Survey of Android based Healthcare Application

Abstract

Nowadays, the usage of mobile technology and application is escalating as it providing different services in various fields. This paper defines how the mobile phone with Android OS is very useful in medical field because Android OS phone can retrieve the medical images which are in .dcm format where .dcm is known as DICOM format image and DICOM is abbreviated as Digital Imaging and Communication in Medicine. @HealthCloud, Ubiquitous Healthcare system and “D’s Viewer” application are the some applications which are developed on Android OS to access the medical image and to see the patient’s information. Ubiquitous Healthcare System and “D’s Viewer application provides even security while accessing medical image and @HealthCloud and “D’s Viewer” access the medical image with the help of cloud computing.