Development of handheld healthcare information system in an outpatient physical therapy clinic

Abstract

With the Tablet and smart phone development, the development of mobile applications (mobile Apps) has become more desirable and diversified in users' perspective. In this study, an Android Apps was developed for an outpatient physical therapy clinic. The purpose of this handheld healthcare information system is to record medical processes and patient appointment. During the App development, the medical system's environment characteristics were observed and a scenario simulation method was used in the comparison of efficiency between traditional paper-based approach and App system.