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Pervasive Health

State-of-the-art and Beyond

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  • © 2014

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Editors:
  1. Andreas Holzinger

    1. Head Research Unit Human-Computer Interaction for Medicine and Health, IBM Watson Think Group, Institute for Medical Informatics, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria

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  2. Martina Ziefle

    1. Lehrstuhl für Communication Science, Geschäftsführende Direktorin, Human–Computer Interaction Center, Institut für Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

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  3. Carsten Röcker

    1. RWTH Aachen University Human–Computer Interaction Center, Aachen, Germany

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  • The first book to integrate the various aspects of pervasive healthcare systems in a single volume
  • Current and comprehensive overview of the field laying the groundwork for further research
  • Interdisciplinary team of editors and authors provides a holistic and well-balanced introduction into the topic of pervasive healthcare systems
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Human–Computer Interaction Series (HCIS)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. From Computer Innovation to Human Integration: Current Trends and Challenges for Pervasive HealthTechnologies

    • Carsten Röcker, Martina Ziefle, Andreas Holzinger
    Pages 1-17

  3. On Challenges Designing the Home as a Place for Care

    • Erik Grönvall, Stefan Lundberg
    Pages 19-45

  4. EHealth Applications for Those in Need: Making Novel Interaction Technologies Accessible

    • Martin Böcker, Matthias Schneider
    Pages 47-68

  5. The Innovation Binder Approach: A Guide Towards a Social-Technical Balanced Pervasive Health System

    • A. Jacobs, P. Duysburgh, L. Bleumers, F. Ongenae, A. Ackaert, S. Verstichel
    Pages 69-99

  6. The Brain Computer Interface: Barriers to Becoming Pervasive

    • G. Lightbody , L. Galway, P. McCullagh
    Pages 101-129

  7. ‘RehabMaster\(^\mathrm{{TM}}\)’: A Pervasive Rehabilitation Platform for Stroke Patients and Their Caregivers

    • Kyoungwon Seo, Jieun Kim, Hokyoung Ryu, Seongho Jang
    Pages 131-155

  8. Managing Telehealth and Telecare

    • Kenneth J. Turner
    Pages 157-180

  9. Personal Assistive Devices for Elderlies

    • Lorenzo T. D’Angelo, Joachim F. Kreutzer, Jakob Neuhaeuser, Samuel Reimer, Tim C. Lueth
    Pages 181-210

  10. Sleep Quality Monitoring with the Smart Bed

    • Daniel Waltisberg, Bert Arnrich, Gerhard Tröster
    Pages 211-227

  11. Interactive Infrastructures: Physical Rehabilitation Modules for Pervasive Healthcare Technology

    • A. J. Bongers, Stuart Smith, Victor Donker, Michelle Pickrell, Rebecca Hall, Stefan Lie
    Pages 229-254

  12. The Ongoing Development of a Multimedia Gaming Module to Aid Speech, Language and Communication

    • Elizabeth Stokes
    Pages 255-287

  13. Pervasive Assistive Technology for the Deaf-Blind Need, Emergency and Assistance Through the Sense of Touch

    • Nicholas Caporusso, Michelantonio Trizio, Giovanni Perrone
    Pages 289-316

  14. A New Methodology (CON-INFO) for Context-Based Development of a Mobile User Interface in Healthcare Applications

    • Reem Alnanih, Olga Ormandjieva, T. Radhakrishnan
    Pages 317-342

  15. An Integrated Patient-Centric Approach for Situated Research on Total Hip Replacement: ESTHER

    • Juan Jiménez Garcia, Natalia Romero, David Keyson, Paul Havinga
    Pages 343-365
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About this book

Providing a comprehensive introduction into an overview of the field of pervasive healthcare applications, this volume incorporates a variety of timely topics ranging from medical sensors and hardware infrastructures, to software platforms and applications and addresses issues of user experience and technology acceptance.

The recent developments in the area of information and communication technologies have laid the groundwork for new patient-centred healthcare solutions. While the majority of computer-supported healthcare tools designed in the last decades focused mainly on supporting care-givers and medical personnel, this trend changed with the introduction of pervasive healthcare technologies, which provide supportive and adaptive services for a broad variety and diverse set of end users.

With contributions from key researchers the book integrates the various aspects of pervasive healthcare systems including application design, hardware development, system implementation, hardware and software infrastructures as well as end-user aspects providing an excellent overview of this important and evolving field.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Head Research Unit Human-Computer Interaction for Medicine and Health, IBM Watson Think Group, Institute for Medical Informatics, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria

    Andreas Holzinger

  • Lehrstuhl für Communication Science, Geschäftsführende Direktorin, Human–Computer Interaction Center, Institut für Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

    Martina Ziefle

  • RWTH Aachen University Human–Computer Interaction Center, Aachen, Germany

    Carsten Röcker

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