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Biometric Monitoring in Healthcare IoT Systems Using Deep Learning
Published in Sudhir Kumar Sharma, Bharat Bhushan, Narayan C. Debnath, IoT Security Paradigms and Applications, 2020
Shefali Arora, Veenu, M.P.S. Bhatia, Gurjot Kaur
Electronic health care (eHealth) using IoT helps patients, doctors, and nurses to monitor health remotely. It can help to gauge essential parameters or detect chronic diseases. Wearable technologies are playing an important role in such healthcare systems. These applications help to reduce the need for physical examination. These wearable technologies could be in the form of armbands [1,2]. Using IoT systems, smart cities can be developed, i.e., an ecosystem with an infrastructure to optimize the usage of various resources in a city. This would help to improve the quality of life of citizens and also monitor important parameters such as traffic. Many sensors such as RFID can be used for smart parking facilities, or to measure the air quality index or the amount of carbon dioxide in the air to monitor pollution [3–5].
Lebanon
Published in Braithwaite Jeffrey, Mannion Russell, Matsuyama Yukihiro, Paul G. Shekelle, Whittaker Stuart, Al-Adawi Samir, Healthcare Systems:, 2018
Nasser Yassin, Rawya Khodor, Maysa Baroud
The adoption of the eHealth initiative will potentially provide a continuum of care at the level of healthcare organizations (mainly primary healthcare [PHC] centers and public hospitals). Current efforts are directed toward upgrading the skills of healthcare providers through the provision of training in eHealth components. Most healthcare providers at the PHC level in Lebanon are prepared for eHealth (Saleh et al., 2016), a fact that suggests that the training has been a success. eHealth will also improve provider interactions with patients and other providers, and deliver updated clinical information, helping to guide practice.
Blockchain in Global Health
Published in Kuan-Ching Li, Xiaofeng Chen, Hai Jiang, Elisa Bertino, Essentials of Blockchain Technology, 2019
Chandana Unnithan, Alexander Houghton, Aranka Anema, Victoria Lemieux
To begin with, the WHO and International Telecommunication Union (ITU) recommend that all countries have a national eHealth strategy that describes how electronic transfer of information will support the delivery of health services and the management of health systems.3 According to the WHO, eHealth is ‘cost-effective and secure use of information communication technologies (ICT) in support of health and health-related fields, such as health-care services, health surveillance, health literature, and health education, knowledge and research.’
COVID-19 and people's continued trust in eHealth systems: a new perspective
Published in Behaviour & Information Technology, 2023
Ahmed Ibrahim Alzahrani, Hosam Al-Samarraie, Atef Eldenfria, Joana Eva Dodoo, Xue Zhou, Nasser Alalwan
In an eHealth context, outcome quality can reflect the level of completeness and accuracy of information and how they support the health needs of the users. The literature suggested two outcome quality dimensions, namely: functional (pragmatic) benefit and emotional benefit (Akter, D'Ambra, and Ray 2010; Biduski et al. 2020). Similar constructs, such as perceived enjoyment or intrinsic motivation, have been used in the literature to gauge users’ perceptions of eHealth systems (Liu, Ngai, and Ju 2019; Rasmi et al. 2018). Specifically, hedonic benefits have been exhibited to impact individuals’ trust in technology. Lupton (2019) indicated that the utilitarian benefits of eHealth services, in particular the system’s capacity to record and retrieve health records, can motivate individuals to develop positive feelings and trust in health technologies. Xie et al. (2020) used calculative cost/benefits and self-efficacy to describe personal incentives that influence trust in eHealth technology among users. Gong et al. (2019) used perceived benefit to describe the functional outcome of eHealth technology service. Talukder et al. (2020) found that hedonic motivation was responsible for generating a positive perception among users when using healthcare technologies and services. Based on these observations, this study considered the role of hedonic benefits in influencing individuals’ continued trust in eHealth services.
Health care Monitoring System and Analytics Based on Internet of Things Framework
Published in IETE Journal of Research, 2019
Telecommunications play a vital role in the health care industry [2]. In fact, telemedicine or eHealth system is introduced for remote patient monitoring, home health care, and disease management. In 2015, a computer-based information system for health administration was developed and reported to greatly enhance the effective utilisation of available health care data and further streamline the data collection and reporting machinery [3]. Historically, such systems have not been widely adopted because of the cost constraints, immaturity, and the limitations of technologies. However, the emergence of the cloud computing and the Internet of things (IoT) paradigm promotes the advancement of eHealth applications. Instead of hardwired machine-to-machine (M2M) configuration with its many wired connections that take up vital space, IoT builds on cloud computing and acts as a network to collect data from sensors. In other words, IoT connects specific devices to the Internet, processes the data on the cloud and is capable of displaying the obtained information on any smart phone, tablet, or computer with network access. The communication in IoT is mobile, virtual, and instant, and it stands to dramatically change people's lives, workspace productivity, and consumption [4]. Thus, incorporating IoT into the current health care system is beneficial for patients, doctors, and the society. In fact, the use of IoT not only strengthens the ability of a doctor to examine, diagnose, and treat disease remotely, but also reduces the infrastructure cost and expense on both hospital and patient [5].
Robust user authentication model for securing electronic healthcare system using fingerprint biometrics
Published in International Journal of Computers and Applications, 2019
Sharmin Jahan, Mozammel Chowdhury, Rafiqul Islam
In recent years, eHealth has proved to be considered as one of the impulsive development in the healthcare industry. Health information technology, especially electronic health records (eHR), has the potential to improve the quality and effectiveness of healthcare services [1–3]. eHR is the digitally stored health care information about an individual’s lifetime with the purpose of supporting continuity of care, education, and research, and ensuring confidentiality always [4]. eHealth can be defined as the transfer of health resources and health care through electronic media [5]. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines eHealth as the combined use of electronic communication and information technology in the health sector [6]. eHealth has proved to be very compelling for the health industry to improve the quality of healthcare by making health information easily accessible, improving efficiency, and reducing the cost of health service delivery. Despite the benefits of eHealth, it still faces a number of security challenges. eHealth security issues include the preservation of eHealth data confidentiality, data integrity, data availability, user authentication, and patient privacy protection [7]. Among the eHealth issues, data security and patient privacy stand out as the prime concerns that need to be addressed during implementation.