E-health, assistive technologies and applications for assisted living challenges and solutions /

• Corporate Author: IGI Global.
• Other Authors: Rocker, Carsten, 1975-, Ziefle, Martina, 1962-
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2011.
• Subjects: Medical informatics.; Assistive computer technology.; Congregate housing.; Medical Informatics.; Assisted Living Facilities.; Ambient assisted living research and development; Assistive technologies for an aging population; Changing healthcare delivery; Participative personal health record system development; Patient centered medical home; Privacy and security in e-health applications; Real-time teleconsultation in emergency medical services; Role of online trust in e-health; Security in e-health applications; Wearable systems for monitoring mobility related activities
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Reviews existing literature in assistive technologies and provides suggestions and solutions for improving the quality of assisted living facilities and residences through the use of e-health systems and services.

Table of Contents:

• 1. Patient centered medicine and technology adaptation / Brett Harnett
• 2. Privacy and security in e-health applications / Milan Petkovic, Luan Ibraimi
• 3. Foundations of trust for e-health / Cynthia Corritore ... et al.
• 4. A multi-disciplinary approach to ambient assisted living / Martina Ziefle ... et al.
• 5. Security in e-health applications / Victor Pomponiu
• 6. An approach to participative personal health record system development / Vasso Koufi, Flora Malamateniou, George Vassilacopoulos
• 7. How knowing who, where and when can change health care delivery / William Kearns, James Fozard, Rosemarie Lamm
• 8. Integrating telehealth into the organization's work system / Joachim Jean-Jules, Alain Villeneuve
• 9. Acceptance of ambient assisted living solutions in everyday life / Annette Spellerberg, Lynn Schelisch
• 10. Iterative user involvement in ambient assisted living research and development processes / Sonja Müller ... et al.
• 11. Wearable systems for monitoring mobility related activities / Wiebren Zijlstra, Clemens Becker, Klaus Pfeiffer
• 12. Med-on-@ix / In-Sik Na ... et al.
• 13. The smart condo project / Nicholas Boers.