Mobile Technologies for Delivering Healthcare in Remote, Rural or Developing Regions

Pradeep Kumar Ray is the Director of the Centre for Entrepreneurship, University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute, China, and currently leads the international initiative mHealth for Belt and Road region (mHBR) involving more than ten countries. Pradeep works on a range of innovative projects on eHealth and mHealth (jointly with industry, governments and global bodies like WHO, EU and IEEE) in eHealth and mHealth across the Asia Pacific region. He founded the WHO Collaborating Centre for eHealth in UNSW-Australia. He also co-founded IEEE Healthcom, premier international event held annually since 1999. Naoki Nakashima is a professor and Director at the Medical Information Center of Kyushu University Hospital, and also a visiting professor of National Institute of Informatics, Japan. He is the leader for mHealth for Parkinsons Disease in mHBR. He is vice-president of the Japan Association for Medical Informatics (JAMI). He is also a founding member (2003) and past-vice director (2012) of the Telemedicine Development Center of Asia (TEMDEC) in Kyushu University. Ashir Ahmed is an associate professor at the department of advanced information technology in Kyushu University, Japan and director of Global Communication Centre (GCC) projects at Grameen Communications, Bangladesh. Ashir leads the Portable Health Clinic project in mHBR. His research aims to produce and promote ICT-based social services for remote communities in the world. Soong-Chul Ro is an associate professor and leader of the Bangladesh Challenge Project at the Centre for Entrepreneurship, University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute (UM-SJTU JI), People's Republic of China. He also leads the Global Challenge project of mHBR. He has created and overseen several CSR projects, in partnership with NGOs and private companies. He is an honorary member of the Korean Diakonia Welfare Foundation. Yasuhiro Soshino is the director of the International Medical Relief at Japan Red Cross Kumamoto Hospital, Japan. He also leads the Drones project at mHBR. He works closely with governments and industry in reaching medical relief in disaster affected areas using drones and has extensive experience in leading Red Cross disaster relief missions following natural disasters. He has been working on a range of disaster relief technologies including photovoltaics, IoT and drones.

Section I: Global challenge

Chapter 1: Role of the university for sustainable development
Chapter 2: Be friends with the future - Global innovation and entrepreneurship collaboration system in the field of medical health
Chapter 3: Use of mobile health application to support belt and road initiatives: a cross-sectional study in China and Bangladesh
Chapter 4: Behind the popularity of 'online mutual aid': how does the Chinese one-child policy generation appraise and control cancer risk of their aging parents
Chapter 5: Understanding health professionals' perspective on delivering health information on social media: a case study in Bangladesh



Section II: Portable health clinic

Chapter 6: Mapping the need for preventive healthcare services in remote South Asian communities
Chapter 7: Portable health clinic: concept, design, implementation and challenges
Chapter 8: Modular expansion of PHC in Bangladesh
Chapter 9: PHC and case studies of remote healthcare services in Asian countries
Chapter 10: Personal health record in Japan, China, and Bangladesh
Chapter 11: Telemedical education in Asia



Section III: Sustainable and resilient mHealth services

Chapter 12: Generic disaster information model for message delivery triage in disaster response
Chapter 13: Application and development of drones for health services in developing countries
Chapter 14: Build back better in the drone application by the Nepal Flying Labs
Chapter 15: Sustainable and resilient community development by drones



Section IV: mHealth for the elderly

Chapter 16: Mitigating isolation and loneliness with technology through emotional care by social robots in remote
Chapter 17: Healthcare robots for elderly people: A review of the robotic solutions, use cases, and barriers
Chapter 18: The integration of robots and wearables
Chapter 19: The usability of smart speakers for seniors



Section V: mHealth for chronic illnesses

Chapter 20: The status of healthcare service delivery systems: comparison, mobile health, and healthcare service design
Chapter 21: What is going on in digital health communities? A typology of support exchanges for cancer patients
Chapter 22: Business and legal framework for the exchange of mHealth data for aged care across countries
Chapter 23: Applications of machine learning techniques in the diagnosis of Parkinson's disease: promises and challenges
Chapter 24: Assessment of vulnerability to natural disasters for emergency management in Victoria, Australia
Chapter 25: Conclusion and future work