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Smart Healthcare Applications Rise in Popularity and Necessity

By IGI Global on Jan 17, 2011
As the number of uses for smartphones continually increases, a rising trend in healthcare-related apps is becoming apparent. An estimated 65.7 million people in the United States are helping to care for older or disabled relatives, and many smartphone apps have been created to help these people monitor their family members. More than 8,700 such apps are available for the iPhone, the Android, and the BlackBerry. The apps can be used in a variety of capacities including medical dictionaries, symptom checkers, and tools for weight management and smoking cessation. ( www.medecision.com/rise-in-health-related-smartphone-apps-designed-to-help-caregivers-of-elderly-or-disabled-relatives?category-name=healthcare-management&category-id=1475&news-desk=1766)

One related device called the Sonamba can even help a caregiver by monitoring their elderly relative, sending reminders about when to take medications, and alerting family and medical staff of any emergencies. The Sonamba has a panic button for the user to press in case of an emergency and a motion detector designed to notice any changes or irregularities in movement. It also doubles as a platform for text messaging, email, games, and puzzles, and it can be synced to an iPhone. ( www.technewsdaily.com/ces-2011-networking-device-keeps-seniors-and-family-in-touch--1923/)

Healthcare is an important issue for the elderly as they age and encounter more health problems. Modern technologies can prove to be great aids, but more research is needed to help doctors, patients, and software engineers learn how to best implement technology to a generation that is not widely familiar with all modern technologies. IGI Global, an information science and technology publisher, is proud to announce the release of three of its newest books that will fill this gap in research and other related gaps in e-health research. Human-Centered Design of E-Health Technologies: Concepts, Methods and Applications; Smart Healthcare Applications and Services: Developments and Practices; and E-Health, Assistive Technologies and Applications for Assisted Living: Challenges and Solutions were all edited by Martina Ziefle and Carsten Röcker, both of RWTH Aachen University, Germany.

These three titles cover a variety of timely material related to modern medical technologies. The first reference, Human-Centered Design of E-Health Technologies: Concepts, Methods and Applications, unites researchers and industry practitioners from different disciplines to share their domain-specific knowledge and thereby contribute to a holistic introduction into the area of human-centered design for e-health applications. The knowledge and insights provided in this book will help students, as well as systems designers, to understand the fundamental social and technical requirements future e-health systems have to meet. By providing a well-rounded introduction within one single volume, this book is equally suited as a library reference and upper-level course supplement, but also represents a first-class resource for independent study.Human-Centered Design of E-Health Technologies: Concepts, Methods and Applications


Smart Healthcare Applications and Services: Developments and PracticesThe second volume, Smart Healthcare Applications and Services: Developments and Practices, provides an in-depth introduction into medical, social, psychological, and technical aspects of smart healthcare applications as well as their consequences for the design, use and acceptance of future systems. The knowledge and insights provided in this book will help students as well as systems designers understand the fundamental social and technical requirements smart healthcare technologies have to meet.


The third publication, E-Health, Assistive Technologies and Applications for Assisted Living: Challenges and Solutions, 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.E-Health, Assistive Technologies and Applications for Assisted Living


For more information on each of these titles, please visit IGI Global's website at www.igi-global.com/Bookstore/TitleDetails.aspx?TitleId=45949 for more information on Human-Centered Design of E-Health Technologies: Concepts, Methods and Applications;www.igi-global.com/Bookstore/TitleDetails.aspx?TitleId=45950 for more information on Smart Healthcare Applications and Services: Developments and Practices; and www.igi-global.com/Bookstore/TitleDetails.aspx?TitleId=45952 for more information on E-Health, Assistive Technologies and Applications for Assisted Living: Challenges and Solutions.

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