In this paper we describe mobile virtual healthcare communities as a solution for meeting cancerpatients information and interaction needs1. After an introduction into the healthcare system and itspotential starting points for virtual communities we focus on cancer patients. We analyse...

Im Rahmen des übergeordneten Projekts OnkoConnect, das an der Technischen UniversitätMünchen (TUM), am Lehrstuhl für Wirtschaftsinformatik, in Zusammenarbeit mit derUniversitätskinderklink Heidelberg, Abteilung für Onkologie und Hämatologie, durchgeführtwird, wurde ein mobiles...

Patients with life-threatening chronic diseases such as cancer have todeal with many dependencies and obligations. Very often they are torn out of theirsocial environment and become isolated because of changing therapy cycles; theymigrate between several physicians and treatment locations. This...

In this paper we describe mobile virtual healthcare communities as a solution for meeting cancerpatients information and interaction needs. After an introduction into the healthcare system and itspotential starting points for virtual communities, we focus on cancer patients. We analyse...

Der Personal Health Manager (PHM) ist ein IT-gestütztes Bewegungsprogrammum körperlich inaktive Menschen an einen aktiveren Lebensstil heranzuführen.Für den PHM wurden Software, Hardware, persönliche und computervermittelteDienstleistungen zu einer kostengünstigen und...

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