Digital Health : Scaling Healthcare to the World Paperback / softback
Edited by Homero Rivas, Katarzyna Wac
Part of the Health Informatics series
Paperback / softback
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This book presents a comprehensive state-of the-art approach to digital health technologies and practices within the broad confines of healthcare practices.
It provides a canvas to discuss emerging digital health solutions, propelled by the ubiquitous availability of miniaturized, personalized devices and affordable, easy to use wearable sensors, and innovative technologies like 3D printing, virtual and augmented reality and driverless robots and vehicles including drones.
One of the most significant promises the digital health solutions hold is to keep us healthier for longer, even with limited resources, while truly scaling the delivery of healthcare. Digital Health: Scaling Healthcare to the World addresses the emerging trends and enabling technologies contributing to technological advances in healthcare practice in the 21st Century.
These areas include generic topics such as mobile health and telemedicine, as well as specific concepts such as social media for health, wearables and quantified-self trends.
Also covered are the psychological models leveraged in design of solutions to persuade us to follow some recommended actions, then the design and educational facets of the proposed innovations, as well as ethics, privacy, security, and liability aspects influencing its acceptance.
Furthermore, sections on economic aspects of the proposed innovations are included, analyzing the potential business models and entrepreneurship opportunities in the domain.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:370 pages, 61 Illustrations, color; 8 Illustrations, black and white; XIII, 370 p. 69 illus., 61 ill
- Publisher:Springer International Publishing AG
- Publication Date:04/06/2019
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- ISBN:9783319870816
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Out of Stock - We are unable to provide an estimated availability date for this product
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:370 pages, 61 Illustrations, color; 8 Illustrations, black and white; XIII, 370 p. 69 illus., 61 ill
- Publisher:Springer International Publishing AG
- Publication Date:04/06/2019
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- ISBN:9783319870816