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Moreover, the lack of health information and communication technology (HICT) and the use of unsophisticated methods, such as paper, in nursing homes to clinically manage residents lead to more errors and are time-consuming. Thus, this article proposes a proof of concept of a mobile health (mHealth) application developed for the health professionals working in a Portuguese nursing home to support them at the point-of-care, namely to manage and have access to information and to help them schedule, perform, and digitally record their tasks. Additionally, clinical and performance business intelligence (BI) indicators to assist the decision-making process are also defined. Thereby, this solution aims to introduce technological improvements into the facility to improve healthcare delivery and, by taking advantage of the benefits provided by these improvements, lessen some of the workload experienced by health professionals, reduce time-waste and errors, and, ultimately, enhance elders\u2019 quality of life and improve the quality of the services provided.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s19183951","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,9,12]],"date-time":"2019-09-12T10:56:06Z","timestamp":1568285766000},"page":"3951","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":12,"title":["A Proof of Concept of a Mobile Health Application to Support Professionals in a Portuguese Nursing Home"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"19","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4770-5502","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"M\u00e1rcia","family":"Esteves","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Algoritmi Research Center, University of Minho, Campus Gualtar, 4470 Braga, Portugal"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Marisa","family":"Esteves","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Algoritmi Research Center, University of Minho, Campus Gualtar, 4470 Braga, Portugal"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ant\u00f3nio","family":"Abelha","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Algoritmi Research Center, University of Minho, Campus Gualtar, 4470 Braga, Portugal"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4121-6169","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jos\u00e9","family":"Machado","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Algoritmi Research Center, University of Minho, Campus Gualtar, 4470 Braga, Portugal"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,9,12]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"4896","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jbusres.2016.04.049","article-title":"Innovation and Technology for the Elderly: Systematic Literature Review","volume":"69","author":"Mostaghel","year":"2016","journal-title":"J. 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