Special issue: Integrating mobility into the healthcare sector: the next generation of mobile health applications

International Journal of Electronic Healthcare 3(1) 2007 is a special issue: Integrating mobility into the healthcare sector: the next generation of mobile health applications. The papers broadly look at the design and development of mobile technologies and applications to support the provision and management of healthcare services within the hospital and home environments as well as exploring the possibilities for these technologies to provide healthcare ubiquitously. Through wireless, integrated networks, medical knowledge can be shared almost instantly enabling the provision and management of healthcare outside traditional working hours and beyond the traditional physical constraints.