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Chapter 14
Adapting Medical Content
to the Terminal Capabilities
of Wireless Devices
Spyros Panagiotakis
Technological Educational Institution of Crete, Greece
Robert Agoutoglou
Technological Educational Institution of Crete, Greece
Kostas Vassilakis
Technological Educational Institution of Crete, Greece
ABSTRACT
In the forthcoming wireless world of E-healthcare systems, the medical staff should be able to seam-
lessly access medical services from a variety of terminals while on the go with the same “look and
feel” and with highly diverse capabilities (e.g., mobile phones, smartphones, PDAs, laptops, PCs). In
that context, the knowledge of terminal capabilities is essential for service provision so users are only
offered customized services and content supported by the device they currently use for network access.
The challenge is how the mediating application server detects the effective level of capabilities of the
requesting devices, so each client receives the requested content in a form that its terminal device can
properly present. This contribution focuses on the issue of dynamic adaptation of medical services and
content to the terminal capabilities of the requesting device, so with a generic service design all possible
client devices can be served.
INTRODUCTION
mobile revolution we experience, as well as the
all-time-classic requirement for remote medical
services. Wireless medical innovations are being
introduced at a fairly rapid pace, and wireless
medicine is expected to play an increasingly
greater role in helping to reduce healthcare costs.
The era of ubiquitous and pervasive communi-
cations that has emerged recently, also affects
the structure and quality of modern healthcare
systems as a consequence of the wireless and
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