The E-Medicine, E-Health, M-Health, Telemedicine, and Telehealth Handbook
The E-Medicine, E-Health, M-Health, Telemedicine, and Telehealth Handbook
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Eren, Halit and Webster, John G.
Publication Year: 2015
Publisher: CRC Press
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ISBN: 978-1-48-223655-2
Category: Health & Medicine - Health
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Table of Contents
The E-Medicine, E-Health, M-Health, Telemedicine, and Telehealth Handbook provides extensive coverage of modern telecommunication in the medical industry, from sensors on and within the body to electronic medical records and beyond. This two-volume set describes how information and communication technologies, the internet, wireless networks, databases, and telemetry permit the transmission and control of information within and between medical centers.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Editors
- Contributors
- VOLUME I
- Section I Integration of eMedicine, Telemedicine, eHealth, and mHealth
- 1. Integrating Telemedicine and Telehealth—Advancing Health at a Distance - Habib F. Rashvand and Kuei-Fang Hsiao
- 1.1 Introduction
- 1.1.1 Telemedicine versus Telehealth
- 1.1.1.1 Definitions
- 1.1.2 Technologies versus Services
- 1.2 Technology-Enabled Distant Health
- 1.2.1 Telemedicine Technological Requirements
- 1.2.2 Telehealth Technological Requirements
- 1.3 Typical Distant-Health Examples
- 1.3.1 Smart Medical Shirts
- 1.3.2 Haptic Platform
- 1.3.3 Overgrown Cities
- 1.3.4 Rural Health
- 1.3.5 Satellite Telehealth
- 1.4 Integrated Service Management
- 1.4.1 Telemedicine Critical Technologies
- 1.4.2 MOT: Marketing
- 1.4.2.1 Marketing Orientation
- 1.4.2.2 Holistic Marketing
- 1.4.3 MOT: Innovative Deployment
- 1.4.3.1 Integrated TLM-TLH Service Paradigm
- 1.4.3.2 Holistic Approach
- 1.4.3.3 Building Trust
- 1.5 Conclusions
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations and Nomenclature
- References
- 2. Readying Medical Applications for Telehealth - I-Hen Tsai
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 History and Recent Developments in Telehealth and mHealth
- 2.2.1 History of Telehealth and mHealth
- 2.2.2 Recent Developments
- 2.3 Present Challenges and Benefits
- 2.3.1 Deployment Problems
- 2.3.2 Technical Challenges
- 2.3.3 Handling Data and Privacy
- 2.4 Groundwork for a Good Telehealth Application
- 2.4.1 Communicating and Understanding Needs
- 2.4.2 Build on Familiar User Experiences
- 2.5 Enabling Telehealth for Your Existing Medical Application
- 2.6 Case Study—Panic Disorder Self-Therapy System
- 2.7 Case Study—Diabetes Telehealth Framework
- 2.8 Case Study—Telehealth Support for Unit Care
- 2.9 Conclusions
- Acknowledgments
- References
- 3. Virtual Hospitals: Integration of Telemedicine, Healthcare Services, and Cloud Computing - Shaftab Ahmed and M. Yasin Akhtar Raja
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 Related Work
- 3.3 Service Integration in Virtual Hospitals
- 3.3.1 Social Networking
- 3.3.2 Data Accessibility in the Cloud
- 3.3.2.1 Telemedicine for Ubiquitous Healthcare
- 3.3.3 Data Acquisition, Transmission, and Archiving
- 3.3.4 Work-Flow and Decision-Support Systems in Cloud Architecture
- 3.3.5 Agent-Based Proactive Study and Knowledge-Based Management Systems (KBMSs)
- 3.3.5.1 Agent-Based Proactive Study
- 3.3.5.2 Knowledge-Based Management Systems
- 3.3.6 Disaster Management and Emergency Response Services
- 3.3.7 Recovery Rehabilitation and Medical Tourism
- 3.4 Medical Data Storage and Presentation Standards
- 3.5 Nursing Stations for Remote Patient Monitoring
- 3.6 Cybersecurity Issues
- 3.6.1 Hierarchical Security Management
- 3.6.2 Root-Level Security for Physical Identity-Based Accessibility
- 3.6.3 Proposed Trusted Computing Protocol
- 3.6.4 Executing Client Application in Secure Environment
- 3.7 Conclusion and Discussion
- List of Acronyms and Abbreviations
- References
- 4. Intelligent Electronic Health Systems - David A. Clifton, Marco A. F. Pimentel, Katherine E. Niehaus, Lei Clifton, Timothy E. A. Peto, Derrick W. Crook, and Peter J. Watkinson
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.1.1 Objectives
- 4.1.2 Themes Considered in This Chapter
- 4.2 Theme I: Using the Broad Range of Data Sets within the EHR
- 4.2.1 Case Study: Prediction of Bacterial Drug Susceptibility
- 4.2.2 Features
- 4.2.3 Supervised Learning Algorithms for the EHR
- 4.2.4 Feature Selection
- 4.2.5 Generalization
- 4.2.6 Summary of Theme I
- 4.3 Theme II: Augmenting the EHR with Sensor Data
- 4.3.1 Case Study: Early-Warning Systems
- 4.3.2 Estimating Vital Signs with Probabilistic Models
- 4.3.3 Learning Data Trajectories
- 4.3.4 Similarity between Vital-Signs Trajectories
- 4.3.5 Summary of Theme II
- 4.4 Theme III: EHRs in the Developing World
- 4.4.1 Fusing Data from Noisy Time Series
- 4.5 Conclusions and Future Directions
- Acknowledgments
- References
- 5. Wearable Biomedical Systems and mHealth - Sungmee Park and Sundaresan Jayaraman
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.1.1 The Healthcare Reality
- 5.1.2 Technology, Innovation, and the Emergence of the “Patient-Consumer”
- 5.1.3 The Healthcare Bill of Rights
- 5.1.4 mHealth: Key to Enhancing Quality of Life
- 5.1.4.1 The Desired State
- 5.1.4.2 Organization of the Chapter
- 5.2 The Healthcare Delivery Model and Its Transformation
- 5.2.1 The Enablers in the Healthcare Continuum
- 5.2.2 Transformation of Healthcare
- 5.2.3 The Attributes of Patient-Centric Value-Based Care
- 5.2.4 Data-Value Transformation and mHealth
- 5.3 Big Data, mHealth, and Emerging Trends in Healthcare
- 5.3.1 mHealth and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
- 5.3.1.1 Accountable Care Organization
- 5.3.1.2 Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Initiative
- 5.3.1.3 Evidence-Based Medicine
- 5.3.2 Occupational Health and mHealth
- 5.3.2.1 Role of mHealth
- 5.3.3 The Value of mHealth
- 5.3.4 The Grand Challenge: Harnessing Big Data for mHealth
- 5.4 The WOW
- 5.4.1 The Value Proposition for Wearables for mHealth
- 5.4.2 The Metawearable Paradigm for mHealth
- 5.4.3 Textiles as a Metawearable
- 5.5 The Wearable Motherboard or Smart Shirt
- 5.5.1 The Wearable Motherboard Architecture
- 5.5.2 Testing of the Smart Shirt
- 5.5.3 Realizing mHealth through the Wearable Motherboard
- 5.5.3.1 Another Example
- 5.6 Looking Ahead: WOW and the Future of mHealth
- 5.6.1 The Chain Reaction
- 5.7 Conclusions
- Acknowledgments
- References
- 6. Wireless Instrumentation and Biomedical Applications - João Paulo Carmo and José Higino Correia
- 6.1 Introduction
- 6.2 Measurement Systems
- 6.2.1 Multiplexing Structures
- 6.2.2 Wireless Instruments Seen from the Communication Protocol Point of View
- 6.3 Technology for Wireless Systems
- 6.3.1 Operational Issues
- 6.3.2 RF Interfaces
- 6.4 Networks of Wireless Instruments
- 6.5 Examples of Wireless Instruments in Biomedical Applications
- 6.5.1 Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) and Customized Applications
- 6.5.2 Active Concepts for Biomedical Wireless Instruments
- References
- 7. Context-Aware Biomedical Smart Systems - François Philipp and Manfred Glesner
- 7.1 Introduction
- 7.2 Biomedical Smart Systems
- 7.2.1 Architecture
- 7.2.2 Applications of Smart Systems in Healthcare
- 7.2.3 Microelectronic Technologies Enabling Smart Systems
- 7.2.4 Considerations on Hardware-Software Codesign
- 7.3 Building a Smart System for Activity Tracking
- 7.3.1 Context Sensing
- 7.3.2 Implementation
- 7.4 Development Tools for Smart Systems
- 7.5 Conclusion
- References
- Further Reading
- Section II Wireless Technologies and Networks
- 8. Technologies for mHealth - Jinman Kim, Christopher Lemon, Tanya Baldacchino, Mohamed Khadra, and Dagan (David) Feng
- 8.1 Introduction to mHealth
- 8.2 mHealth Technologies
- 8.2.1 Mobile Devices
- 8.2.2 Networks
- 8.2.3 Health Information (Data) Exchange
- 8.3 User Perspective and Usability
- 8.3.1 User Perspective of mHealth
- 8.3.2 mHealth Usability
- 8.4 mHealth Implementation
- 8.5 mHealth Case Studies
- 8.5.1 Outreach Mobile Nursing
- 8.5.2 mHealth Imaging
- 8.5.3 mHealth Applications
- Acknowledgments
- References
- 9. Wireless Body Area Network Protocols - Majid Nabi, Twan Basten, and Marc Geilen
- 9.1 Introduction
- 9.2 WBAN Characteristics
- 9.2.1 Body Sensor Devices
- 9.2.2 Energy Consumption Constraints
- 9.2.3 Quality of Wireless Links
- 9.2.4 Mobility
- 9.2.5 Heterogeneity
- 9.2.6 Network Scale
- 9.3 WBAN Architectures
- 9.3.1 Preliminaries
- 9.3.2 Star Architecture
- 9.3.3 Multihop Communication
- 9.3.4 Protocol Stacks for WBANs
- 9.4 MAC Mechanisms
- 9.4.1 MAC Paradigms
- 9.4.2 Low-Duty-Cycle TDMA-Based MAC
- 9.4.3 Gossiping TDMA-Based MAC
- 9.4.4 Battery-Aware MAC
- 9.4.5 H-MAC: Heartbeat-Driven Medium Access Control
- 9.4.6 BANMAC: Body Area Network Medium Access Control
- 9.5 Communication Standards
- 9.5.1 IEEE 802.15.4 LR-WPAN Standard
- 9.5.2 IEEE 802.15.6 WBAN Standard
- 9.6 Conclusions
- References
- 10. Wireless Body Area Network Data Delivery - Majid Nabi, Marc Geilen, and Twan Basten
- 10.1 Introduction
- 10.2 Data Delivery Requirements in WBANs
- 10.2.1 Network Organization for Data Delivery
- 10.2.2 Data Generation and Transmission
- 10.2.3 Data Delivery Requirements
- 10.3 WBAN Adaptation for Efficient Data Delivery
- 10.3.1 WBAN Adaptation
- 10.3.2 Link Quality Estimation for WBANs
- 10.4 Mechanisms for Intra-WBAN Data Delivery
- 10.4.1 Location-Based Data Forwarding
- 10.4.2 Tree-Based Routing
- 10.4.3 Probabilistic Routing
- 10.4.4 Gossip-Based Data Forwarding
- 10.4.5 On-Demand Data Forwarding
- 10.5 Prioritized WBAN Data Delivery
- 10.6 Conclusions
- References
- 11. Use of Small-Cell Technologies for Telemedicine - Edward Mutafungwa and Jyri Hämäläinen
- 11.1 Introduction
- 11.1.1 Background and Motivation
- 11.1.2 Toward Connected Personal Health Systems
- 11.1.3 Mobile Technologies for Personal Health Systems
- 11.1.4 Scope and Organization of the Chapter
- 11.2 Background on Personal Health Systems
- 11.2.1 Revisiting Connectivity Needs for Personal Health Systems
- 11.2.2 General System Requirements for Connectivity Providers
- 11.2.3 Achieving Interoperability for Personal Health Systems
- 11.2.3.1 Continua Reference Architecture
- 11.2.3.2 IEEE 11073 Device Specializations
- 11.2.4 mHealth Developments within Mobile Technology Standardization
- 11.3 Overview of Small-Cell Technologies
- 11.3.1 Drivers for Small-Cell Deployment
- 11.3.2 Small-Cell Architectures
- 11.3.2.1 Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (UTRAN) Architecture
- 11.3.2.2 Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN) Architecture
- 11.3.3 Access Control Mechanisms
- 11.4 Small Cells for Personal Health Systems
- 11.4.1 Brief Review of Existing Personal Health Gateway Approaches
- 11.4.2 General End-to-End Implementation
- 11.4.3 Benefits of Small Cells for Personal Health Systems
- 11.4.3.1 QoS, Charging, and Policy Control
- 11.4.3.2 Carrier-Grade Security
- 11.4.3.3 Indoor Coverage and Capacity Enhancements
- 11.4.3.4 Improved Device Energy Efficiency
- 11.4.3.5 Small-Cell Services Development
- 11.4.3.6 Mobile Traffic Offloading
- 11.5 Simulation Case Study
- 11.5.1 System Model
- 11.5.2 System Simulation Assumptions
- 11.5.3 Results and Discussions
- 11.6 Conclusions
- Abbreviations
- Acknowledgments
- References
- 12. Dynamic Coexistence of Wireless Body Area Networks - Mohammad N. Deylami and Emil Jovanov
- 12.1 Introduction
- 12.2 WBAN Architecture
- 12.2.1 Coexistence of WBANs
- 12.3 Wireless Transmissions and Interference
- 12.4 Methods for Coexistence Management
- 12.5 Support for Coexistence in Different Wireless Standards
- 12.5.1 The IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi)
- 12.5.2 The IEEE 802.15.1 (Bluetooth)
- 12.5.3 The IEEE 802.15.3 (Ultrawideband or UWB)
- 12.5.4 The IEEE 802.15.4 (ZigBee)
- 12.5.5 The IEEE 802.15.6
- 12.5.6 Proprietary Wireless Technologies
- 12.6 Conclusion
- References
- 13. Mobile Health and Smartphone Platforms: A Case Study - M. B. Srinivas
- 13.1 Introduction
- 13.2 Mobile Health
- 13.2.1 Smartphone Platforms
- 13.3 Mobile Operating Systems and Application Development
- 13.3.1 Development of a Prototype Mobile Health Application
- 13.3.1.1 The Hardware
- 13.3.1.2 The Software
- 13.4 Results and Implementation
- 13.5 Conclusions
- Acknowledgment
- References
- Section III Sensors, Devices, Implantables, and Signal Processing
- 14. Medical Sensors for Mobile Communication Devices - Jacob Fraden
- 14.1 Introduction
- 14.2 Requirements for MCD Sensors
- 14.3 Integration of Sensors
- 14.4 Chemical and Bacteriological Sensing
- 14.5 Blood Pressure Monitoring
- 14.6 Energy Harvesting
- References
- 15. Development of Disposable Adhesive Wearable Human-Monitoring System - Alex Chun Kit Chan, Kohei Higuchi, and Kazusuke Maenaka
- 15.1 Introduction
- 15.2 Human Activity-Monitoring System
- 15.3 System Concept
- 15.4 Concept of Adhesive-Type Wearable Sensing Device
- 15.4.1 Hybrid Implementation Model
- 15.4.2 CMOS System-on-Chip
- 15.4.2.1 Sensor Interface and ADC
- 15.4.2.2 Digital Core and MCU
- 15.4.2.3 Wishbone
- 15.4.2.4 RF Interface (400 MHz/1.2 GHz)
- 15.4.3 Energy Harvesting
- 15.4.3.1 Solar Energy
- 15.4.3.2 Electret-Based Energy Harvesting
- 15.4.3.3 Electromagnetic Energy Harvesting
- 15.4.3.4 Thermal Energy Harvesting
- 15.4.4 MEMS Technology and Single-Chip Multisensor Integration
- 15.4.4.1 Sensor Integration
- 15.4.4.2 Starting Wafer: Silicon-on-Honeycomb Insulator Wafer with Silicon-on-Nothing Machining for Pressure Sensor
- 15.4.4.3 Dynamic Acceleration Sensor: Lead Zirconate Titanate as Detection Mechanism
- 15.4.4.4 Static Acceleration Sensor: Capacitive-Type 3D Acceleration Sensor
- 15.4.4.5 Blood Pulse/SpO2 Sensor 324
- 15.4.4.6 Other Sensors and Technologies
- 15.4.5 Wireless—A 315 MHz RF Transceiver Module
- 15.4.6 The Software
- 15.5 Large Module Adhesive-Type Wearable Sensing Device
- 15.6 Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- References
- 16. Drug-Delivery Systems in eMedicine and mHealth - Arni Ariani, Soegijardjo Soegijoko, and Hermawan Nagar Rasyid
- 16.1 Introduction
- 16.2 Implantable Drug-Delivery Systems (IDDSs)
- 16.2.1 Implantable Pump Systems
- 16.2.1.1 Osmotic Pumps
- 16.2.1.2 Infusion Pumps
- 16.2.2 Micro-/Nanofabricated IDDSs
- 16.2.3 Implantable Microfluidic Devices
- 16.2.4 Ceramic Drug-Delivery Systems (CDDSs)
- 16.2.5 PMMA Beads
- 16.2.6 Discussion
- 16.3 Dermal Drug-Delivery Systems
- 16.3.1 Microneedle Syringes
- 16.3.2 Microneedle Patches
- 16.3.3 Discussion
- 16.3.3.1 Pain
- 16.3.3.2 The Irritation of the Skin
- 16.3.3.3 The Infection of the Skin
- 16.4 Human Body Modeling for Study of EMF Interaction
- 16.5 Power
- 16.6 Data Telemetry
- 16.6.1 Near-Field Resonant Inductive Coupling
- 16.6.2 Wireless Communication
- 16.7 mHealth Solutions for Drug-Delivery System
- 16.7.1 Automatic Drug-Delivery System
- 16.7.2 Disposable Patch Pump
- 16.7.3 Wireless Drug Dosage Monitoring
- 16.8 Conclusion
- References
- 17. Implantable Systems - Vincenzo Luciano, Emilio Sardini, Alessandro Dionisi, Mauro Serpelloni, and Andrea Cadei
- 17.1 Introduction
- 17.2 Implantable System Architecture
- 17.2.1 Telemetric Systems
- 17.2.2 Power-Harvesting Systems
- 17.3 Force Measurement inside Knee Prosthesis
- 17.3.1 Experimental Results
- 17.4 Power Harvesting in Implantable Human Total Knee Prosthesis
- 17.5 Conclusions
- References
- 18. Signal Processing in Implantable Neural Recording Microsystems - Sedigheh Razmpour, Mohammad Ali Shaeri, Hossein Hosseini-Nejad, and Amir M. Sodagar
- 18.1 Neurophysiological Background
- 18.1.1 Introduction
- 18.1.2 The Intracellular Neural Signal
- 18.1.2.1 Resting Potential
- 18.1.2.2 Action Potential
- 18.1.3 The Extracellular Neural Signal
- 18.2 Neural Recording Microsystems
- 18.2.1 Neural Recording Approaches
- 18.2.2 Neural Recording Microsystems
- 18.2.2.1 Recording Front-End
- 18.2.2.2 Wireless Interfacing Module
- 18.2.2.3 Neural Processing Module
- 18.3 High-Density Neural Recording
- 18.3.1 System-Level Approaches
- 18.3.2 Signal-Level Approaches
- 18.4 Neural Signal Processing in the Time Domain
- 18.4.1 Spike Detection
- 18.4.2 Spike Extraction
- 18.4.3 Feature Extraction and Spike Sorting
- 18.4.4 Delta Compression
- 18.4.5 Nonlinear Quantization
- 18.5 Transform-Based Neural Signal Compression
- 18.5.1 Performance Measures
- 18.5.2 The Discrete Wavelet Transform
- 18.5.3 The Walsh-Hadamard Transform
- 18.5.4 The Discrete Cosine Transform
- 18.6 Data Framing
- 18.7 Concluding Remarks
- Acknowledgments
- References
- 19. Electronic Health Signal Processing - Mohit Kumar, Norbert Stoll, Kerstin Thurow, and Regina Stoll
- 19.1 Introduction
- 19.2 Background
- 19.2.1 A Takagi-Sugeno Fuzzy Filter
- 19.2.1.1 Triangular Membership Functions
- 19.2.2 Stochastic Fuzzy Modeling of Biomedical Signals
- 19.2.3 A Stochastic Mixture of Signal Data Fuzzy Models
- 19.3 Variational Bayesian Inference of Stochastic Mixture of Signal Data Models
- 19.3.1 Optimization with respect to q(π)
- 19.3.2 Optimization with respect to q(αi)
- 19.3.3 Optimization with respect to q(φi)
- 19.3.4 Optimization with respect to q(s)
- 19.3.5 Summary
- 19.4 A Case Study
- 19.5 Concluding Remarks
- References
- Section IV Implementation of eMedicine and Telemedicine
- 20. Telecardiology - Rajarshi Gupta
- 20.1 Introduction
- 20.2 Components of a Telecardiology System and Functioning
- 20.3 Cardiovascular Signal Acquisition
- 20.4 Signal Compression in Telecardiology
- 20.5 Role of Information and Communication Technology in Telecardiology
- 20.6 Electronic Health Records, Medical Information System, and Interface with Medical Professionals
- 20.7 Data Security and Privacy Issues in Telecardiology
- 20.8 Medical Signal Analysis in Telecardiology Systems
- 20.9 Trends in Telecardiology Systems
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Further Reading
- 21. Telecardiology Tools and Devices - Axel Müller, Jörg Otto Schwab, Christian Zugck, Johannes Schweizer, and Thomas M. Helms
- 21.1 Introduction
- 21.2 Telemedical ECG Monitoring
- 21.3 Telemonitoring in Patients with CIEDs
- 21.3.1 Introduction
- 21.3.2 Telemonitoring Methods in Patients with CIEDs
- 21.3.3 Clinical Data for Telemedical Monitoring of Patients with CIEDs
- 21.4 Telemonitoring in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure
- 21.4.1 Goals of Telemonitoring in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure
- 21.4.2 Telemonitoring Method in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure
- 21.4.2.1 Support Concept with Heart Failure Nurses
- 21.4.2.2 Care Concepts with Telemonitoring
- 21.4.3 Current Study Status
- 21.5 Telemonitoring in Patients with Arterial Hypertension
- 21.6 Conclusions
- References
- 22. Teleradiology - Liam Caffery
- 22.1 Introduction
- 22.2 Background
- 22.2.1 Definitions
- 22.2.2 Clinical Teleradiology
- 22.2.3 Technology Considerations
- 22.2.3.1 DICOM
- 22.3 The Commoditization War
- 22.4 Mobile Teleradiology
- 22.4.1 Digital Image Fundamentals
- 22.4.2 Monitor Characteristics
- 22.4.3 Workstation Characteristics
- 22.5 Teleradiology on Handheld Devices
- 22.5.1 Handheld Device Characteristics
- 22.5.1.1 Hardware
- 22.5.2 Clinical Efficacy
- 22.6 Conclusions
- Abbreviations and Glossary
- References
- Further Reading
- Technical Guidelines
- 23. Teledermatology - Soegijardjo Soegijoko, Arni Ariani, and Sugiyantini
- 23.1 Introduction
- 23.2 Structure of the Skin
- 23.3 Common Skin Diseases
- 23.3.1 Eczema
- 23.3.2 Fungal/Yeast Infections
- 23.3.3 Bacterial Infections
- 23.3.4 Viral Infections
- 23.3.5 Parasitic Infections
- 23.3.6 Autoimmune Disease
- 23.3.7 Miscellaneous Skin Diseases
- 23.4 Teledermatology Models
- 23.4.1 Store-and-Forward Teledermatology
- 23.4.2 Live-Interactive Teledermatology
- 23.4.3 Hybrid Teledermatology
- 23.5 The Implementation of Teledermatology Models (Existing Applications)
- 23.6 Technical Aspects
- 23.6.1 Acquisition of Images
- 23.6.1.1 Digital Camera
- 23.6.1.2 Digital Video Camera
- 23.6.2 Data Display
- 23.6.3 Data Storage, Retrieval, and Transmission
- 23.7 Teledermatology Evaluation
- 23.7.1 Diagnostic Reliability
- 23.7.2 Diagnostic Accuracy
- 23.7.3 Outcomes
- 23.7.4 Cost Effectiveness
- 23.7.5 End Users'Satisfaction
- 23.7.5.1 Patients'Satisfaction
- 23.7.5.2 Referring Clinicians’ Satisfaction
- 23.7.5.3 Consultants’ Satisfaction
- 23.8 Future Developments
- References
- 24. Teleaudiology - Robert H. Eikelboom and De Wet Swanepoel
- 24.1 Introduction
- 24.1.1 The Demand for Hearing Health Services
- 24.1.2 Prevalence of Hearing Loss and Incidence of Ear Disease
- 24.1.3 Number and Distribution of Ear and Hearing Health Professionals
- 24.1.4 The Role of Telehealth in Audiology
- 24.2 Synchronous and Asynchronous Teleaudiology
- 24.3 Requirements for Providing Primary through Tertiary Ear and Hearing Health Services
- 24.3.1 Barriers to Success and Planning for Success
- 24.3.2 Local Personnel
- 24.3.3 Training and Support
- 24.3.4 Equipment
- 24.3.5 Protocols and Referral Pathway
- 24.4 Teleaudiology Functions
- 24.4.1 Screening
- 24.4.2 Diagnosis
- 24.4.3 Case History
- 24.4.4 Otoscopy and Video Otoscopy
- 24.4.4.1 Video Otoscope Selection
- 24.4.5 Tympanometry
- 24.4.5.1 Tympanometer Selection
- 24.4.6 Audiometry
- 24.4.6.1 Audiometer Selection
- 24.4.7 Speech Audiometry
- 24.4.8 Auditory Evoked Responses
- 24.4.9 Intraoperative Monitoring
- 24.4.10 Balance Assessment
- 24.4.11 Intervention
- 24.4.11.1 Counseling
- 24.4.11.2 Hearing Aids and Assistive Devices
- 24.4.11.3 Hearing Implants
- 24.4.12 Continued Professional Education
- 24.5 Case Studies of Teleaudiology
- 24.5.1 Teleaudiology in Witkoppen, South Africa
- 24.5.2 Teleotology in Alaska
- 24.5.3 Telepractice between Sydney and Western Samoa
- 24.6 Conclusions
- Acknowledgment
- Partial List of Manufacturers and Suppliers
- References
- 25. Teleoncology - Natalie K. Bradford and Helen Irving
- 25.1 Introduction
- 25.2 Oncology Overview
- 25.3 Teleoncology
- 25.3.1 Rationale for Teleoncology
- 25.4 Telecommunications and Models of Cancer Care
- 25.5 Traditional Models of Cancer Care for Regional or Remote Locations
- 25.6 Potential Benefits and Disadvantages of Teleoncology
- 25.7 Teleoncology and Cancer Prevention
- 25.8 Teleoncology and Cancer Diagnosis
- 25.9 Teleoncology and Cancer Treatment
- 25.9.1 Teleconsultation
- 25.9.2 Virtual Multidisciplinary Team Meetings
- 25.9.3 Clinical Trials
- 25.9.4 Integrated Decision-Support Systems
- 25.9.5 Telesurgery
- 25.9.6 Teleradiotherapy
- 25.10 Supportive Care
- 25.10.1 Discharge Planning
- 25.10.2 Access to Allied Health
- 25.10.3 Palliative Care
- 25.11 Enhancing Cancer Care in Low- and Middle-Income Nations
- 25.12 Economics
- 25.13 Medicolegal Recommendations
- 25.14 Training and Education
- 25.15 Barriers to Progress
- 25.15.1 Human Factors
- 25.15.2 Education and Support
- 25.15.3 Costs
- 25.16 Conclusions
- Acknowledgment
- References
- 26. Telepathology System Development and Implementation - Ronald S. Weinstein
- 26.1 Introduction
- 26.1.1 Telepathology Systems
- 26.1.2 Telepathology System Development
- 26.2 Telepathology System Classifications
- 26.2.1 Human Pathology Telepathology System Classification (2001)
- 26.2.2 APMIS Telepathology System Classification (2012)
- 26.2.3 American Telemedicine Association Clinical Guidelines (2014)
- 26.3 Telepathology System Classification: 2014 Practitioners
- 26.4 Conclusions
- Partial List of Manufacturers and Suppliers
- Abbreviation and Nomenclature
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Further Information
- 27. Acute Care Telemedicine - Nigel R. Armfield and Tim Donovan
- 27.1 Introduction
- 27.2 Definitions
- 27.2.1 Telemedicine
- 27.2.2 Acute Care Telemedicine
- 27.3 Rationale for Telemedicine in Acute Care
- 27.3.1 Service Availability
- 27.3.2 Service Accessibility
- 27.3.3 Health System Responses to Access Impediments
- 27.3.4 Telemedicine as an Adjunct
- 27.4 Potential Benefits of Telemedicine
- 27.4.1 Patient and Families
- 27.4.2 Clinician
- 27.4.3 Health System
- 27.4.4 Summary
- 27.5 Domains of Acute Care and Telemedicine
- 27.5.1 Trauma Care and Acute Care Surgery
- 27.5.1.1 Case Example 1: Triage and Referral of Patients with Acute Burn Injuries
- 27.5.1.2 Case Example 2: Rural Acute Trauma Care
- 27.5.2 Emergency Care
- 27.5.2.1 Case Example 3: Thrombolysis for Acute Cerebrovascular Ischemia
- 27.5.2.2 Case Example 4: Telemedicine Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute Myocardial Infarction
- 27.5.3 Urgent Care
- 27.5.3.1 Case Example 5: Primary Care Pediatric Telemedicine Consultation for Acute Illness in Child-Care and School Settings
- 27.5.3.2 Case Example 6: Community-Based Ear, Nose, and Throat (ENT) Screening with Telemedicine-Based Review and Community-Based Surgical Outreach for Children at High Risk of Ear Disease
- 27.5.4 Short-Term Stabilization
- 27.5.4.1 Case Example 7: Ambulance Dispatchers Monitoring Simulated Cardiac Arrest Calls from an Untrained Bystander with either Mobile Phone Video or Standard Call Interaction; Video Input Improved Understanding of Rescuer and Facilitated Assistance to Bystander
- 27.5.4.2 Case Example 8: Qualitative Outcome Improved in Remote Canadian Trauma Patients with Stabilization Using Telesonography
- 27.5.5 Prehospital Care
- 27.5.5.1 Case Example 9: A Well-Designed Randomized Study of Mobile Stroke Assessment and Treatment (Including Telemedicine Use) on Time from Alarm to Therapy Decision in 100 Patients
- 27.5.5.2 Case Example 10: Cost Analysis of Remote ECG Reading by Telemedicine
- 27.5.6 Critical Care
- 27.5.6.1 Case Example 11: Advice and Retrieval Management for Critically Ill Infants
- 27.5.6.2 Case Example 12: Providing Remote Oversight of Intensive Care Units (e-ICU)
- 27.5.7 Summary
- 27.6 Conclusions
- Abbreviations and Nomenclature
- References
- 28. Monitoring for Elderly Care: The Role of Wearable Sensors in Fall Detection and Fall Prediction Research - Kejia Wang, Stephen J. Redmond, and Nigel H. Lovell
- 28.1 Introduction
- 28.2 Personal Alarms
- 28.3 Fall Detection and Activity Monitoring
- 28.3.1 Unobtrusive Sensors
- 28.3.2 Wearable Sensors
- 28.4 Prevention and Fall Risk Assessments
- 28.4.1 Sensor-Based Fall Prediction
- 28.5 Measurements and Sensors
- 28.5.1 Accelerometry
- 28.5.2 Gyroscopy
- 28.5.3 Other Sensors
- 28.6 Feature Extraction and Analysis
- 28.6.1 Features in Activity Monitoring
- 28.6.2 Features in Fall Risk Estimation and Fall Prediction
- 28.7 Fall Risk Model Training and Validation Strategies
- 28.7.1 Validation by Clinical Fall Risk Assessment Scores
- 28.7.2 Validation by Fall History
- 28.7.3 Fall Risk Estimation Using Sensors on Supervised Activities
- 28.7.4 Fall Risk Estimation Based on Activities of Daily Living
- 28.8 Statistical Heterogeneity and Diversity in the Field
- 28.8.1 Clinical Heterogeneity: Health Status, Ability, and Origin of Cohort
- 28.8.2 Methodological Heterogeneity: Subject Classes, Data Collection Techniques, Analysis Methods, and Models
- 28.8.3 Sample Sizes for Training and Validation
- 28.9 Fusing Fall Detection, Daily Monitoring, and Risk Assessments
- 28.10 Conclusion
- Abbreviations
- References
- VOLUME II
- Section I Medical Robotics, Telesurgery, and Image-Guided Surgery
- Medical Robotics - Giancarlo Ferrigno, Alessandra Pedrocchi, Elena De Momi, Emilia Ambrosini, and Elisa Beretta
- 1.1 Introduction to Medical Robotics
- 1.1.1 Definitions and Standards
- 1.1.2 Historical Perspective
- 1.2 Surgical Robots
- 1.2.1 General Requirements
- 1.2.2 Control
- 1.2.2.1 Position Control
- 1.2.2.2 Shared Control
- 1.2.2.3 Cooperative Control
- 1.2.2.4 Teleoperation
- 1.2.3 Recent Developments
- 1.3 Rehabilitation Robots
- 1.3.1 Introduction: Why Robots in Rehabilitation?
- 1.3.2 The Mechanical Design: Exoskeleton versus End-Effector Robots—Some Examples
- 1.3.3 The Problem of Control
- 1.3.4 Impact on Clinical Practice and First Evidence-Based Studies of Rehabilitation Robotics
- 1.3.5 Perspectives and Challenges
- 1.4 Assistive Robots
- 1.4.1 Introduction
- 1.4.2 Physical Assistance Robots
- 1.4.3 Mobility Aids
- 1.4.4 Activity of Daily Living Support
- 1.4.5 Future Perspectives
- References
- Modern Devices for Telesurgery - Florian Gosselin
- 2.1 Introduction and History
- 2.2 Main Components and Functionalities of a Robotic Telesurgery System
- 2.2.1 General Overview
- 2.2.2 Slave Surgery Robots
- 2.2.3 Master Control Station
- 2.2.4 Additional Equipment and Communication Means
- 2.2.5 Main Functionalities
- 2.2.5.1 Master-Slave Teleoperation
- 2.2.5.2 Motion (and Force) Scaling
- 2.2.5.3 Tremor Cancellation
- 2.2.5.4 Shared Control
- 2.2.5.5 Augmented Haptic Feedback
- 2.3 Optimal Design of an Advanced Input Device for Telesurgery
- 2.3.1 Design Guidelines
- 2.3.2 Design Methodology
- 2.3.3 Application to the Design of a Telesurgery Master Arm
- 2.4 Conclusion
- References
- Microsurgery Systems - Leonardo S. Mattos, Diego Pardo, Emidio Olivieri, Giacinto Barresi, Jesus Ortiz, Loris Fichera, Nikhil Deshpande, and Veronica Penza
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 Clinical Applications
- 3.2.1 Pediatric and Fetal Surgery
- 3.2.2 Ophthalmology
- 3.2.3 Otolaryngology
- 3.2.4 Plastic Surgery
- 3.2.5 Nerve Surgery
- 3.2.6 Urology
- 3.3 Microsurgery Systems in Clinical Use
- 3.4 Robot-Assisted Microsurgery Systems
- 3.5 Current Challenges for Next-Generation Microsurgery Systems
- 3.5.1 Miniaturization
- 3.5.1.1 Materials and Robustness
- 3.5.1.2 Maneuverability
- 3.5.1.3 Sensing
- 3.5.1.4 Actuation
- 3.5.2 Microsurgical Tools
- 3.5.2.1 Sensing Tools
- 3.5.2.2 Actuation Tools
- 3.5.3 Visualization Methods and Systems
- 3.5.3.1 Visualization Devices
- 3.5.3.2 Augmented Reality
- 3.5.4 Haptic Feedback
- 3.5.5 Control Interfaces and Ergonomics
- 3.5.6 Surgical Planning
- 3.5.6.1 Preoperative Reconstruction
- 3.5.6.2 Intraoperative Registration
- 3.5.7 Safety
- 3.5.8 Autonomous Behaviors
- 3.6 Conclusion
- References
- Image-Guided Microsurgery - Tom Williamson, Marco Caversaccio, Stefan Weber, and Brett Bell
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.1.1 What Is Image Guidance?
- 4.1.2 Why Image Guidance?
- 4.2 Image Guidance Components and Workflow
- 4.2.1 Image Acquisition
- 4.2.2 Surgical Planning
- 4.2.3 Registration
- 4.2.4 Tracking
- 4.2.5 Instrumentation and Instrument Guidance
- 4.2.6 Information Presentation
- 4.3 Image Guidance by Surgical Domain
- 4.3.1 Image Guidance in Otorhinolaryngology
- 4.3.2 Image Guidance in Neurosurgery
- 4.3.3 Image Guidance in Ophthalmic Surgery
- 4.3.4 Image Guidance in Other Surgeries
- 4.4 Conclusions
- References
- Section II Telenursing, Personalized Care, Patient Care, and eEmergency Systems
- eHealth and Telenursing - Sinclair Wynchank and Nathanael Sabbah
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 How Telenursing Came About
- 5.3 Nursing's Applications of Information and Communication Technology
- 5.3.1 Computerized Decision-Support Systems
- 5.3.2 Databases
- 5.3.3 Telephony
- 5.3.4 Videoconferencing
- 5.3.5 mHealth
- 5.3.6 Telenursing Services
- 5.4 Telenursing's Healthcare Applications
- 5.4.1 Triage
- 5.4.2 Maternity and Pediatrics
- 5.4.3 Posthospitalization
- 5.4.4 Home Care
- 5.4.5 Chronic Illnesses
- 5.4.6 Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
- 5.4.7 Mental Health
- 5.4.8 Geriatrics
- 5.5 Nurse Migration
- 5.6 Telenursing and Distance Education
- 5.6.1 Bases of e-learning
- 5.6.2 Educating Laypersons
- 5.6.3 Formal Instruction
- 5.6.4 Web-Based Education
- 5.6.5 Recent Trends
- 5.7 Telenursing and Ethical Questions
- 5.8 Discussion
- 5.9 Conclusions
- Abbreviations
- Nomenclature
- Acknowledgments
- References
- mHealth: Intelligent Closed-Loop Solutions for Personalized Healthcare - Carmen C. Y. Poon and Kevin K. F. Hung
- 6.1 Introduction
- 6.2 Historical Overview of mHealth
- 6.2.1 Evolution from Telemedicine to mHealth
- 6.2.2 Initial mHealth Applications
- 6.2.3 Recent mHealth Applications
- 6.3 Mobile Apps for mHealth
- 6.3.1 Overview of mHealth Apps
- 6.3.2 Regulation of mHealth Apps
- 6.4 Cloud Computing
- 6.4.1 Definitions
- 6.4.2 Selected Applications
- 6.5 Closed-Loop Solutions for Personalized Health Interventions
- 6.5.1 Challenges in Sensor Design and Fabrication
- 6.5.2 Challenges in Mining and Managing Big Health Data
- 6.6 Conclusions
- Abbreviations and Nomenclature
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Patient Care Sensing and Monitoring Systems - Akihiro Kajiwara and Ryohei Nakamura
- 7.1 Introduction
- 7.2 Stepped-Frequency Modulation Ultrawideband Scheme
- 7.2.1 Ultrawideband Impulse Radio Sensor
- 7.2.2 Stepped-Frequency Modulation Ultrawideband Sensor
- 7.2.3 Detect-and-Avoid and Spectrum Hole Technique
- 7.3 Detect-and-Avoid Technique
- 7.4 Patient Care Sensing and Monitoring System
- 7.4.1 Sensing and Monitoring Algorithm
- 7.4.2 Measurement Results
- 7.5 Conclusions
- References
- Mobile Health Sleep Technologies - Anda Baharav
- 8.1 Introduction
- 8.1.1 Background about Sleep
- 8.1.2 Sleep Problems and Their Implications
- 8.2 Sleep and Technology
- 8.2.1 The Role of Technology in General and Mobile Technology in Particular in Inducing Sleep Disorders
- 8.2.2 Why Mobile Interface Is Most Suitable for Sleep
- 8.3 Methods for Evaluating Sleep
- 8.3.1 Subjective Information and Questionnaires
- 8.3.2 Diaries
- 8.3.3 Gold-Standard Polysomnography
- 8.3.4 Electroencephalography
- 8.3.5 Heart-Rate Variability
- 8.3.6 Movement Actigraphy
- 8.3.7 Behavioral: Audio-Video Monitoring
- 8.4 Adding Treatment
- 8.5 Players on the Market
- 8.6 Advantages
- 8.7 Next Steps
- Abbreviations
- References
- Cardiovascular Disease Management via Electronic Health - Aimilia Gastounioti, Spyretta Golemati, Ioannis Andreadis, Vasileios Kolias, and Konstantina S. Nikita
- 9.1 Introduction
- 9.2 Computer-Aided Diagnosis
- 9.2.1 Analysis of Cardiovascular Signals and Images
- 9.2.2 Generating a Diagnostic Decision
- 9.3 Telehealth Systems
- 9.4 Mobile Applications
- 9.5 Web-Based Telemedicine
- 9.6 Semantic Interoperability and Ontologies
- 9.7 Future Trends
- 9.8 Conclusions
- References
- mHealth eEmergency Systems - Efthyvoulos Kyriacou, Andreas Panayides, and Panayiotis Constantinides
- 10.1 Introduction
- 10.2 Enabling Technologies
- 10.2.1 Wireless Transmission Technologies
- 10.2.2 Mobile Computing Platforms
- 10.2.3 Biosignals
- 10.2.4 Transmission of Digital Images
- 10.2.5 Transmission of Digital Video
- 10.3 Protocols and Processes for eEmergency Management and Response
- 10.3.1 Emergency Management and Response: The Challenge of Coordination
- 10.3.2 Computer-Aided Medical Dispatch Systems
- 10.4 mHealth eEmergency Systems
- 10.4.1 Overview
- 10.4.2 Case Studies
- 10.4.2.1 Case Study 1: Emergency Telemedicine—The AMBULANCE and Emergency 112 Projects
- 10.4.2.2 Case Study 2: Diagnostically Robust Ultrasound Video Transmission over Emerging Wireless Networks
- References
- Section III Networks and Databases, Informatics, Record Management, Education, and Training
- Global and Local Health Information, Databases, and Networks - Kostas Giokas, Yiannis Makris, Anna Paidi, Marios Prasinos, Dimitra Iliopoulou, and Dimitris Koutsouris
- 11.1 Introduction
- 11.2 Local Health Data
- 11.2.1 Collection of Local Health Data
- 11.2.2 Warehousing of Local Health Data
- 11.2.3 Analysis of Local Health Data
- 11.2.4 Local Health Data Network
- 11.2.5 Challenges and Inefficiencies Associated with a Local Health Data Network
- 11.2.5.1 Data Complexity and Integration
- 11.2.5.2 Privacy, Security, and Patients’ Consent
- 11.3 Databases
- 11.3.1 Introduction
- 11.3.2 Database Architectures
- 11.3.2.1 Traditional Architectures
- 11.3.2.2 Server System Architectures
- 11.3.3 Parallel Systems
- 11.3.4 Distributed Systems
- 11.4 Database System Concepts in Healthcare
- 11.4.1 World Health Organization Classifications
- 11.4.2 General Online Health Databases
- 11.4.2.1 European Health for All Database
- 11.4.2.2 The National Institutes of Health Intramural Database
- 11.4.2.3 Other European Online Health Databases
- 11.5 Data Curation
- 11.6 Interpretation of Health and Epidemiological Data—Biostatistics
- 11.7 Global Health Data Management and Interpretation
- References
- Electronic Medical Records: Management and Implementation - Liping Liu
- 12.1 Introduction
- 12.2 Detailed Functional and Data Requirements
- 12.2.1 Functional Requirements
- 12.2.2 Data Requirements
- 12.3 Implementation Issues and Solutions
- 12.3.1 Implementation Issues
- 12.3.2 Technological Solutions
- 12.4 An Integrated e-Service Framework
- 12.4.1 Justifications
- 12.4.2 Implementation
- 12.5 Conclusions
- References
- Public Health Informatics in Australia and around the World - Kathleen Gray and Fernando Martin Sanchez
- 13.1 Introduction
- 13.1.1 Information and Communication in Public Health
- 13.1.2 Evolution of Public Health Informatics
- 13.1.3 Key Concepts in Public Health Informatics
- 13.1.3.1 Data Management in Public Health Informatics
- 13.1.3.2 Information Management in Public Health Informatics
- 13.1.3.3 Knowledge Management in Public Health Informatics
- 13.2 Public Health Informatics in Australia
- 13.2.1 Australia's Public Health
- 13.2.2 Australian National Public Health Information Infrastructure
- 13.2.3 Australian State and Territory Public Health Informatics Strategies
- 13.2.4 Australian Local Government Public Health Informatics Initiatives
- 13.2.4.1 Systematizing Data for Child and Family Nursing
- 13.2.4.2 Immediate Information for Disaster Management
- 13.2.4.3 Knowledge Translation for Obesity Prevention
- 13.2.5 The Discipline and Profession of Public Health Informatics in Australia
- 13.3 Current International Perspectives on Public Health Informatics
- 13.3.1 Biosurveillance Methods in England and Wales
- 13.3.2 Assessment of European Community Health Indicators
- 13.3.3 Data Use Workshops in Tanzania
- 13.3.4 The Impact of Technology on Sub-Saharan Hospitals
- 13.4 Directions for Public Health Informatics
- 13.4.1 Public Health 2.0
- 13.4.2 Bidirectional Communication
- 13.4.3 Exposome Informatics
- 13.4.4 Advancing the Agenda for Public Health Informatics
- 13.5 Conclusions
- References
- Ubiquitous Personal Health Records for Remote Regions - H. Lee Seldon, Jacey-Lynn Minoi, Mahmud Ahsan, and Ali Abdulwahab A. Al-Habsi
- 14.1 Introduction
- 14.1.1 Scope
- 14.2 Personal Health Record Data Collection and Storage: Ubiquitous or Not?
- 14.2.1 Constraints in Remote Regions: Healthcare Workers and the Web Are Not Ubiquitous
- 14.2.2 Personal Health Record on Paper: Not Quite Ubiquitous
- 14.2.3 Web-Based Personal Health Records
- 14.2.3.1 Purely Web-Based Personal Health Records Are Not Quite Ubiquitous
- 14.2.3.2 Web-Based Personal Health Records with Various Inputs and Outputs
- 14.2.4 Personal Health Records on Stand-Alone Mobile Devices: Not Quite Ubiquitous
- 14.2.4.1 Diabetes or Hypertension Management
- 14.2.4.2 Diet and Exercise
- 14.2.4.3 Personal Health Records
- 14.2.5 Personal Health Records on Connected Devices: Maybe Ubiquitous
- 14.2.5.1 OpenMRS, OpenRosa, JavaRosa, and Sana
- 14.2.5.2 EPI Life and EPI Mini
- 14.3 A Ubiquitous Personal Health Record for Remote Regions Must Involve Individuals and Include Phone-Based Records
- 14.3.1 Examples: Portable Personal Health Records
- 14.3.1.1 Portable Personal Health Records: Mobile Records
- 14.3.1.2 Portable Personal Health Records: Web-Based Records
- 14.3.1.3 Portable Personal Health Records: Ubiquitous Communications
- 14.4 Contextual Information: The Icing on the Personal Health Records
- 14.4.1 Contextual Information on the Web
- 14.4.2 Retrieval of Contextual Information
- 14.4.3 Integration into a Ubiquitous Personal Health Record System
- 14.5 Conclusions
- References
- Education and Training for Supporting General Practitioners in the Use of Clinical Telehealth: A Needs Analysis - Sisira Edirippulige, Nigel R. Armfield, Liam Caffery, and Anthony C. Smith
- 15.1 Introduction
- 15.2 Methods
- 15.2.1 Participants
- 15.2.2 Survey Questions
- 15.2.3 Analysis
- 15.2.4 Ethics
- 15.3 Results
- 15.3.1 Characteristics of the Responding Practices
- 15.3.2 Current and Planned Use of Telehealth
- 15.3.3 Education and Training
- 15.4 Discussions
- 15.4.1 Telehealth Training
- 15.5 Conclusions
- References
- Further Reading
- Section IV Business Opportunities, Management and Services, and Web Applications
- Delivering eHealthcare: Opportunities and Challenges - Deborah A. Helman, Eric J. Addeo, N. Iwan Santoso, David W. Walters, and Guy T. Helman
- 16.1 Introduction
- 16.2 Context: The Evolution of eHealth
- 16.2.1 The Multidimensional Landscape of Healthcare Delivery: Associated Driving Forces
- 16.2.2 Feasible Models
- 16.2.3 Physicians’ and Patients’ Resistance and Readiness
- 16.3 Delivering eHealthcare: Practical Applications
- 16.3.1 Children's National Medical Center: Specialized Services
- 16.3.2 Kaiser Permanente: A Healthcare System
- 16.3.3 Misfit Wearables: Start-Ups
- 16.4 The Value Chain Network Business Model
- 16.4.1 Value, Value Drivers, and Value Propositions
- 16.4.2 Identifying Value Drivers
- 16.4.3 The Value Proposition
- 16.4.4 Managing in the Value Chain Network
- 16.4.5 Value and the Value Chain
- 16.4.6 Applying the e-Value Chain to Healthcare
- 16.5 Value Drivers and Value-Led Productivity: A Network Perspective
- 16.5.1 Value Drivers as Network Performance Drivers
- 16.5.2 Value Drivers as Productivity Components
- 16.5.3 Assessing the Productivity and Competitive Advantage of the Value Proposition
- 16.6 Technology Perspective
- 16.6.1 Cloud Computing
- 16.6.2 Smart Healthcare Personal Assistants
- 16.6.3 Security and Privacy in eHealth
- 16.7 Conclusions and Future Challenges
- Abbreviations
- References
- Mobile Healthcare User Interface Design Application Strategies - Ann L. Fruhling, Sharmila Raman, and Scott McGrath
- 17.1 Introduction
- 17.2 Mobile Healthcare App User Interface Design Strategies
- 17.2.1 Focusing on Essential Functions in the Mobile Environment
- 17.2.2 Ease of Use
- 17.2.3 Intuitive Interaction
- 17.2.4 Consistency within a Family of Applications
- 17.2.5 Matching Routine Work Flow
- 17.2.6 Limiting Menu/Layer Display Structure
- 17.2.7 Minimalist Aesthetics
- 17.2.7.1 Log-In/Log-Out Guidelines
- 17.2.8 Leveraging Agile Development Practices
- 17.3 Using Mobile Device Simulators for Testing
- 17.3.1 Aiming for Quick Response Time
- 17.3.2 Physical Device Selection Considerations
- 17.4 Example of Applying Healthcare Mobile Development Strategies
- 17.4.1 Public Health Mobile Application Background
- 17.4.2 Mobile Solution
- 17.4.3 Mobile User Interface and System Guidelines
- 17.4.4 Mobile Thin Client
- 17.4.4.1 STATPack Mobile Implementation
- 17.5 Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Epidemic Tracking and Disease Monitoring in Rural Areas: A Case Study in Pakistan - Hammad Qureshi, Arshad Ali, Shamila Keyani, and Atif Mumtaz
- 18.1 Introduction
- 18.2 Jaroka Tele-Healthcare System: A System for Disease Surveillance
- 18.2.1 How Does the Jaroka Tele-Healthcare System Work?
- 18.2.2 Mapping
- 18.3 Disease Trends
- 18.4 Conclusions
- Acknowledgments
- References
- mHealth and Web Applications - Javier Pindter-Medina
- 19.1 Introduction
- 19.2 mHealth Today
- 19.2.1 mHealth Based on Text Messaging
- 19.2.2 mHealth and Smartphones
- 19.2.3 Five Years of History of Smartphone-Based mHealth Devices
- 19.2.3.1 2009
- 19.2.3.2 2010
- 19.2.3.3 2011
- 19.2.3.4 2012
- 19.2.3.5 2013
- 19.2.4 mHealth and Other Technologies
- 19.2.5 Emerging Trends and Areas of Interest in mHealth
- 19.2.6 Health Informatics: The European Committee for Standardization ISO/IEEE 11703 Standards
- 19.3 Wireless Technologies Used in mHealth
- 19.4 Web Applications
- 19.5 mHealth Challenges and Ethics
- 19.6 Conclusions
- References
- Investigation and Assessment of Effectiveness of Knowledge Brokering on Web 2.0 in Health Sector in Quebec, Canada - Moktar Lamari and Saliha Ziam
- 20.1 Summary
- 20.2 Introduction
- 20.3 General Approach to Knowledge Brokerage, Theory, and Definitions
- 20.4 Public Health-Related Survey, the Data, and Data Analysis
- 20.4.1 Survey Results, Findings, and Interpretations
- 20.4.1.1 Instruments of Health-Related Knowledge Dissemination
- 20.4.1.2 Beneficiaries of Knowledge Brokerage
- 20.4.1.3 Networking and Interactions of Knowledge Brokers
- 20.4.1.4 Perceived Impacts of New Knowledge on Decision-Making Process
- 20.4.1.5 Determinants of the Perceived Impacts
- 20.5 Conclusion
- References
- Section V Examples of Integrating Technologies: Virtual Systems, Image Processing, Biokinematics, Measurements, and VLSI
- Virtual Doctor Systems for Medical Practices - Hamido Fujita and Enrique Herrera-Viedma
- 21.1 Introduction
- 21.2 Outline of Virtual Doctor System
- 21.2.1 Health Symptom Estimation from Breathing Sound
- 21.2.2 Avatar Screen Generation
- 21.2.3 Virtual Doctor System Interaction Based on Universal Templates
- 21.2.4 Transactional Analysis
- 21.2.5 Patient Interaction with Virtual Doctor System Avatar
- 21.3 Outline of Virtual Doctor System Diagnosis
- 21.4 Review of Literature on Decision Support for Medical Diagnosis
- 21.4.1 Decision-Support Systems
- 21.4.2 Subjective Intelligence
- 21.5 Reasoning Framework
- 21.6 Fuzzy-Based Reasoning
- 21.6.1 Fuzzy Linguistic Approach to Representing User Assessments
- 21.6.2 Medical Reasoning in a Fuzzy Linguistic Context
- 21.6.3 Medical Reasoning in a Multigranular Fuzzy Linguistic Context
- 21.7 Conclusions
- References
- Synthetic Biometrics in Biomedical Systems - Kenneth Lai, Steven Samoil, Svetlana N. Yanushkevich, and Adrian Stoica
- 22.1 Introduction
- 22.2 Biometric Data and Systems
- 22.3 Synthetic Biometrics
- 22.4 Synthetic Face
- 22.4.1 Analysis by Synthesis in Face Recognition
- 22.4.2 Three-Dimensional Facial Images
- 22.4.3 RGB-D Technologies
- 22.4.4 Two-Dimensional Facial Gesture Tracking
- 22.4.5 Modeling the Aging Face
- 22.4.6 Face Reconstruction from DNA
- 22.4.7 Behavioral Facial Synthesis: Expressions
- 22.4.8 Animation as Behavioral Facial Synthesis
- 22.5 Synthetic Fingerprints
- 22.6 Synthetic Iris and Retina Images
- 22.7 Synthetic Signatures
- 22.7.1 Voice Synthesis
- 22.8 Examples of the Usage of Synthetic Biometrics
- 22.8.1 Example: Facial Nerve Disorder Modeling
- 22.8.2 Decision-Making Support Systems
- 22.8.3 Databases of Synthetic Biometric Information
- 22.8.4 Medical Personnel Training
- 22.8.5 Avatar Systems
- 22.8.6 Rehabilitation Applications
- 22.9 Conclusions
- References
- Performance Analysis of Transform-Based Medical Image-Compression Methods for Telemedicine - Sujitha Juliet and Elijah Blessing Rajsingh
- 23.1 Introduction to Telemedicine
- 23.1.1 Store-and-Forward Telemedicine
- 23.1.2 Two-Way Interactive Telemedicine
- 23.1.3 Remote Monitoring
- 23.2 Challenges in Telemedicine
- 23.3 Challenges of Image Compression in Telemedicine
- 23.4 Overview of Transform-Based Image-Compression Methods
- 23.5 Quality Control in Telemedicine
- 23.6 Transform-Based Medical Image Compression
- 23.6.1 Ripplet Transform-Based Medical Image Compression
- 23.6.2 Bandelet Transform-Based Medical Image Compression
- 23.6.3 Radon Transform-Based Medical Image Compression
- 23.7 Set Partitioning in Hierarchical Trees Encoder
- 23.8 Results and Discussions
- 23.8.1 Analysis of Image Quality Based on Peak Signal-to-Noise Ratio
- 23.8.2 Analysis of Image Quality Based on Structural Similarity Index Measure
- 23.8.3 Analysis of Compression Ratio
- 23.8.4 Analysis of Computational Time
- 23.8.5 Analysis of Subjective Assessment
- 23.9 Conclusions
- 23.10 Future Scope
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Tracking the Position and Orientation of Ultrasound Probe for Image-Guided Surgical Procedures - Basem F. Yousef
- 24.1 Introduction
- 24.2 Mechanism Description
- 24.2.1 Stabilizer Design
- 24.2.2 Tracker Design
- 24.3 Tracker Calibration
- 24.4 Materials and Dimensions
- 24.5 Validation and Results
- 24.6 Conclusions
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Biokinematics for Mobility: Theory, Sensors, and Wireless Measurements - Atila Yilmaz and Tuna Orhanli
- 25.1 Introduction
- 25.1.1 General Review
- 25.1.2 Basic Definitions
- 25.1.3 Anatomical Reference System
- 25.2 Types of Kinematics
- 25.2.1 Forward Kinematics
- 25.2.2 Inverse Kinematics
- 25.2.3 Joint Velocity Kinematics
- 25.3 Measurements of Human Motion Kinematics
- 25.3.1 Image-Based Measurement Techniques
- 25.3.1.1 Cinematography
- 25.3.1.2 Television-Type Systems
- 25.3.1.3 Optoelectronic Measurements
- 25.3.2 Direct-Measurement Systems
- 25.3.2.1 Resistive Measurement Systems
- 25.3.2.2 Inertial Sensors
- 25.3.2.3 Electromagnetic Systems
- 25.4 Wireless Measurement Systems for Biokinematics
- 25.4.1 Background on Wireless Measurement Systems
- 25.4.2 Applications Related to Wireless Kinematic Measurements
- 25.5 Biodriven Hands, Prostheses, and Exoskeletal Ortheses
- 25.6 Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Biopotentials and Electrophysiology Measurements - Nitish V. Thakor
- 26.1 Introduction
- 26.2 The Origins of Biopotentials
- 26.3 Biopotentials
- 26.3.1 Electrocardiogram
- 26.3.2 Electroencephalogram
- 26.3.3 Electromyogram
- 26.3.4 Electrooculogram
- 26.4 The Principles of Biopotential Measurements
- 26.5 Electrodes for Biopotential Recordings
- 26.5.1 Silver-Silver Chloride Electrodes
- 26.5.2 Gold Electrodes
- 26.5.3 Conductive Polymer Electrodes
- 26.5.4 Metal or Carbon Electrodes
- 26.5.5 Needle Electrodes
- 26.6 The Biopotential Amplifier
- 26.6.1 The Instrumentation Amplifier
- 26.6.2 The Electrocardiogram Amplifier
- 26.6.3 The Electroencephalogram Amplifier
- 26.6.4 The Electromyogram Amplifier
- 26.6.5 The Electrooculogram Amplifier
- 26.7 Circuit Enhancements
- 26.7.1 Electrical Interference Reduction
- 26.7.2 Filtering
- 26.7.3 Artifact Reduction
- 26.7.4 Electrical Isolation
- 26.7.5 Defibrillation Protection
- 26.8 Measurement Practices
- 26.8.1 Electrode Use
- 26.8.2 Skin Preparation
- 26.8.3 Reduction of Environmental Interference
- 26.9 Conclusions
- References
- Sensor Signal Conditioning for Biomedical Instrumentation - Tomas E. Ward
- 27.1 Introduction
- 27.2 Sensors
- 27.3 Signal Conditioning
- 27.3.1 The Operational Amplifier
- 27.3.2 Signal Amplification with Operational Amplifiers
- 27.3.2.1 Example: Piezoelectric Transducer Compensation
- 27.3.3 The Instrumentation Amplifier
- 27.4 The Analog-to-Digital Conversion Process
- 27.4.1 The Sampling Process
- 27.4.2 The Quantization Process
- 27.4.3 Antialiasing Filters
- 27.4.4 Oversampling and Decimation
- 27.4.4.1 Oversampling
- 27.4.4.2 Multisampling
- 27.5 Integrated Solutions
- 27.6 Isolation Circuits
- 27.6.1 Methods of Isolation
- 27.6.1.1 Capacitive Isolation Amplifiers
- 27.6.1.2 Optical Isolation Amplifiers
- 27.6.1.3 Magnetic Isolation Amplifiers
- 27.6.1.4 Digital Isolation
- 27.7 Conclusions
- References
- Sensor-Based Human Activity Recognition Techniques - Donghai Guan, Weiwei Yuan, and Sungyoung Lee
- 28.1 Introduction
- 28.2 Video Sensor-Based Activity Recognition
- 28.2.1 Video Sensor-Based Activity Recognition Applications
- 28.2.2 Feature Extraction in Video Sensor-Based Activity Recognition
- 28.2.2.1 Global Features of Video Sensor-Based Activity Recognition
- 28.2.2.2 Local Features of Video Sensor-Based Activity Recognition
- 28.2.3 Recognition Techniques in Video Sensor-Based Activity Recognition
- 28.2.3.1 Nonparametric Techniques
- 28.2.3.2 Volumetric Techniques
- 28.2.3.3 Temporal-Independent Techniques
- 28.2.3.4 Temporal-Based Techniques
- 28.3 Wearable Sensor-Based Activity Recognition
- 28.3.1 Applications of Wearable Sensor-Based Activity Recognition
- 28.3.2 Sensors in Wearable Sensor-Based Activity Recognition
- 28.3.3 Recognition Techniques for Wearable Sensor-Based Activity Recognition
- 28.3.3.1 Supervised Recognition Techniques
- 28.3.3.2 Unsupervised Recognition Techniques
- 28.4 Object Usage-Based Activity Recognition
- 28.4.1 Sensors in Object Usage-Based Activity Recognition
- 28.4.1.1 Radio Frequency Identification-Based Sensors
- 28.4.1.2 Binary Sensors
- 28.4.2 Recognition Algorithms
- 28.5 Comparisons of Video Sensor-Based, Wearable Sensor-Based, and Object Usage-Based Activity Recognition
- 28.5.1 Video Sensor-Based Activity Recognition
- 28.5.2 Wearable Sensor-Based Activity Recognition
- 28.5.3 Object Usage-Based Activity Recognition
- 28.6 Challenges in Sensor-Based Activity Recognition
- References
- Very Large-Scale Integration Bioinstrumentation Circuit Design and Nanopore Applications - Jungsuk Kim and William B. Dunbar
- 29.1 Introduction
- 29.1.1 Nanopore Method and Measurement
- 29.1.2 Design Requirements
- 29.2 Very Large-Scale Integration Bioinstrumentation Circuit Design
- 29.2.1 Noise Analysis
- 29.2.2 Low-Noise Core-Amplifier Design
- 29.2.3 Dead-Time Compensation
- 29.2.4 Input Offset Voltage Cancellation
- 29.3 Implementation and Experimental Results
- 29.4 Scalability and Multichannel Implementation
- References
- Wireless Electrical Impedance Tomography: LabVIEW-Based Automatic Electrode Switching - Tushar Kanti Bera
- 30.1 Introduction
- 30.2 Electrical Impedance Tomography Wireless Instrumentation
- 30.2.1 Constant-Current Injector
- 30.2.2 Electrode Switching in Electrical Impedance Tomography
- 30.2.3 Electrode Switching Module
- 30.2.4 WL-DDTS with Radio-Frequency Transmitter and Receiver
- 30.3 Digital Logic for Electrode Switching in LabVIEW-Based Algorithms
- 30.4 Electrode Protocols and Data Generation
- 30.4.1 Neighboring Method
- 30.4.2 Opposite Method
- 30.5 Wireless Experimental Data Collection and Image Reconstruction
- 30.5.1 Advantages and Disadvantages
- 30.6 Mathematical Approach and Electrode Models
- 30.6.1 Continuum Model
- 30.6.2 Gap Model
- 30.6.3 Shunt Model
- 30.6.4 Complete Electrode Model
- 30.7 Results and Discussion of Results
- 30.8 Conclusions
- References