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Title: | Mobile eHealth for self-management: procuring the right solution |
Authors: | Basu, Runki Wilson, Michael J. McMaster eBusiness Research Centre (MeRC) |
Keywords: | Vendor selection;Electronic medical records;Electronic personal health records;Diabetes mellitus Type 2;Telemedicine;Project management |
Publication Date: | Apr-2010 |
Series/Report no.: | MeRC working paper no. 32 |
Abstract: | <p>This paper examines the procurement and vendor selection process for a mobile ehealth project for the self management of type 2 diabetes. The method involved literature review, key interviews, research on existing devices for measuring blood glucose, blood pressure and body weight using Bluetooth technology and integration with Personal Health Record systems. The project management context as well as a mobile ehealth solution is discussed. Selecting medical devices and integrated solutions, whether insourced or outsourced, involves specific stakeholders. A clinical procurement team has to be constituted differently from the business model in supply chain management. There are key legal as well as technical requirements such as health department certifications for software and provincially legislated guidelines for Request for Proposals. Industries are making strides in implementing solutions for mobile healthcare but there is a need for continual clinical testing to establish evidence based proof of efficacy and cost effectiveness.</p> |
Description: | <p>[33] p. : ; Includes bibliographical references: p. [30-33]. ;</p> <p>The authors gratefully acknowledge the guidance of Dr. Norm Archer, Professor Emeritus, Management Science and Information Systems, Michael G. De Groote School of Business, McMaster University.</p> |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11375/5350 |
Identifier: | merc/6 1005 4943341 |
Appears in Collections: | MeRC (McMaster eBusiness Research Centre) Working Paper Series |
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