Health Care deliver by Internet ( M-care )

In October 2006 to May 2007, I was the partimer in Tatung company. The M-care project is one of Mobile Taiwan Applications promotion project (M-Taiwan). The purpose of M-care project is deliver health care by WiMAX network (Wireless Internet) into remote country. In order to improve care service of residents in remote areas.

The most of societal resources is concentrated in Hualien City, besides there are barely clinic in countryside. Hualien county is mostly mountain terrain, so people living in countryside are inconveniently go to Hualien city. As a result, the person didn't receive care service at beginning. Making patient become more severity. We hoped that the Internet capable of delivering health care services to enhance the quality of service in remote area. For example, user's daily physiological information can upload to Internet by sensor network. The healthy services provider can understand the user's physiological state on platform, and can also concerned about user's health by video telephone every day. Beside, the doctors of mobile medical service can use Internet connect the hospital to strengthen the ability of medical care.

People always care their friends, family, etc. No matter where they are. The M-care is one of the tools connect people to people. People can easy to give social support on M-care platform. They would talk health issues or something on this platform. the social actives will bring long term and stable usage. One day, we help people more health not only the physiology health but also psychology health.

P.S.

Hualien is on the East coast of Taiwan, on the Pacific Ocean.

• Area: 29.41 km²
• Population: 110,000 people in 35,000 households
• Geographic coordinates: 121°36'23 East, 23°58'20 North
• Average annual temperature: 24°C

Social support is the physical and emotional comfort given to us by our family, friends, co-workers and others. It is knowing that we are part of a community of people who love and care for us, and value and think well of us. Social support is a way of categorizing the rewards of communication in a particular circumstance. An important aspect of support is that a message or communicative experience does not constitute support unless the receiver views it as such.