Mobile Computing is not Always Advantageous: Lessons Learned from a Real-World Case Study in a Hospital

Andreas Holzinger; Bettina Sommerauer; Peter Spitzer; Simon Juric; Borut Zalik; Matjaz Debevc; Chantal Lidynia; André Calero Valdez; Carsten Röcker; Martina Ziefle

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-10975-6_8

Mobile Computing is not Always Advantageous: Lessons Learned from a Real-World Case Study in a Hospital

Andreas Holzinger, Bettina Sommerauer, Peter Spitzer, Simon Juric, Borut Zalik, Matjaz Debevc, Chantal Lidynia, André Calero Valdez, Carsten Röcker, Martina Ziefle

Institute of Interactive Systems and Data Science (7060)

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Abstract

The use of mobile computing is expanding dramatically in recent years and trends indicate that “the future is mobile”. Nowadays, mobile computing plays an increasingly important role in the biomedical domain, and particularly in hospitals. The benefits of using mobile devices in hospitals are no longer disputed and many applications for medical care are already available. Many studies have proven that mobile technologies can bring various benefits for enhancing information management in the hospital. But is mobility a solution for every problem?
In this paper, we will demonstrate that mobility is not always an advantage. On the basis of a field study at the pediatric surgery of a large University Hospital, we have learned within a two-year long mobile computing project, that mobile devices have indeed many disadvantages, particularly in stressful and hectic situations and we conclude that mobile computing is not always advantageous.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Availability, Reliability, and Security in Information Systems
Place of Publication	Heidelberg, New York, Dordrecht, London
Publisher	Springer
Pages	110-123
Edition	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10975-6_8
Publication status	Published - 2014

Keywords

Health Informatics
Mobile Computing
mHealth
real-world hospital
clinical computing

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Information Systems

Fields of Expertise

Information, Communication & Computing

Treatment code (Nähere Zuordnung)

Application
Experimental

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Holzinger, A., Sommerauer, B., Spitzer, P., Juric, S., Zalik, B., Debevc, M., Lidynia, C., Calero Valdez, A., Röcker, C., & Ziefle, M. (2014). Mobile Computing is not Always Advantageous: Lessons Learned from a Real-World Case Study in a Hospital. In Availability, Reliability, and Security in Information Systems (1 ed., pp. 110-123). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10975-6_8

Mobile Computing is not Always Advantageous: Lessons Learned from a Real-World Case Study in a Hospital. / Holzinger, Andreas; Sommerauer, Bettina; Spitzer, Peter et al.
Availability, Reliability, and Security in Information Systems. 1. ed. Heidelberg, New York, Dordrecht, London: Springer, 2014. p. 110-123.

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Holzinger, A, Sommerauer, B, Spitzer, P, Juric, S, Zalik, B, Debevc, M, Lidynia, C, Calero Valdez, A, Röcker, C & Ziefle, M 2014, Mobile Computing is not Always Advantageous: Lessons Learned from a Real-World Case Study in a Hospital. in Availability, Reliability, and Security in Information Systems. 1 edn, Springer, Heidelberg, New York, Dordrecht, London, pp. 110-123. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10975-6_8

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