Sociospatial context and information behavior: Social exclusion and the influence of mobile information technology

2012 ◽  
Vol 63 (6) ◽  
pp. 1125-1141 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kieran Mervyn ◽  
David K. Allen
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Information Behavior ◽  
Mobile Information

Judging the Value of Mobile Healthcare Solutions for Improving Outpatient Adherence

2008 ◽  
pp. 821-829
Author(s):  
Mihail Cocosila ◽  
Norm Archer ◽  
Yufei Yuan
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Mobile Technology ◽  
Mobile Communications ◽  
Business Case ◽  
The Other ◽  
Data Services ◽  
Mobile Healthcare ◽  
Mobile Information ◽  
Innovative Idea ◽  
Financial Issues

The problem of low adherence in outpatient conditions on one side and the ubiquity of mobile communications and data services on the other side suggests an innovative idea: improve some forms of outpatient adherence through the use of mobile information technology (IT). This idea springs from the general approaches recommended for improving adherence in relevant medical literature (Haynes, Yao, Degani, Kripalani, Garg, & McDonald, 2005; McDonald, Garg, & Haynes, 2002). Although the philosophy of using the newest technology for promoting wellbeing may seem attractive, various human, technological, and financial issues must be considered first (Cocosila & Archer, 2005b). On the adoption of mobile technology, an important aspect that has not been addressed adequately in the literature is the business perspective. The objective of this study is to introduce a framework for determining the business case for mobile information technology (IT) solutions that will help to increase outpatient adherence.

Improving Firm Performance Through a Mobile Auditing Assistance System

2014 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 22-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wen-Lung Shiau
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Path Planning ◽  
Mobile Technology ◽  
Optimal Path ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Assistance System ◽  
Optimal Path Planning ◽  
Mobile Information ◽  
Time Basis ◽  
And Performance

Generalized Audit Software (GAS) is often used in the current business environment. Despite the advent of mature mobile technology, designs for effective mobile information technology to support auditing tasks have not been developed. The purpose of this study is to develop a mobile auditing assistance system to support auditing tasks in an organization. A mobile auditing assistance system is implemented with five functions: auditing tasks, optimal path planning, searching assets location, scanning assets, and returning auditing tasks. Based on a cost and benefits analysis, a mobile auditing assistance system can reduce costs, increase benefits, and improve firm productivity and performance. Firms can use this approach to design their own mobile auditing assistance system. This allows auditors to perform auditing tasks independently on a real time basis and achieve the objectives of a mobile auditing assistance system.

scholarly journals Hospitality, Improvisation and Gestell: A Phenomenology of Mobile Information

2006 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 140-153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Brigham ◽  
Lucas D. Introna
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Longitudinal Research ◽  
Fire Service ◽  
Data System ◽  
Mobile Data ◽  
Mobile Vehicle ◽  
Information Infrastructures ◽  
Mobile Information ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Uk

This paper reports on longitudinal research into the implementation and use of the first mobile vehicle mounted data system (VMDS) at a UK fire service. Using insights from Claudio Ciborra's work, the paper develops a phenomenological ontology for conceptualising the co-constitutive relation between organisational practices and information technology mediated practices. The paper sets out how the brigade's mobile data system can be understood in terms hospitality, improvisation and Gestell. It is argued that despite the seemingly innocent and potentially mundane replacement of paper-based practices by electronically mediated mobile information and communication, the VMDS is associated with significant and far-reaching outcomes, both empirical and ontological, within the brigade and for the modernisation of fire service provision across the UK. We suggest that the dynamic of hospitality between guest and host provides a way to think through and beyond the deployment information infrastructures as enframed by a technological mood. The paper concludes with some general implications for a phenomenology of information technology.

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