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Pervasive Healthcare

A Compendium of Critical Factors for Success

  • Provides current research, developments, and applications in pervasive healthcare
  • Includes technologies such as machine learning, cryptography, fog computing, and big data in the advancement of e-healthcare
  • Pertinent for researchers, students, practitioners and healthcare decision makers

Part of the book series: EAI/Springer Innovations in Communication and Computing (EAISICC)

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
  2. Pervasive Healthcare Computing and its Contribution to Hospitals, Chronic and Preventive Care

    • Abdullah, Hagos Yirgaw, Solomon Aregawi, Haftay Gebrezgabiher, Mahfuzul Huda
    Pages 1-15
  3. The Imperative Role of Pervasive Data in Healthcare

    • Anwar Ali Sathio, Arz Muhammad Brohi
    Pages 17-29
  4. Pervasive Healthcare Computing: Applications, Challenges and Solutions

    • Abdullah, Gezahagn Haileslassie Gezahagn, Teklay Teklu, Hagos Yirgaw, Mahfuzul Huda
    Pages 31-45
  5. Pervasive Healthcare Computing as a Scientific Care Discipline for Patients

    • Mahfuzul Huda, Mohammad Zubair Khan, Abdullah
    Pages 47-58
  6. Improving the Healthcare and Public Health Critical Infrastructure by Soft Computing: An Overview

    • Mohammad Haroon, Manish Madhav Tripathi, Tamim Ahmad, Afsaruddin
    Pages 59-71
  7. An Approach Towards Privacy and Security in Pervasive Healthcare System

    • Nazish Siddiqui, Syed Haider Abbas
    Pages 73-86
  8. Enabling Speech Emotional Intelligence as a Service in Homecare Platforms

    • Panagiotis Stavrianos, Andrianos Pavlopoulos, Ilias Maglogiannis
    Pages 119-144
  9. A Study of the Impact of Covid-19 Using a Sieve Approach

    • Brijesh Kumar Bhardwaj, Kavita Srivastava
    Pages 145-151
  10. A Comparative Study on Data Mining Approach Using Machine Learning Techniques: Prediction Perspective

    • Anshul Mishra, M. H. Khan, Waris Khan, Mohammad Zunnun Khan, Nikhil Kumar Srivastava
    Pages 153-165
  11. Indoor Air-Quality Monitoring Systems: A Comprehensive Review of Different IAQM Systems

    • Rasha Shakir AbdulWahhab, Karan Jetly, Shqran Shakir
    Pages 167-183
  12. Computer-Based Techniques for Detecting the Neurological Disorders

    • Mohd. Suhaib Kidwai, Mohd. Maroof Siddiqui
    Pages 185-205
  13. A Prediction of Disease Using Machine Learning Approach

    • Surabhi Saxena, Nupur Soni, Akhilesh Kumar, Anshul Mishra
    Pages 207-215
  14. Security in Digital Healthcare System

    • Manish Madhava Tripathi, Mohammad Haroon, Zunnun Khan, Mohammad Shahid Husain
    Pages 217-231
  15. Classification Algorithms for Predicting Diabetes Mellitus: A Comparative Analysis

    • Ravinder Ahuja, Prashant Dixit, Alisha Banga, S. C. Sharma
    Pages 233-253
  16. Blockchain Technology for Healthcare Record Management

    • Mohammad Faisal, Halima Sadia, Tasneem Ahmed, Nashra Javed
    Pages 255-286
  17. An Experimental Approach for Prediction of Breast Cancer Diseases Using Clustering Concepts

    • Amit Kumar Bhasker, Rama Nandan Tripathi, Nawazish Naweed
    Pages 287-294
  18. Post-COVID-19 View of Indian Economy with Emphasis on Service Sector: A Regression Implementation

    • Alakananda Chakraborty, Muskan Jindal, Shruti Gupta
    Pages 295-323

About this book

This book provides in depth knowledge about critical factors involved in the success of pervasive healthcare. The book first presents critical components and importance of pervasive healthcare. The authors then give insight into the pervasive healthcare information systems and key consideration related to remote patient monitoring and safety. The book provides in-depth discussion about the security issues and protocols for pervasive healthcare. This book explores concepts and techniques behind the successive pervasive healthcare systems by providing in-depth knowledge about patient empowerment, remote patient monitoring, network establishment and protocols for effective pervasive healthcare. The book also provides case studies in the field. It is an ideal resource for researchers, students and healthcare organizations to get insight about the state of the art in pervasive healthcare systems.


  • Provides current research, developments, and applicationsin pervasive healthcare;
  • Includes technologies such as machine learning, cryptography, fog computing, and big data in the advancement of e-healthcare;
  • Pertinent for researchers, students, practitioners and healthcare decision makers.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Information Technology Department, College of Applied Sciences, University of Technology and Applied Sciences, Ibri, Oman

    Mohammad Shahid Husain

  • Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris, Tanjung Malim, Malaysia

    Muhamad Hariz Bin Muhamad Adnan

  • Computer Science and Engineering Department, Integral University, Lucknow, India

    Mohammad Zunnun Khan

  • Data Science Institute, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland

    Saurabh Shukla

  • Global Health IT Product Consultant, Rhapsody, Auckland, New Zealand

    Fahad U Khan

About the editors

Dr. Mohammad Shahid Husain is a Research professional and Faculty member with 14 years of teaching & research experience. He is currently working as Assistant Professor in College of Applied Sciences, University of Technology & Applied Sciences, Oman. He has done his PhD in Computer Science & Engineering from Integral University, Lucknow (www.iul.ac.in), India. He did his M.Tech. in Information Technology (spl: Intelligent System) from the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad, India, which is one among the premier research Institute of India. His area of interest includes Artificial Intelligence, Information Retrieval, Natural Language Processing, Data Mining, Web mining, Sentiment Analysis and Computer Networks & Security. Dr. Mohd. Shahid Husain has published 3 books, 11 book chapters & more than 30 research papers in Journals/conferences of international repute. He was involved with many sponsored projects as PI/Co-PI. Currently he is involved in 1 ongoing project sponsored by CAS, MoHE. He is also contributing his knowledge and experience as Invited speaker, member of Editorial Board/Advisory committee and TPC in various international Journals/Conferences of repute. Dr. Mohd Shahid Husain is active member of different professional bodies including ACM, IEEE young professionals, IEEE-TCII, ISTE, CSTA, IACSIT. Dr. Mohd Shahid Husain qualified UGC-NET (National Eligibility Test) in June 2014 and GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering) in 2008.


Dr. Muhamad Hariz Bin Muhamad Adnan is a senior lecturer at Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris, Malaysia. He gained his PhD in IT in the area of cloud computing, autonomous negotiation and Artificial Intelligence (AI) from Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia, and Master of Science (Computer Science), from Universiti Sains Malaysia. He also obtained Bachelor of Computer Science from Universiti Sains Malaysia. His research interest covers areas of ArtificialIntelligence (AI), data mining, Multi-Agent Systems (MAS), cloud computing and digitalization. He has been working on several cloud-based projects for Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS and the Malaysian government grants. He has more than 10 journals and proceedings published in his areas of expertise.


Dr. Mohammad Zunnun Khan is working as an assistant professor in the department of computer science and engineering, Integral University, India; he is having more than 10 years of research. academic experience. He had earned his Bachelor’s, Master’s and Ph.D. degrees in the field of computer science and engineering. He has authored around twenty research articles on different topics related to computer science and engineering, in various national and international journals and conferences of repute. He has also contributed as an Editorial Board and Reviewer board member of different International and National conferences and journals. He is area of interest indata science, cloud quality, security, software quality, and security, data mining. He has also published one book and authored around five book chapters. Dr Mohammad Zunnun Khan is also a member of different professional bodies including CSI, IEEE.


Dr. Saurabh Shukla is working as Postdoctoral Researcher in Data Science Institute, National University of Ireland. He completed his Ph.D. in Information Technology (IT) from Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP), Malaysia. He completed his master’s in information technology from the Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Allahabad, and a bachelor’s degree in Information Technology from Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University (AKTU), Lucknow. He has an academic experience of more than 5 years in Computer Science & Engineering. He is an active researcher in the field of healthcare Internet-of-Things (IoTs) and machine learning. He was also involved with the content development, teaching, and assessment of the Advance Programming using C, Python, and C++ a core course for all IT/CS engineering students at Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology (RGIPT), PSIT, and in UTP. He has published more than 12 research articles and 6 book chapters. In recognition of his articles in Q1/Q2 journals and quality publications he has received many awards and certificates. He received research grants like UTP-Hitachi Collaborative Research, Long Term Research Grant Scheme 2018, UTP-PAF KIET International Collaborative Research Funding (ICRF) 2019 and Collaborative Research Funding (CRF) 2019.


Mr. Fahad U Khan is a Healthcare IT professional with 10+ years of proven experience in Healthcare IT -Consulting, Product development, Product Implementation. Rich domain expertise in the Provider side of the business. Healthcare consulting engagements involved helping clients to achieve MU certifications, HIMSS EMRAM compliance, develop custom solutions. Worked onhealthcare analytics projects to implement KPIs for Operational excellence, quality of care, population health, resource management etc. He is having a good understanding of clinical systems and have hands-on experience of development and implementation of leading EHR products. Currently focused on Middle East and Europe region and engagement includes consulting for HIMSS EMRAM compliance, hospital balanced scorecards, performance management framework and designing solutions for Integrated care, clinical pathways, population health analytics. His Specialties includes Healthcare Consulting, US Health Provider and Payer Operations, ICD-10, ACO, Population Health Analytics, Hospital Performance Management, Healthcare IT consulting, Business Consulting, Business Development, Hospital Administration.


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Pervasive Healthcare

  • Book Subtitle: A Compendium of Critical Factors for Success

  • Editors: Mohammad Shahid Husain, Muhamad Hariz Bin Muhamad Adnan, Mohammad Zunnun Khan, Saurabh Shukla, Fahad U Khan

  • Series Title: EAI/Springer Innovations in Communication and Computing

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77746-3

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-77745-6Published: 16 November 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-77748-7Published: 17 November 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-77746-3Published: 15 November 2021

  • Series ISSN: 2522-8595

  • Series E-ISSN: 2522-8609

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 379

  • Number of Illustrations: 26 b/w illustrations, 67 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Communications Engineering, Networks, Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering, Health Informatics, Computer Applications

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