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Choosing Technologies for Handheld and Ubiquitous Decision Support

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  • Darren Woollatt

    (University of South Australia, Australia)

  • Paul Koop

    (University of South Australia, Australia)

  • Sara Jones

    (University of South Australia, Australia)

  • Jim Warren

    (The University of Auckland, New Zealand)

Abstract

Wireless, handheld devices are becoming increasingly popular in health care settings, but the full potential of their role in patient-specific decision support remains to be achieved. This article presents a multicriteria framework for choosing technologies apropos to handheld and ubiquitous decision support architecture. This framework is illustrated through architectural middleware choices made in the context of a podiatry and diabetes care network. Performance issues are found to be very important in the handheld space, and minor aspects of connectivity and other constraints drive significant changes in choices of architectural approach. The resulting architecture employs layers, including serialized objects, XML payloads, event notification, Web services, and dynamic class loading, with the mix varying among the system interfaces. The overall recommendation is that organizations wishing to fully exploit mobile technology must use a flexible policy and pursue a process of technology choice that is scenario-based and iterative to take into account discoveries from prototyping and field-test experience.

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  • Darren Woollatt & Paul Koop & Sara Jones & Jim Warren, 2007. "Choosing Technologies for Handheld and Ubiquitous Decision Support," International Journal of Healthcare Information Systems and Informatics (IJHISI), IGI Global, vol. 2(3), pages 1-11, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:igg:jhisi0:v:2:y:2007:i:3:p:1-11
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