Remote Health Monitoring Using Mobile Phones and Web Services

Agarwal, Sparsh; Lau, Chiew Tong

doi:10.1089/tmj.2009.0165

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“…[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18] Computer anxiety refers to a negative affective reaction toward computers such as an apprehension or fear of using computers. [19][20][21] Studies testing information technology acceptance by older users report computer anxiety is the most consistent predictor with a negative impact on attitude and intention to use technology.…”

Section: Context-specific Predictorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Older Adults' Perceptions of Home Telehealth Services

Cimperman

Brenčić

Trkman

et al. 2013

Telemedicine and e-Health

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The success of home telemedicine depends on end-user adoption, which has been slow despite rapid advances in technological development. This study focuses on an examination of significant factors that may predict the successful adoption of home telemedicine services (HTS) among older adults. Based on previous studies in the fields of remote patient monitoring, assisted living technologies, and consumer health information technology acceptance, eight factors were identified as a framework for qualitative testing. Twelve focus groups were conducted with an older population living in both urban and rural environments. The results reveal seven predictors that play an important role in perceptions of HTS: perceived usefulness, effort expectancy, social influence, perceived security, computer anxiety, facilitating conditions, and physicians' opinion. The results provide important insights in the field of older adults' acceptance of HTS, with guidelines for the strategic planning, developing, and marketing of HTS for the graying market.

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Section: Context-specific Predictorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Older Adults' Perceptions of Home Telehealth Services

Cimperman

Brenčić

Trkman

et al. 2013

Telemedicine and e-Health

174

122

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“…As reported in recent studies [1], the utilization of hand held devices such as smart phones in health-related applications will continue to increase. The rich features that today's smart phones are equipped with provide industry and researchers with a valuable opportunity to continue improving human life by developing applications that address a wide spectrum of issues.…”

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Sleep Apnea Monitoring using mobile phones

Alqassim

Ganesh

Khoja

et al. 2012

2012 IEEE 14th International Conference on E-Health Networking, Applications and Services (Healthcom)

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Abstract-Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) is a sleeping disorder characterized by the repetitive reduction of airflow during sleep. In this paper, we discuss the design and implementation of a user-friendly mobile application developed on multiple platforms (Windows and Android) to monitor and detect symptoms of sleep apnea using the smart phone's built-in sensors. The purpose of the application, Sleep Apnea Monitor (SAM), is to allow users to get a sense of whether or not they are likely to have sleep apnea, before continuing with more expensive and advanced sleep tests. In addition, SAM provides doctors and sleep specialists with remote access to patients' records and allows them to confirm their initial diagnosis. The parameters measured by this application are breathing patterns and movement patterns, which are recorded respectively using the built-in microphone and accelerometer. The recorded data is sent to a server for analysis in order to diagnose patients and maintain geographical studies of areas with sleep apnea patterns. The application is successfully tested among a number of users in the UAE. The system diagnoses and reports the level of the user's sleep apnea. In addition, doctors can remotely monitor users through the website, which is interfaced with Google Maps to keep track of user locations, and keep track of their analysed records.

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“…The use of mobile phones amongst the elderly is increasing and is becoming a promising avenue to improve their quality of life [10]. Smartphones like iPhones are ideal devices for developing innovative health monitoring and support tools for health consumers due to their ability to deliver health improvement interventions to traditionally hard-to-reach populations [19]. The availability of iPhones' iOS SDK enables third-party developers to create native health applications.…”

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Leveraging consumer sensing devices for telehealth

Dhillon

Ramos

Wünsche

et al. 2012

Proceedings of the 13th International Conference of the NZ Chapter of the ACM's Special Interest Group on Human-Computer Intera

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Home telehealth applications are increasingly gaining in popularity among patients due their promise to use healthcare resources more effectively and hence to lower costs. Commercial telehealth systems usually employ patient stations and vital sign monitoring equipment in order to fulfill the need of medical professionals by enabling close monitoring of patients with severe chronic diseases. However, due their high cost, vendor lock-in, and doctor centric design, these systems are not suitable for general healthcare applications such as improving cardiac fitness, monitoring overall health, improving muscle strength and balance of elderly, or assisting with dieting programs. We argue that many of these goals can be supported in a cost effective manner by leveraging mainstream sensing devices such as game controllers and smartphones. Open-ended web-based telehealth systems can be integrated with such devices, in order to add a social component, collect health data unobtrusively, and provide feedback and health related information. In this paper, we systematically categorise and analyse consumer-level sensing devices in terms of their potential to extend the capability of telehealth systems. We show that the devices have immense potential as tools for therapy and rehabilitation activities, diagnosis, health monitoring and social support, and we reveal opportunities for professionals in computer vision, graphics and signal processing to participate in this trend.

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Remote Health Monitoring Using Mobile Phones and Web Services

Cited by 110 publications

References 1 publication

Older Adults' Perceptions of Home Telehealth Services

Older Adults' Perceptions of Home Telehealth Services

Sleep Apnea Monitoring using mobile phones

Leveraging consumer sensing devices for telehealth

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