Title: Social networks, apps and smartphones for telemedicine

Authors: Agostino Giorgio

Addresses: Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettrica e dell'Informazione, Digital Electronic Systems and Applications Lab, Politecnico di Bari, Via E. Orabona, 4, 70125 Bari, Italy

Abstract: This paper deals with a telemedicine method for the execution of remote medical visits with mobile devices. To this aim, a new app has been developed by the author that uses the facilities of the well-known social network Facebook and other already existing smartphone's apps and web-apps. This paper describes how to use social network and smartphone apps for telemedicine purposes, the method capabilities and guidelines for a remote medical visit.

Keywords: telemedicine; Facebook; smartphone apps; smartphones; mobile devices; remote medical visits; social networks; healthcare technology.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMEI.2016.077436

International Journal of Medical Engineering and Informatics, 2016 Vol.8 No.3, pp.183 - 195

Accepted: 24 Oct 2015
Published online: 30 Jun 2016 *

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