Distant medical assistance for health care systems improvement

2019

The massive penetration of mobile devices into the everyday life’s actions was made possible by the tremendous growth in the emerging computation paradigm called pervasive computing. This approach envisions a conglomeration of small smart devices as sensors, signal conditioners, wearable computers, mobile phones, tablets, notebook computers, hand-held devices etc. seamlessly integrated and scattered in the environment, according to IoT concept. Pervasive health care focuses explicitly on the use of pervasive computing technology for developing tools and procedures that put the patient at the center of the health care process. From a technological stand point, it includes remote monitoring, remote consultation, and assistive technologies. The main focus in this paper is presentation of our approach in design of these complex distributed systems as a part of improved patient’s conditions for living

Computer Communications, 2012

Guest Editorial Introduction to the Special Section on Pervasive Healthcare P ERVASIVE healthcare may be defined from two perspectives: first, as the application of pervasive computing-or ubiquitous computing, proactive computing, ambient intelligence-technologies for healthcare, health, and wellness management; second, as making healthcare available everywhere, anytime-pervasively. Essentially, pervasive healthcare addresses those technologies and concepts that integrate healthcare more seamlessly to our everyday life, wherever we are. Weiser, the father of the ubiquitous computing, stated "the most profound technologies are those that disappear" [1]. Pervasive computing may be considered as the opposite to virtual reality: While in virtual reality the user enters the world created by computers, in pervasive computing, it is the computing that enters the physical world and bridges the gap between the virtual and physical worlds. This bridging is perhaps best described by means of its three most important enabling technologies: ubiquitous computing, ubiquitous communication, and intelligent user-friendly interfaces. Ubiquitous computing refers to the concepts like disappearing computer, "when they are everywhere," and pervasive computing, and means integration of computing power (microprocessors) and sensing (sensors) into anything, including not only traditional computers, personal digital assistants (PDAs), printers, etc., but also everyday objects like white goods, toys, houses, furniture, or even paint ("smart dust"). Ubiquitous communication, in turn, means enabling anytime, anywhere communication of anything with anything else, not only people but also artifacts such as those listed above. Central technologies in ubiquitous communication are ad-hoc networking and wireless communication technologies-including low-power low-range communications. Intelligent user-friendly interfaces enable natural interaction and control of the environment by the human "users," or inhabitants of the ambient environment. The interfaces support natural communication (speech, gestures), take into account user preferences, personality, and usage context, and enable multisensory interaction. The envisioned pervasive computing infrastructure, hence, provides a seamless environment of computing, networking, and user interfaces. The infrastructure is aware: It has senses and it has the required intelligence to interpret the sensory information-it is context-aware. The advances in these technologies during the last decade have already changed our daily life in many ways. Today, we are ubiquitously connected to our friends, colleagues, and information sources with our cellular phones. Our digital cameras may

Guest Editorial Introduction to the Special Section on Pervasive Healthcare P ERVASIVE healthcare may be defined from two perspectives: first, as the application of pervasive computing-or ubiquitous computing, proactive computing, ambient intelligence-technologies for healthcare, health, and wellness management; second, as making healthcare available everywhere, anytime-pervasively. Essentially, pervasive healthcare addresses those technologies and concepts that integrate healthcare more seamlessly to our everyday life, wherever we are. Weiser, the father of the ubiquitous computing, stated "the most profound technologies are those that disappear" [1]. Pervasive computing may be considered as the opposite to virtual reality: While in virtual reality the user enters the world created by computers, in pervasive computing, it is the computing that enters the physical world and bridges the gap between the virtual and physical worlds. This bridging is perhaps best described by means of its three most important enabling technologies: ubiquitous computing, ubiquitous communication, and intelligent user-friendly interfaces. Ubiquitous computing refers to the concepts like disappearing computer, "when they are everywhere," and pervasive computing, and means integration of computing power (microprocessors) and sensing (sensors) into anything, including not only traditional computers, personal digital assistants (PDAs), printers, etc., but also everyday objects like white goods, toys, houses, furniture, or even paint ("smart dust"). Ubiquitous communication, in turn, means enabling anytime, anywhere communication of anything with anything else, not only people but also artifacts such as those listed above. Central technologies in ubiquitous communication are ad-hoc networking and wireless communication technologies-including low-power low-range communications. Intelligent user-friendly interfaces enable natural interaction and control of the environment by the human "users," or inhabitants of the ambient environment. The interfaces support natural communication (speech, gestures), take into account user preferences, personality, and usage context, and enable multisensory interaction. The envisioned pervasive computing infrastructure, hence, provides a seamless environment of computing, networking, and user interfaces. The infrastructure is aware: It has senses and it has the required intelligence to interpret the sensory information-it is context-aware. The advances in these technologies during the last decade have already changed our daily life in many ways. Today, we are ubiquitously connected to our friends, colleagues, and information sources with our cellular phones. Our digital cameras may

—The hospital and the health-care center of a community, as a place for people's life-care and health-care settings, must provide more and better services for patients or residents. After Establishing Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system-which is a necessity-in the hospital, providing pervasive services is a further step. Our objective in this paper is to use pervasive computing in a case study of healthcare, based on EMR database that coordinates application services over network to form a service environment for medical and health-care. Our method also categorizes the hospital spaces into 3 spaces: Public spaces, Private spaces and Isolated spaces. Although, there are many projects about using pervasive computing in healthcare, but all of them concentrate on the disease recognition, designing smart cloths, or provide services only for patient. The proposed method is implemented in a hospital. The obtained results show that it is suitable for our purpose.

Foundations and Trends® in Human–Computer Interaction, 2011

An emerging area of great impact and significance is the application of pervasive computing technologies in healthcare. Pervasive healthcare refers to the set of technologies designed to seamlessly integrate health education, interventions, and monitoring technology into our everyday lives, regardless of space and time. This approach can increase both the coverage and quality of care. Over the last decade, pervasive computing solutions for healthcare have become increasingly prevalent in both research and commercial efforts. This survey analyzes a variety of research projects and commercial solutions devoted to understanding, designing, and implementing pervasive healthcare applications in support of preventive care, hospital care, and chronic care.

Elektrotechnik Und Informationstechnik, 2006

With the advancement of hand-held devices, wireless and sensor network pervasive computing has achieved a perfect momentum. Formerly, a requirement existed that was a serious impediment and threat to the mobility of users – the necessary presence of a fixed wired network. This has been resolved by the recent advances in wireless and mobile technologies, particularly Bluetooth and WiFi. The advancement of available, portable, low cost mobile devices (PDAs, cell phones, etc.) has resulted in the user's mobility at unprecedented levels. As these devices can communicate with one another, the combined capabilities can be leveraged to form a useful new set of tools. Presently, pervasive computing is being extended into the sophisticated healthcare sector with the promise of providing an easier and more efficient mode of communication between physicians and patients or between the physicians themselves. In this paper we provide the details of our application 'Healthcare Aide', which has been designed to provide not only more convenience for doctor – doctor, resident doctor – doctor, patient – doctor and nurse – doctor interaction but also a smooth pathway for real-time decision making. Our pervasive middleware MARKS (Middleware Adaptability for Resource Discovery, Knowledge Usability and Self-healing) provides the underlying support for this application in a completely transparent manner. In this paper, we have also presented our survey results from users' point of view along with performance analysis. Die technologischen Fortschritte bei Pocketcomputern, drahtlosen Netzwerken (insbesondere Bluetooth und WiFi) und Sensoren ermöglichen die weitgehende Unterstützung der Mobilität von Benutzern – dort wo früher Einschränkungen aufgrund fest verlegter Netzwerkkabel bestanden. Da Pocketcomputer immer leistungsfähiger und preiswerter werden und auch miteinander problemlos kommunizieren können, verspricht die Entwicklung entsprechender Applikationen Unterstützung im Bereich des Gesundheitswesens. In diesem Beitrag präsentieren die Autoren Details zur Anwendung "Healthcare Aide", die zur Interaktion und Echtzeit-Entscheidungsfindung bei Arzt – Arzt, Patient – Arzt, Schwester – Arzt verwendet werden kann. Die Middleware MARKS stellt die technische Plattform für diese Anwendung dar. In diesem Beitrag werden darüber hinaus Studienergebnisse aus der Sicht der Benutzer zusammen mit einer Performanzanalyse präsentiert.

IJRCAR, 2014

The time we spend in hospitals, emergency admissions, etc., are extremely costlier. It also increases the workload of doctors and medical professionals. Managing the cost, quality of treatment and caring for seniors are important issues in healthcare. These issues have a demand for in-home patient monitoring. A low-power embedded wearable sensor measures the health parameters dynamically, and is connected, according to the concept of IPv6 over low-power wireless personal area network, to the M2M node for wireless transmission through the internet or external IP enabled networks via the M2M gateway. A visualization module of the server program graphically displays the recorded biomedical signals on Android mobile devices used by patients and doctors at the end of the networks in real-time. Our approach for a global M2M healthcare solution is managed to process the large amount of biomedical signals through the extended network combining IPv6 technique and mobile technology for daily lifestyle to users appropriately.

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La forma de dramatizar escogida tiene que ver menos con los relatos evangélicos de la Pasión, que con el espectáculo y el simulacro, tan al gusto de la cultura de comunicación de masas. El film es tan excesivo y aturdidor que el efecto final es : «eso no puede ser; sencillamente, es demasiado».

Cet article dresse un premier bilan des recherches sur la confiance dans le contexte du commerce électronique « grand public ». Les spécificités du concept, sa définition et sa dimensionnalité sont d’abord examinées. Une typologie des déterminants de la confiance électronique est ensuite présentée. Des éléments de réflexion sur sa dynamique sont enfin proposés. The aim of this paper is to provide a literature review of research on online consumer trust. First, the concept specificities are identified and the construct definition and dimensionality are examined. Then, a taxonomy of the online trust determinants is suggested. Finally, to gain understanding of the concept evolvement over the time, some guidelines are proposed. oui