The aim of this work is to investigate main techniques and technologies enabling user's
mobility in wearable health monitoring systems. For this, design requirements for key …

There is a growing need for systems that allow to monitor continuously the health condition
of patients with chronic diseases, while allowing these patients to live their daily life as …

Wireless technologies, cloud computing and connectivity have enabled mobile services that
extend the coverage of health services, resulting in a branch of eHealth now commonly …

Home care services are becoming increasingly important as a strategy to offer customized
treatment to fragile patients. The continuity of medical care is essential to the service's …

Wearable healthcare systems are a promising and topical area, which opens up new
potentials in health and fitness. Like any other information and communication technology in …

Elderly people need regular healthcare services and several times are dependent of
physicians' personal attendance. This dependence rises several issues to elders, such as …

The increasing growth of cities, the concurrent trend toward" smart" environments put the
topic of mobility into the focus of information service developers. The increasing prevalence …

Advances in mobile health (mHealth) has been notable in the last few years, but so has the
problems associated with the development, implementation and sustained use of mHealth …

Wearable health systems, aimed to provide individualized health management and better
quality of treatment and care, are emerging. It enables low-cost, user-friendly and …

The advent of smart phones has enabled health care anywhere and anytime. With pervasive
health care, a person can perform necessary day to day tasks while his health is recorded …