Towards pervasive computing in health care–A literature review

C Orwat, A Graefe, T Faulwasser - BMC medical informatics and decision …, 2008 - Springer
Background The evolving concepts of pervasive computing, ubiquitous computing and
ambient intelligence are increasingly influencing health care and medicine. Summarizing …

New measures of mental state and behavior based on data collected from sensors, smartphones, and the Internet

T Glenn, S Monteith - Current psychiatry reports, 2014 - Springer
With the rapid and ubiquitous acceptance of new technologies, algorithms will be used to
estimate new measures of mental state and behavior based on digital data. The algorithms …

Pervasive healthcare

U Varshney - Computer, 2003 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The US healthcare industry is confronting a number of challenges, including skyrocketing
costs, a growing incidence of medical errors, inadequate staffing, and lack of coverage in …

Pervasive healthcare

B Arnrich, O Mayora, J Bardram… - Methods of information …, 2010 - thieme-connect.com
Objectives: The aging of the population creates pressure on the healthcare systems in
various ways. A massive increase of chronic disease conditions and age-related illness are …

Enabling ubiquitous patient monitoring: Model, decision protocols, opportunities and challenges

S Sneha, U Varshney - Decision Support Systems, 2009 - Elsevier
Healthcare costs in the US are approximately 15% of GNP and are anticipated to reach 17%
of GNP in the near future. Management of chronic diseases via technology based ubiquitous …

Towards personal stress informatics comparing minimally invasive techniques for measuring daily stress in the wild

P Adams, M Rabbi, T Rahman, M Matthews… - Proceedings of the 8th …, 2014 - dl.acm.org
Identifying episodes of significant stress is a challenging problem with implications for
personal health and interface adaptation. We present the results of a study comparing …

Individualization, globalization and health–about sustainable information technologies and the aim of medical informatics

R Haux - International journal of medical informatics, 2006 - Elsevier
This paper discusses aspects of information technologies for health care, in particular on
transinstitutional health information systems (HIS) and on health-enabling technologies, with …

A perspective on intelligent devices and environments in medical rehabilitation

RA Cooper, BE Dicianno, B Brewer, E LoPresti… - Medical Engineering & …, 2008 - Elsevier
Globally, the number of people older than 65 years is anticipated to double between 1997
and 2025, while at the same time the number of people with disabilities is growing at a …

Bio-medical sensing using ultra wideband communications and radar technology: A feasibility study

CG Bilich - 2006 Pervasive Health Conference and Workshops, 2006 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The aim of this work is to study the application of ultra wideband (UWB) technology to
perform biomedical sensing and vital signs monitoring in humans. Among the numerous …

Health-enabling technologies for pervasive health care: on services and ICT architecture paradigms

R Haux, J Howe, M Marschollek… - Informatics for Health …, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
Background. Progress in information and communication technologies (ICT) is providing
new opportunities for pervasive health care services in aging societies. Objectives. To …