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Objective: This study examined functions of data portability in health apps for Android and iOS. Results: 19 of 40 Android and iOS apps are determined to be data exportable, and no significant differences are found between these two platforms. Of 15 apps that export data to files, 8 are expressed in a table using the comma separated value (CSV) format and do not require format processing; 4 employ the CSV format but are not formatted in a plain table and require some format processing; and 3 do not use the CSV format, and to extract data from them requires advanced data manipulation skills. 1 Android and 5 iOS apps support integrated health data management functions, e.g., Apple Healthkit and Google Fit. Conclusion: Our research clarifies that more than half of the selected apps do not support data portability or provide only token data portability, which is not immediately evident before initial selection. It also suggests that the data integration function for both platforms (Apple Healthkit and Google Fit) have only a limited effect on data portability.

我々は、発症から治療開始までの時間短縮を目指し、スムースな搬送先選定とプレホスピタル情報共有を実現するしくみを開発してきたが、更に共有リンク機能管理( 製品名ID-Link 等) を介し情報を開示すれば、急性期医療機関の電子カルテや、回復期、維持期、介護施設、薬局などとも情報連携が可能となり、患者の包括的なケアに役立てることが可能と考える。今回は、地域包括ケアシステムの１部門システムとして機能するパッケージ化されたプレホスピタルシステムについて検討したので報告する。

The authors performed a questionnaire to identify Japanese elderlies' awareness of health-related online information and an experiment to monitor their actual behavior. Two trends are indicated: 1) the criteria for choosing favorites differ from trustworthiness criteria, and 2) participants tend to ignore or misunderstand the information provider. There is a dissociation between the elderly information seekers’ awareness and actual behavior about health-related online information search.

Internet Radio has been an empowerment tool for disseminating voices of the people. As the available bandwidth for each listener increases by the popularization of broadband Internet connectivity, more people will involve as Internet broadcasters as well as the listeners. In this paper we propose a framework of support tools for making programs of Internet Radio, for people who do not have previous experiences. The framework is focused on visually-impaired and elderly individuals to support making their own communities by themselves.