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Mobile Health Applications and New Home Care Telecare Systems: Critical Engineering Issues

Mobile Health Applications and New Home Care Telecare Systems: Critical Engineering Issues

Žilbert Tafa
Copyright: © 2009 |Pages: 20
ISBN13: 9781605660028|ISBN10: 1605660027|EISBN13: 9781605660035
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-002-8.ch021
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Tafa, Žilbert. "Mobile Health Applications and New Home Care Telecare Systems: Critical Engineering Issues." Handbook of Research on Distributed Medical Informatics and E-Health, edited by Athina A. Lazakidou and Konstantinos M. Siassiakos, IGI Global, 2009, pp. 305-324. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-002-8.ch021

APA

Tafa, Ž. (2009). Mobile Health Applications and New Home Care Telecare Systems: Critical Engineering Issues. In A. Lazakidou & K. Siassiakos (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Distributed Medical Informatics and E-Health (pp. 305-324). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-002-8.ch021

Chicago

Tafa, Žilbert. "Mobile Health Applications and New Home Care Telecare Systems: Critical Engineering Issues." In Handbook of Research on Distributed Medical Informatics and E-Health, edited by Athina A. Lazakidou and Konstantinos M. Siassiakos, 305-324. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2009. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-002-8.ch021

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Abstract

This chapter describes the very actual issues on mobile health (M-H) and home care (H-C) telecare systems, reviewing state of the art as well as theoretical and practical engineering issues crucial for designing these applications. The purpose, advantages and overall information and communication technology (ICT) architectures of M-H and H-C telecare systems are firstly presented. There are several engineering fields involved in the design of modern M-H and H-C applications. Making the optimal application-specific choice in each engineering aspect and achieving the right balance between complementary coupled technological requests are of crucial meaning so the main critical engineering issues (weighted at sensing node’s design and the wireless communications) are presented in details as well. Systematic theoretical review and accentuation of the design and realization problems given in this chapter can contribute in better understanding of crucial engineering issues and challenges on this topic as well as in giving the proper direction lines to approaching the practical realization of M-H and H-C telecare systems.

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