In the era of information technology, the elderly and disabled can be monitored with
numerous intelligent devices. Sensors can be implanted into their home for continuous …

Research and development on smart wearable health systems and applications (SWHSA)
was motivated by the need to respond successfully to the healthcare challenges of reducing …

Today, the term “wearable” goes beyond the traditional definition of clothing; it refers to an
accessory that enables personalized mobile information processing. In this chapter, we …

This paper presents the design and development of a wearable ubiquitous healthcare
monitoring system using integrated electrocardiogram (ECG), accelerometer and oxygen …

Health monitoring is repeatedly mentioned as one of the main application areas for
Pervasive computing. Mobile Health Care is the integration of mobile computing and health …

The forthcoming wide availability of high bandwidth public wireless networks will give rise to
new mobile healthcare services. To this end, the MobiHealth project has developed and …

Abstract Background and Objective The assessment of dependence in older adults currently
requires a manual collection of data taken from questionnaires. This process is time …

Several social-economical developments, like the ageing society, stimulate the use of ICT
applications for mobile healthcare (eg, tele-monitoring). To support novel m-health …

Today, the number of elderly people and patients with reduced autonomy or with chronic
diseases are steadily increasing. In addition, a stay in hospital or nursing home is very …

The field of smart textile-based wearable biomedical systems (ST-WBSs) has of late been
generating a lot of interest in the research and business communities since its early …