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Can pervasive sensing address current challenges in global healthcare?

Authors
Louis Atallahlatallah@doc.ic.ac.uk, Benny Lobenlo@doc.ic.ac.uk, Guang-Zhong Yang*, g.z.yang@imperial.ac.uk
Hamlyn Centre, Imperial College, London SW7 2AZ, UK
*Corresponding author. Tel.: +44 2075940809/2075941499; fax: +44 2075945196.
Corresponding Author
Guang-Zhong Yangg.z.yang@imperial.ac.uk
Received 5 July 2011, Revised 23 November 2011, Accepted 25 November 2011, Available Online 30 January 2012.
DOI
10.1016/j.jegh.2011.11.005How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Global healthcare; Technology; Pervasive sensing; Ageing; Chronic disease
Abstract

Important challenges facing global healthcare include the increase in the number of people affected by escalating healthcare costs, chronic and infectious diseases, the need for better and more affordable elderly care and expanding urbanisation combined with air and water pollution. Recent advances in pervasive sensing technologies have led to miniaturised sensor networks that can be worn or integrated within the living environment without affecting a person’s daily patterns. These sensors promise to change healthcare from snapshot measurements of physiological parameters to continuous monitoring enabling clinicians to provide guidance on a daily basis. This article surveys several of the solutions provided by these sensor platforms from elderly care to neonatal monitoring and environmental mapping. Some of the opportunities available and the challenges facing the adoption of such technologies in large-scale epidemiological studies are also discussed.

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© 2012 Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health
Volume-Issue
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Publication Date
2012/01/30
ISSN (Online)
2210-6014
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2210-6006
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© 2012 Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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