A Survey of Mobile Support Needs in the Home Nursing Care

This paper describes the results of a survey performed in the home nursing care at different municipalities and health regions in Norway. The purpose of the survey was to map which kind of technical or informational mobile support the personnel reckoned as important when visiting patients at their homes or elsewhere when mobile. The sample was drawn based on an index that groups the regions based on the size of the population. The people in the home nursing care are familiar with the use of mobile phones and computers. They also demands access to certain type of information when mobile to support their daily work.