Human-centred eHealth:Current Features and Future Perspectives
In an ageing world, maintaining good health and independence for as long as possible is essential.Instead of hospitalization or institutionalization, the elderly and disabled can be assisted in their own environment 24 h a day with numerous smart devices.The concept of the Human-centred eHealth is a promising and cost-effective way of improving home care for the elderly and the disabled in a non-obtrusive way, allowing greater independence, maintaining good health and preventing social isolation.Human-centred eHealth are equipped with sensors, actuators, and.or biomedical monitors.The devices operate in a network connected to a remote centre for data collection and processing.The remote centre diagnoses the ongoing situation and initiates assistance procedures as required.The technology can be extended to wearable and in vivo implantable devices to monitor people 24 h a day both inside and outside the house.This review describes a selection of projects in developed countries on Human-centred eHealth examining the various technologies available.Advantages and disadvantages, as well as the impact on modern society, are discussed.Finally, future perspectives on Human-centred eHealth as part of a home-based health care network are presented.
human-centred ehealth e-health wearable device assistive technology ageing
Xiaoying Tang Yuhua Peng Qing Zhang Chunyu Zhang
School of Life Sciences, Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing, China Australian E-Health Research Centre, CSIRO ICT Centre, Brisbane, Australia
国际会议
武汉
英文
199-205
2013-10-25（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）