A Smartwatch Software Architecture for Health Hazard Handling for Elderly People

Lutze, Rainer; Waldhör, Klemens

doi:10.1109/ichi.2015.50

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“…These watches often serve as an extension to smartphones, which are already owned by a large population of older adults. Many other studies are investigating uses for smartwatches in healthcare (Lutze & Waldhör, 2015). Many factors should be considered when choosing a technology platform in order for it to best fit the intended purpose of an intervention or rehabilitation programme (Bain, Flynn, & Stroud, 2018).…”

Section: Personal Technology Platformsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Personal Technology Use Amongst Stroke Patients: Understanding the Best Platforms for the Design of Health Interventions in Treatment and Rehabilitation

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Europe's healthcare systems are under strain with an ageing population contributing to increased risk of strokes. Rapid technology adaption is needed to prevent, rehabilitate and manage symptoms. This paper identifies what technology platforms are most familiar and accessible to stroke patients to guide designers and engineers to develop future interventions. A survey was distributed to 100 inpatients at a stroke unit, identifying patients' accessibility and usage of personal technologies. Results showed that desktop/laptops and smartphones were most used as opposed to tablets and smartwatches. Different technologies were used for different tasks with a notable lack of devices used for personal health. The underlying reasons for this are discussed with recommendations made on what personal technology platforms should be implemented by designers and engineers in technology-based health interventions.

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Section: Personal Technology Platformsmentioning

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Personal Technology Use Amongst Stroke Patients: Understanding the Best Platforms for the Design of Health Interventions in Treatment and Rehabilitation

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“…Considering telemedicine systems for chronic patients in the research literature [21][22][23][24][25] or present on the market [26][27][28], it is possible to note that they often provide only a partial support of scenarios suitable for the out-of-hospital monitoring of chronic patients. Instead, the proposed system includes on the same service platform all actors (i.e., care team), all relevant data in integrated way and all the possible scenarios involved in personalized healthcare service provisioning.…”

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A Telemedicine Service System Exploiting BT/BLE Wireless Sensors for Remote Management of Chronic Patients

Donati

Celli²,

Ruiu³

et al. 2019

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The management of the increasing number of patients affected by cardiovascular, pulmonary, and metabolic chronic diseases represents a major challenge for the National Health System (NHS) in any developed country. Chronic diseases are indeed the main cause of hospitalization, especially for elderly people, leading to sustainability problems due to the huge amount of resources required. In the last years, the adoption of the chronic care model (CCM) as assistive model improved the management of these patients and reduced the related healthcare costs. The diffusion of wireless sensors, portable devices and connectivity enables to implement new information and communication technology (ICT)-based innovative applications to further improve the outcomes of the CCM. This paper presents a telemedicine platform for data acquisition, distribution, processing, presentation, and storage, aimed to remotely monitor the clinical status of chronic patients. The proposed solution is based on monitoring kits, with wireless Bluetooth (BT)/ Bluetooth low energy (BLE) sensors and a gateway (i.e., smartphone or tablet) connected to a web-based cloud application that collects and makes available the clinical information to the medical staff. The platform allows clinicians and practitioners to monitor at distance their patients, according to personalized treatment plans, and to act promptly in case of aggravations, reducing hospitalizations and improving patients’ quality of life.

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“…For people with disabilities, various smartwatch applications have been explored. Some examples include applications to inform people who are hard-of-hearing about environmental sounds [89], to help people with mild cognitive impairments overcome challenges related to employment [30], to help people with ADHD overcome stress and anxiety and maintain focus via intervention techniques [29], to track the safety of people with complex communication needs [134], to support daily activities for the elderly [75] or activities for young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities that require emotional and behavioral skills [147] and also as a fall detection system [13]. Smartwatch applications are also commonly used for tracking and monitoring purposes like monitoring the physical health of people with dementia [14], monitoring patients in intensive care and alerting the doctors [130], monitoring symptoms of [122] and also adherence to speech and voice exercises [32] for people with Parkinson's disease.…”

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Designing and implementing accessible wearable interactions for people with motor impairments

Malu

2018

SIGACCESS Access. Comput.

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Emerging wearable technologies like head-mounted displays (e.g., Google Glass) and wrist-worn devices (e.g., Fitbit, Apple Watch 2.0) are always available, have the potential to provide quick access to information and offer relatively hands-free interaction compared to smartphones. Additionally, they can collect continuous health and fitness-related information of their wearer. For people with disabilities, these technologies may also offer possibilities of independent use. However, people with upper body motor impairments may not be able to gain from the potential benefits that these wearables can offer. For example, challenges related to performing multi-touch gestures and text entry, may magnify as the interaction space of some wearables gets even smaller. In my dissertation, I explore the potential impacts and assess the accessibility of existing mainstream wearable technologies, including head-mounted displays, smartwatches, and fitness trackers. Consequently, I implement and evaluate accessible wearable interactions for people with motor impairments for these wearables, specifically head-mounted displays and smartwatches.

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A Smartwatch Software Architecture for Health Hazard Handling for Elderly People

Cited by 33 publications

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Personal Technology Use Amongst Stroke Patients: Understanding the Best Platforms for the Design of Health Interventions in Treatment and Rehabilitation

Personal Technology Use Amongst Stroke Patients: Understanding the Best Platforms for the Design of Health Interventions in Treatment and Rehabilitation

A Telemedicine Service System Exploiting BT/BLE Wireless Sensors for Remote Management of Chronic Patients

Designing and implementing accessible wearable interactions for people with motor impairments

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