• Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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• v.17 no.5
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• pp.640-653
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• 2014

Recently medical consumers pursue high leveled quality of life through active promotion, prevention, management activity of health as the importance of health during home life is emerged to meet the aging society and chronic diseases. In addition, people are directed to the m-Health for managing yourself their health by using smartphone and various personal health devices, if necessary transmits health data to the physician himself. In the previous studies, m-Health Application were developed and applied in the real clinical environment by adopting the medical information standards was rarely conducted. Therefore, in this study, the m-Health application platform was developed. Developed application was communicate with IEEE 11073 standard protocol using the Bluetooth Health Device Profile in personal health device via smart phone to process blood pressure information, and it converted to HL7 V2.6 ORU_R01 message for send to remote medical server. In addition, we tested the interoperability and safety of the developed application for 23 inpatient and 17 outpatient at D University Hospital. As a result, the blood pressure information has been transmitted without error.

• International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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• v.24 no.3
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• pp.43-52
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• 2024

Health Monitoring System is a sophisticating technology and another way to the normal/regular management of the health of the patient. This Health Monitoring Mobile Application is a contribution from our side to the public and to the overall health industry in Pakistan. With the help of Health mobile application, the users will be able to store their medical records, prescriptions and retrieve them later. The users can store and keep track of their vital readings (heart rate, blood pressure, fasting glucose, random glucose). The mobile application also shows hospitals that are nearby in case the user wants to avail of any medical help. An important feature of the application is the symptoms-based disease prediction, the user selects the symptoms which he has and then the application will name certain diseases that match those symptoms based on relevant algorithms. The major advances and issues have been discussed, and as well as potential tasks to health monitoring will be identified and evaluated.

• Korean Journal of Health Education and Promotion
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• v.27 no.3
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• pp.59-66
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• 2010

Objectives: This paper aims to describe a public health planning model, Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnership(MAPP), and to discuss its application in Korea with a specific focus on the Local Public Health System (LPHS) component of MAPP. Methods: Literature content review was performed on research papers on MAPP development and application, MAPP handbook and guides, the guidelines for the 5th Phase Community Health Plan, and a research report on public health center evaluation system. Results: MAPP has been applied to public health planning (the 5th Phase Community Health Plan) and a performance evaluation system for public health center in Korea. The current application is limited to the early stages of the MAPP. Limited or partial application affects the integrity of the model. Follow-through should be strengthened especially for evaluation planning. Conclusion: Systems thinking approaches should be considered for the development of LPHS and strengthening logical and practical linkage between planning and evaluation of community health planning.

• Journal of the HCI Society of Korea
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.19-27
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• 2015

As the mobile content industry is growing, mobile health (m-health) market is expanding based on various contents. It has developed in the way of utilizing health contents through mobile device such as smart phone among young people. This study aims to examine the usage of m-health application and factors of continuous usage among students in Seoul National University. The result is expected to provide a foundation for future health promotion programs utilizing m-health. The study analyzes the difference of application usage tendency based on demographic characteristic and the continuous usage, and compared the level of knowledge, attitude, belief, and practice (KABP) of mobile health application. 28% of the total sample population uses the application continuously, and their KABP level was higher than that of users that stopped using. This study goes beyond the previous studies of service satisfaction and acceptance analysis on the marketing level, and is meaningful in that it has analyzed the m-health application usage from the public health point of view.

• International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.17-23
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• 2022

The purpose of this study is to develop a cancer rehabilitation program for cancer survivors in the form of a smartphone application and to confirm the effectiveness through Pilot study. The contents of the application consisted of health records, lab-test records, and health information, and the information recorded by the patient was graphically checked for changes over time on my page. 7 subjects who ended acute treatment and were undergoing follow-up were asked to use the application for 4 weeks, and then changes in variables (uncertainty, e-health literacy, self-efficacy, and cancer rehabilitation) were confirmed. It was confirmed that e-health literacy and self-efficiency increased significantly over time after using the application. In addition, the level of cancer rehabilitation was found to increase significantly over time. The application for cancer rehabilitation developed in this study needs to be expanded to improve the quality of life of cancer survivors.

• The Journal of Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education
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• v.20 no.1
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• pp.108-117
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• 2014

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to develop and validate health care providers' counseling manual in mobile application for lifelong health care among patients with chronic hepatitis B. Methods: The mobile application was developed using a prototyping approach and system developing life cycle method, evaluated by users for their satisfaction with the counseling manual and experts for the quality of the manual. To evaluate application of the counseling manual, knowledge and counselor self-efficacy of the subjects were measured and compared before and after application of the counseling manual. Results: There were statistically significant increases in knowledge and counselor self-efficacy in the user group. A mobile application with high accessibility and applicability including information and counseling factors can promote counseling competence of the nurse as health care provider caring chronic hepatitis B patients. Conclusion: The results of this study indicate that the counseling manual in mobile application is effective in increasing knowledge and counselor self-efficacy among nurses to promote lifelong health care among patients with chronic hepatitis B. Therefore, it can be usefully utilized in the field of nursing for patients with chronic hepatitis B as a nursing intervention.

• The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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• v.3 no.1
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• pp.29-33
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• 2017

As more than 80% of the entire Korean population uses smartphone, an increasing number of applications are being developed to increase the convenience in daily life. Users are also looking for applications associated with health, such as those that help them confirm their health status. While users are use most frequently a health care application, this study was conducted to review an application that can be used in real time to access hospital services. Namely, to manage the health status of users and patients, book online or offline appointments and go through the appointments. The study was conducted using the application of Baeksok University Hospital.

• The Journal of Korean Medicine
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• v.38 no.1
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• pp.21-33
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• 2017

Objectives: The purpose of this study is to present the needs for New Health Technology in Korean medicine field and suggest the strategy to raise the application and selection rate. Methods: In this study, we reviewed the application status of New Health Technology application from April 27, 2007 to June 30, 2016. And we analyzed the assessment methods, procedures, and failure factors through the two Research stage technologies reports in Korean medicine field. Results: In Korean medicine field, the application status of New Health Technology is very small as 2% of the whole applications. Moreover, 62.9% of the applied technology were either an existing technology or an early technology, so did not enter the assessment process. Two technologies categorized as Research stage technology also had failed to adopt New Health Technology because they were lacking evidences or need more research to prove effectiveness. Conclusions: In order to develop New Health Technology in Korean medicine, more efforts should be made to activate research that can prove the safety and effectiveness of medical technology, and to create a quantitative or qualitative basis for the results of the research. Also, it is necessary to increase researchers' awareness of New Health Technology. And the strategy to positively utilize the "Limited Approval" to promote clinical studies.

• Korean Journal of Adult Nursing
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• v.27 no.4
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• pp.459-471
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• 2015

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to develop a smartphone application and evaluate it's effectiveness and usability for promoting bone health in Korean young adult women. Methods: A smartphone application was developed covering exercise, nutrition, and health habits related to bone health. A pilot testing was conducted using a one-group pre/posttest design. A total of 22 female college students with low bone mass participated in the 8-week use of a pilot testing. Results: The "Strong bone Fit body (SbFb)" application was developed using Android platform. In the pilot testing, bone mineral density, serum CTX, and 25 (OH)Vit.D were significantly decreased. There is no significant change in serum osteocalcin and calcium. Serum phosphorus concentration, nutrient intakes (fiber, VitB6, and pantotenic acid), and all bone composition profiles were significantly increased. Bone-health knowledge was significantly increased but no change in health belief and self-efficacy. Conclusion: The results of this pilot testing suggest the effectiveness of the SbFb application to enhance and promote self-managing abilities for bone health. It can provide continuous feedback and high-quality bone health information. However, some contents and working methods of the application need to be modified and its effectiveness on bone health requires further investigations.

• The Journal of Korean Medicine Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology and Dermatology
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• v.29 no.3
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• pp.1-13
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• 2016

Objectives : We conducted a survey aimed at developing a personal health record application for the treatment of atopic dermatitis in Korean medicine .Methods : We conducted a survey on Korean medicine doctors who attended the Korean Medicine Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology and Dermatology conference 2016. The questionnaire was based on priority of usage of the diagnostic indices and tools, and intention to use the personal health record application for treatment of atopic dermatitis in the clinic.Results : Data were collected from 50 Korean medicine doctors. Ninety-six per cent of respondents replied that they were willing to use the personal health record application for treating atopic dermatitis. Among the diagnostic indices related to atopic dermatitis, Korean medicine doctors regarded the following as important in the order of priority, i.e., condition of skin, lifestyle, risk factors, symptoms other than those of skin, past history, family history and medical history, results of tongue, pulse, and abdomen investigation, and constitution. These results did not vary with the purpose of diagnosis, and the results were consistent with those obtained with the intention to use diagnostic. Over 50% of respondents replied that they use immunoglobulin E, scoring atopic dermatitis, and visual analogue scale among the diagnostic tools.Conclusions : Our survey was conducted on clinicians who are the intended users of the personal health record application for the treatment of atopic dermatitis; hence, the results of this study can be helpful for developing a useful personal health record application for atopic dermatitis in the clinic.