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Healthcare 4.0: Technologies and Policies
Published in Jacques Bou Abdo, Jacques Demerjian, Abdallah Makhoul, 5G Impact on Biomedical Engineering, 2022
Sabine Khalil, Jacques Bou Abdo
Given the various emerging technologies being implemented today, we focus in this chapter on the three main systems that we expect to be most useful for the healthcare sector: Cloud Computing [1], the Internet of Things (IoT) [2], and 5G communication [3]. The healthcare sector would greatly benefit from adopting these technologies. For instance, unsustainable healthcare systems could become sustainable by means of emerging technologies. In addition, cloud computing can allow healthcare workers to access patient data stored in the hospital's cloud, providing faster diagnoses and solutions. Moreover, IoT devices can keep track of health indicators such as heart rates, blood pressure, and oxygen levels. During 2020 we have witnessed the importance of e-health, as the COVID-19 virus has restricted our movements. Patients are unable to visit their doctor unless it is an emergency. IoT devices can thus allow doctors to check on patients and track their oxygen levels for example, and identify if they are experiencing any COVID-19-related symptoms. Additionally, in order to keep these devices continuously connected, the use of 5G networks is advised given its various capabilities.
Challenges in Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)
Published in Sudan Jha, Usman Tariq, Gyanendra Prasad Joshi, Vijender Kumar Solanki, Industrial Internet of Things, 2022
Sarbagya Ratna Shakya, Sudan Jha
This enables healthcare workers to monitor, treat, and give guidelines to a patient from any location. The portable devices, home automated machines, apps with embedded connectivity are capable to monitor the various parameters related with the health such as blood pressure, glucose level, and provides health indicators to health officials from which they will be able to monitor and react to the data in real-time. Smart pill dispensers can be used to monitor patient’s recommended dosage instructions. With this doctor may be able to take patient’s diagnoses much earlier and treat them sooner and will be helpful in life-threatening situations. This causes healthcare to become more precise and responsive.Inventory management
Sugar-sweetened beverage consumption is associated with higher body mass index among Marshallese adults in Arkansas
Published in Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition, 2022
Pearl A. McElfish, Brett Rowland, Aaron J. Scott, Jill Niemeier, Dalton V. Hoose, Christopher R. Long
Health indicators included BMI, comorbidities, and physical activity. BMI was assessed by measuring participants’ weight (without shoes) to the nearest 0.2 pound using a calibrated digital scale and measuring participants’ height (without shoes) to the nearest 0.25 inch using a stadiometer. Weight and height were used to compute a continuous measure of BMI ((weight in pounds/[height in inches]2)*703). A dichotomous BMI variable was then computed based on Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines: overweight (BMI 25.0 to <30.0) and obese (BMI ≥30.0).29 Comorbidities were measured as a count of self-reported chronic health conditions, including cancer, diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease. Physical activity was measured as number of times per week participants engaged in moderate and vigorous physical activity. Using guidelines created for practitioners,30 physical activity was dichotomized as sufficient or insufficient.
Individual and combined impact of physical fitness on health-related quality of life during adolescence: DADOS Study
Published in European Journal of Sport Science, 2023
Alba Solera-Sanchez, Mireia Adelantado-Renau, Diego Moliner-Urdiales, Maria Reyes Beltran-Valls
HRQoL has been defined as individuals’ functioning performance in life and their perceived well-being in physical, mental, and social domains of health (Hays & Reeve, 2010). It has been suggested as an important health indicator since perceived well-being and functionality are considered important components of health surveillance (Ravens-Sieberer et al., 2006). Previous evidence showed that adolescents’ HRQoL decreases with age (Meade & Dowswell, 2015), probably due to the fact that it is a period in which coping with physical, physiological, and social changes become a difficult challenge (Hampel, 2007). Thus, identifying the elements that could contribute to improve adolescents’ HRQoL over time should be a public health priority nowadays.