex.org/W15374282","https://openalex.org/W2002160720"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Nowadays,":[0],"access":[1],"to":[2,80],"healthcare":[3,54,107,114],"services":[4,26],"in":[5,14,56,99,103,135],"rural":[6],"or":[7],"remote":[8,57],"regions":[9],"remains":[10],"a":[11,29,50,65,100,106],"major":[12,30],"issue":[13],"both":[15],"developing":[16,75],"and":[17,43,85,97,112,130,155],"developed":[18],"countries.":[19],"The":[20,34,59,93],"advent":[21],"of":[22,37,45,49,89,118,137],"mobile":[23,91],"health":[24],"(m-Health)":[25],"is":[27,40,62],"becoming":[28],"improvement":[31],"for":[32,53,74,150],"patients.":[33],"main":[35],"objective":[36],"this":[38],"paper":[39],"the":[41,76,86,122,139,148],"development":[42],"Quality":[44],"Experience":[46],"(QoE)":[47],"evaluation":[48],"mHealth":[51],"solution":[52],"professionals":[55],"areas.":[58],"system":[60,94,142],"architecture":[61],"based":[63],"on":[64],"Service":[66],"Oriented":[67],"Architecture":[68],"(SOA).":[69],"Android":[70],"OS":[71],"was":[72,95],"chosen":[73],"application,":[77],"mainly,":[78],"due":[79],"its":[81],"open":[82],"source":[83],"APIs":[84],"vast":[87],"diversity":[88],"covered":[90],"devices.":[92],"evaluated":[96,121],"demonstrated":[98],"real":[101],"pilot":[102],"cooperation":[104],"with":[105],"institution":[108],"involving":[109],"42":[110],"patients":[111,120],"4":[113],"professionals.":[115],"A":[116],"total":[117],"294":[119],"solution.":[123],"Hardware":[124],"issues,":[125],"such":[126],"as":[127],"network":[128],"disconnection":[129],"energy":[131],"issues":[132],"were":[133],"reported":[134],"4%":[136],"all":[138],"cases.":[140],"This":[141],"reduced":[143],"significantly":[144],"care":[145],"costs":[146],"lessen":[147],"need":[149],"physical":[151],"contact":[152],"between":[153],"patient":[154],"physician.":[156]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":2}],"updated_date":"2025-11-06T03:46:38.306776","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}