Information exchange has experienced a paradigm shift due to the appearance of wireless
transport technologies. A wide variety of technologies have been proposed recently with …

In the last decades, the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) has
progressively spread to society and public administration. Health is one of the areas in …

In this article, the design and performance analysis of wireless body area network–based
systems for the transmission of medical information readable in an android-based …

The increasing demand for a good healthcare quality has brought Information and
Communication Technology to an important role in healthcare domain. The trend in …

Emerging information and communication technologies are expected to foster new, efficient
and accessible services for citizens, while guaranteeing the core principles of equality and …

Smart homes are no longer design concepts of the future. They are being built now, and they
are having a direct impact on the lifestyles of people living in them. The aim of smart home …

Using information and communication technology (ICT) is a promising solution to assist and
alleviate some of the existing problems in rural healthcare such as distance, lower number …

The world is in shortage of about 7.2 million healthcare workers in 2013, and the figure is
estimated to grow to 12.9 million by 2035, according to the World Health Organization …

Modern healthcare systems are designed to fulfill needs of the patient, his system
environment and other determinants of the treatment with proper support of technical aids. A …

Although the advancement of previous pervasive healthcare schemes has demonstrated
clever technical ingenuity and their effectiveness in certain scenarios, fundamental design …