• DocumentCode
    110100
  • Title

    Continuous Digital Health

  • Author

    van Halteren, Aart ; Gay, Valerie

  • Author_Institution
    Philips Research and VU University Amsterdam
  • Volume
    19
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    July-Aug. 2015
  • Firstpage
    8
  • Lastpage
    9
  • Abstract
    A transformation is underway regarding how we deal with our health, not only because mobile Internet technology has made it possible to have continuous access to personal health information, but also because breaking the trend of ever-growing healthcare costs is increasingly necessary. Connectivity, interoperability, sensing, and instant feedback through smartphones all provide new opportunities for gaining insights into our health behavior. Such insights improve our understanding of what motivates people to make healthier changes throughout their lifetimes. Thus, this special issue reviews and shares advances in wireless, connected, and mobile health research that expand the possibilities.
  • Keywords
    Digital systems; Electronic medical records; Medical services; Mobile communication; Patient monitoring; Special issues and sections; Internet/Web technologies; eHealth; mobile health research; personalized digital health;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Internet Computing, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1089-7801
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MIC.2015.83
  • Filename
    7131408