According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word ubiquitous has two meanings: the first meaning is "(seemingly) present everywhere simultaneously," and the second meaning is "often encountered." Mark D. Weiser, who was a chief scientist at Xerox PARC and is widely considered to be the father of ubiquitous computing, introduced the term, stating that: "it represents a powerful shift in computation, where people live, work, and play in a seamlessly interweaving computing environment. Ubiquitou... [2008-12-16]

Once a ubiquitous healthcare service is in place, the system will always be 'on'; working anytime and anywhere. If the vision of the UHIS (Ubiquitous Healthcare Information System) is to achieve better health and well-being for the general population, the key goals must be to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the system by making services more accessible, affordable, and accountable. For this vision to be achieved, new legislation and policies need to be implemented. New policies must ... [2008-11-07]

How far is a person, whether he or she is a patient or not, able to live relatively undisturbed in his or her daily life, but at the same time stay under medical observation, and carry out typical daily activities? Up to now, we have been setting up Health Systems to answer that question. This entails the Health Management Information Systems (HMIS) and Health Decision Support Systems (HDSS). Health Management Information Systems (HMIS) have focused on the application of IT in order to replace m... [2008-10-14]