chnologies
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September 2012
Smoking cessation program:
Researchers identified
47
different applications designed to stop smoking
with the help of this program based onmobile devices.
These apps counted the number of cigarettes smoked;
suggested visualizations designed to encourage people
to quit smoking, or employed calculators that sought to
reduce smoking levels.
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G Connectivity:
Health care workers in Tijuana
employ a mobile application to interact with diabetic
patients who use the application to access videos and
health education on diabetes self-management and send
interactive questionnaires to health care workers.
3
G Connectivity is also assisting the delivery of
Antiretroviral Treatment (ART) initiated by the Kenyan
Government to reduce HIV/AIDS spread.
Electrocardiogramsensing handset:
Another example
of remotemonitoring in regard to chronic diseases is
found in China. The Device records 30 seconds of heart
data and transmits that information electronically to the
24-
hour Life Care Networks Call Center in Beijing. It also
received ComputerworldHonors Laureate award for 2012.
