Attitude toward wireless applications in healthcare industry in China

  • Authors:

  • Guixia Kang;Yue Ouyang;Da Liu;Huaqing Wang;Ping Zhang

  • Affiliations:

  • Wireless Technology Innovation Institute, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China;Wireless Technology Innovation Institute, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China;Intelligent Technology and Machine Lab, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, P.R. China;Wireless Technology Innovation Institute, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China;Wireless Technology Innovation Institute, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China

  • Venue:
  • UAHCI'07 Proceedings of the 4th international conference on Universal access in human-computer interaction: applications and services
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

A validated questionnaire evaluating the attitude of Chinese people toward wireless applications in healthcare industry was administered to around 1,000 people from Oct. 2006 to Jan. 2007. Investigated subjects include people with different occupations and in different age levels. Investigated content covers preferred service types of wireless applications in healthcare, people's concerns towards the wireless services, etc. Investigated methods include interviewing and dispatching questionnaires. The objective of the survey is to assess people's acceptability and requirement toward wireless applications in healthcare industry, called Wireless e-Health or "WEHealth" for short. Result reveals that people's attitude toward WEHealth in China is positive basically; An overall analysis of questionnaires reveals some interesting results and some problems we should be pay more attention to in the future industrialization process of WEHealth systems and services.