Mobile Computing and Social Networking
Health Care has taken a technological and revolutionary stand in the last few decades. With the onslaught of smart phones, wifi, various mobile technologies, social networking, and an array of data, the world has finally found a way to make online health care a real thing. “There are a lot of interesting things happening right now in the world of medicine with regard to technology. Radiology technicians have access to better imaging devices than they did in the past, and mobile computing is making it possible to send those images to doctors anywhere in the hospital — in an instant” (17 ...view middle of the document...
The monitor will even follow the patient wherever they go, and whoever the caregiver is can remove it at will. Smartphones and broadband devices have also played a huge role in mobile computing. Patients can now view their different functions and vitals through their healthcare servers. With the rise of technology in healthcare, it’s really giving the patient more control over their care. “The seamless monitoring and recording of a patient's vital signs seems like an obviously important task to get right; in an age where we can virtualize our desktops and roll dice with a flick of our cell phones, it's about time the technology for this catches up” (Moore, 2009).
In a world where technology is taking over, there’s a lot of advantages and disadvantages of using mobile computing technology to monitor patients. With the rise in popularity of smartphones and tablets can give the community a new view on mobile computing. One advantage that could play a role in this is the various amounts of apps that are out to help the patient, as well as the healthcare...