Title :
Digital Health Devices for Everyone!
Author :
Meyer, Jorg ; Boll, Susanne
Author_Institution :
OFFIS Inst. for Inf. Technol., Oldenburg, Germany
Abstract :
Smart health devices monitor certain health parameters, are connected to an Internet service, and target primarily a lay consumer seeking a healthy lifestyle rather than the medical expert or the chronically ill person. These devices offer tremendous opportunities for wellbeing and self-management of health. This department reviews smart health devices from a pervasive computing perspective, discussing various devices and their functionality, limitations, and potential.
Keywords :
Internet; computerised monitoring; health care; ubiquitous computing; Internet service; digital health devices; health parameter monitoring; health self-management; healthy lifestyle; pervasive computing; smart health devices; Biomedical monitoring; Internet; Medical devices; Smart phones; activity trackers; fitness devices; healthcare; pervasive computing; sleep monitors; smart health devices; smartphones; wellbeing;
Journal_Title :
Pervasive Computing, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MPRV.2014.25
