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Handbook of Digital Homecare

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  • © 2009

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Editors:
  1. Kanagasingam Yogesan

    1. Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Western Australia Director, Centre for e-Health The Lions Eye Institute, Nedlands, Australia

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  2. Lodewijk Bos

    1. International Council on Medical & Care Compunetics (ICMCC), Utrecht, Netherlands

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  3. Peter Brett

    1. School of Eng. and Applied Science Chemical Eng. and Applied Chemistry, Aston University, Birmingham, United Kingdom

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  4. Michael Christopher Gibbons

    1. Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute, Baltimore, USA

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  • Comprehensive guide through all aspects of home care

Part of the book series: Series in Biomedical Engineering (BIOMENG)

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

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  2. Digital Homecare – An Introduction

    • Kanagasingam Yogesan, Lodewijk Bos, Peter Brett, Michael Christopher Gibbons
    Pages 1-4

  3. Information Highway to the Home and Back: A Smart Systems Review

    • Bryan Manning, Luis Kun
    Pages 5-31

  4. Personalizing Care: Integration of Hospital and Homecare

    • Isabel Román, Jorge Calvillo, Laura M. Roa
    Pages 33-52

  5. Standards for Digital Homecare

    • W. J. Meijer
    Pages 53-74

  6. Model-Based Methodology for the Analysis of e-Health Systems Diffusion: Case Study of a Knowledge-Centered Telehealthcare System Based on a Mixed License

    • Manuel Prado-Velasco, Carlos Fernández-Peruchena, David Rubio-Hernández
    Pages 75-94

  7. The Consumerisation of Home Healthcare Technologies

    • Ade Bamigboye
    Pages 95-116

  8. Privacy and Digital Homecare

    • Kirsten Van Gossum, Griet Verhenneman
    Pages 117-149

  9. VirtualECare: Group Support in Collaborative Networks Organizations for Digital Homecare

    • Ricardo Costa, Paulo Novais, Luís Lima, José Bulas Cruz, José Neves
    Pages 151-178

  10. Standard-Based Homecare Challenge

    • M. Martínez-Espronceda, I. Martínez, J. Escayola, L. Serrano, J. Trigo, S. Led et al.
    Pages 179-202

  11. An Automatic Smart Information Sensory Scheme for Discriminating Types of Motion or Metrics of Patients

    • X. Ma, P. N. Brett
    Pages 203-219

  12. User-Centered Design of Tele-Homecare Products

    • T. N. van Schie, M. Schot, M. Schoone-Harmsen, P. M. A. Desmet, A. J. M. Rövekamp, M. B. Van Dijk
    Pages 221-242

  13. A Multi-disciplinary Approach towards the Design and Development of Value+ eHomeCare Services

    • Ann Ackaert, An Jacobs, Annelies Veys, Jan Derboven, Mieke Van Gils, Heidi Buysse et al.
    Pages 243-267

  14. Changing Role of Nurses in the Digital Era: Nurses and Telehealth

    • Sisira Edirippulige
    Pages 269-285

  15. A Multi-Modal Health and Activity Monitoring Framework for Elderly People at Home

    • Andy Marsh, Christos Biniaris, Ross Velentzas, Jérémie Leguay, Bertrand Ravera, Mario Lopez-Ramos et al.
    Pages 287-298

  16. Digital Homecare Experiences: Remote Patient Monitoring

    • Helen Aikman, Phillip Coppin
    Pages 299-327

  17. A Home-Based Care Model of Cardiac Rehabilitation Using Digital Technology

    • Mohanraj Karunanithi, Antti Sarela
    Pages 329-352

  18. Role of Nano- and Microtechnologies in Clinical Point-of-Care Testing

    • Jason Y. Park, Larry J. Kricka
    Pages 353-362

  19. Back Matter

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About this book

Digital Homecare is a collection of services to deliver, maintain and improve care in the home environment using the latest ICT technology and devices.

It is important to recognize the wide range of issues that are covered by digital homecare. This book shows a good selection of related issues, be it experience, technologies, managerial issues or standardization.

A very diverse "audience"; elderly, people with chronic conditions, disabled, to name the most important groups, benefits from digital homecare, within the comfort and protection of their own homes.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Western Australia Director, Centre for e-Health The Lions Eye Institute, Nedlands, Australia

    Kanagasingam Yogesan

  • International Council on Medical & Care Compunetics (ICMCC), Utrecht, Netherlands

    Lodewijk Bos

  • School of Eng. and Applied Science Chemical Eng. and Applied Chemistry, Aston University, Birmingham, United Kingdom

    Peter Brett

  • Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute, Baltimore, USA

    Michael Christopher Gibbons

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