Body Tracking in Healthcare

Body Tracking in Healthcare
Author: Kenton O'Hara
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 135
Release: 2022-05-31
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3031016009

Within the context of healthcare, there has been a long-standing interest in understanding the posture and movement of the human body. Gait analysis work over the years has looked to articulate the patterns and parameters of this movement both for a normal healthy body and in a range of movement-based disorders. In recent years, these efforts to understand the moving body have been transformed by significant advances in sensing technologies and computational analysis techniques all offering new ways for the moving body to be tracked, measured, and interpreted. While much of this work has been largely research focused, as the field matures, we are seeing more shifts into clinical practice. As a consequence, there is an increasing need to understand these sensing technologies over and above the specific capabilities to track, measure, and infer patterns of movement in themselves. Rather, there is an imperative to understand how the material form of these technologies enables them also to be situated in everyday healthcare contexts and practices. There are significant mutually interdependent ties between the fundamental characteristics and assumptions of these technologies and the configurations of everyday collaborative practices that are possible them. Our attention then must look to social, clinical, and technical relations pertaining to these various body technologies that may play out in particular ways across a range of different healthcare contexts and stakeholders. Our aim in this book is to explore these issues with key examples illustrating how social contexts of use relate to the properties and assumptions bound up in particular choices of body-tracking technology. We do this through a focus on three core application areas in healthcare—assessment, rehabilitation, and surgical interaction—and recent efforts to apply body-tracking technologies to them.

The Quantification of Bodies in Health

The Quantification of Bodies in Health
Author: Btihaj Ajana
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2021-12-06
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1800718853

The Quantification of Bodies in Health aims to deepen understanding of the quantification of the body and of the role of self-tracking practices in everyday life. It brings together authors working at the intersection of philosophy, sociology, history, psychology, and digital culture.

Healthcare Sensor Networks

Healthcare Sensor Networks
Author: Daniel Tze Huei Lai
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 464
Release: 2016-04-19
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1000755703

Healthcare sensor networks (HSNs) now offer the possibility to continuously monitor human activity and physiological signals in a mobile environment. Such sensor networks may be able to reduce the strain on the present healthcare workforce by providing new autonomous monitoring services ranging from simple user-reminder systems to more advanced mon

Health Trackers

Health Trackers
Author: Richard MacManus
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2015-08-01
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 1442253568

New consumer technology is empowering us to take control of our day-to-day health. Leading tech writer Richard MacManus looks at what is out there now and what is in development, and what this might mean for our health in the future. Health Trackers tells the story of the rise of self-tracking — the practice of measuring and monitoring one’s health, activities or diet. Thanks to new technologies, such as smartphone apps and personal genomics, self-tracking is revolutionizing the health and wellness industries. Through interviews with tech developers, early adopters and medical practitioners, Richard MacManus explores what is being tracked, what tools and techniques are being used, the best practices of early adopters, and how self-tracking is changing healthcare. The first eight chapters focus on a particular type of, or approach to, self-tracking, for example, diet, daily activity and genetics. The final two chapters look at how the medical establishment is adopting, and adapting to, self-tracking. This timely book covers technologies still early in their evolution but poised to go mainstream, and rather than look at how to use specific gadgets, it focuses on the philosophy and usefulness of self- tracking in its many forms. Many of us are curious about it, but don’t understand the benefits (and sometimes risks) of these tools and practices. With no comparable book on the market, Trackers is the first to focus on consumer technologies and to help ordinary people negotiate the new health landscape.

Self-Tracking, Health and Medicine

Self-Tracking, Health and Medicine
Author: Deborah Lupton
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 129
Release: 2017-10-02
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 1351609602

Self-tracking practices are part of many health and medical domains. The introduction of digital technologies such as smartphones, tablet computers, apps, social media platforms, dedicated patient support sites and wireless devices for medical monitoring has contributed to the expansion of opportunities for people to engage in self-tracking of their bodies and health and illness states. The contributors to this book cover a range of self-tracking techniques, contexts and geographical locations: fitness tracking using the wearable Fitbit device in the UK; English adolescent girls’ use of health and fitness apps; stress and recovery monitoring software and devices in a group of healthy Finns; self-monitoring by young Australian illicit drug users; an Italian diabetes self-care program using an app and web-based software; and ‘show-and-tell’ videos uploaded to the Quantified Self website about people’s experiences of self-tracking. Major themes running across the collection include the emphasis on self-responsibility and self-management on which self-tracking rationales and devices tend to rely; the biopedagogical function of self-tracking (teaching people about how to be both healthy and productive biocitizens); and the reproduction of social norms and moral meanings concerning health states and embodiment (good health can be achieved through self-tracking, while illness can be avoided or better managed). This book was originally published as a special issue of the Health Sociology Review.

Enabling Person-Centric Healthcare Using Ambient Assistive Technology

Enabling Person-Centric Healthcare Using Ambient Assistive Technology
Author: Paolo Barsocchi
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2023-10-03
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3031382811

This book experiences the future of patient-centered healthcare and dives into the latest advancements and transformative technologies that are revolutionizing the well-being of individuals around the globe. The readers can join authors on an engaging journey as the authors explore the captivating realm of ambient assisted living and unlock its immense potential for improving healthcare outcomes. This book goes beyond mere exploration; it invites readers to embark on a voyage of discovery as authors unveil the outcomes of groundbreaking research ideas. With a diverse range of applications, from deep learning in healthcare to cutting-edge models, the authors offer a comprehensive view of the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead. Whether you're a healthcare professional, an academic seeking the latest insights, or a researcher delving into the realms of ambient assistive technology, biomedical engineering, or computational intelligence, this book is an invaluable resource. Additionally, postgraduate students pursuing data engineering systems find it to be an essential guide. Each chapter stands independently, providing a comprehensive overview of problem formulation and its tangible outcomes. The readers can immerse themselves in the world of patient-centered healthcare today and become part of the forefront of innovation.

Clinical Practice and Unmet Challenges in AI-Enhanced Healthcare Systems

Clinical Practice and Unmet Challenges in AI-Enhanced Healthcare Systems
Author: Liu, Haipeng
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 407
Release: 2024-08-05
Genre: Medical
ISBN:

As the demand for advanced technologies to revolutionize patient care intensifies, the medical industry faces a pressing need to confront challenges hindering the assimilation of AI-enhanced healthcare systems. Issues such as data interoperability, ethical considerations, and the translation of AI advancements into practical clinical applications pose formidable hurdles that demand immediate attention. It is within this context of challenges and opportunities that the book, Clinical Practice and Unmet Challenges in AI-Enhanced Healthcare Systems promises to pave the way for a transformative era in healthcare. The book serves as a comprehensive guide for academic scholars, researchers, and healthcare professionals navigating the dynamic landscape of data-driven, AI-enhanced healthcare. By showcasing the latest advancements, the book empowers its readers to not only comprehend the existing frontiers in data sciences and healthcare technologies but also to actively contribute to overcoming obstacles. Through detailed case studies and practical guidance, the publication equips its audience with the skills necessary to implement AI in various clinical settings.

Seamless Healthcare Monitoring

Seamless Healthcare Monitoring
Author: Toshiyo Tamura
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 471
Release: 2017-11-24
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 331969362X

This book shares the knowledge of active and prestigious worldwide researchers and scholars in the field of healthcare monitoring as authors investigate historical developments, summarize latest advancements, and envision future prospects on wearable, attachable, and invisible devices that monitor diverse physiological information. The coverage of the book spans multiple disciplines, from biomechanics, to bioelectricity, biochemistry, biophysics and biomaterials. There is also wide coverage of various physical and chemical quantities such as electricity, pressure, flow, motion, force, temperature, gases, and biomarkers. Each chapter explores the background of a specific monitoring device, as well as its physical and chemical principles and instrumentation, signal processing and data analysis, achieved outcomes and application scenarios, and future research topics. There are chapters on: Electrocardiograms, electroencephalograms, and electromyograms Measurement of flow phenomenon Latest wearable technologies for the quantification of human motion Various forms of wearable thermometers Monitoring of gases and chemical substances produced during metabolism...and more! This book is appropriate and accessible for students and scientists, as well as researchers in biomedical engineering, computer engineers, healthcare entrepreneurs, administrative officers, policy makers, market vendors, and healthcare personnel. It helps to provide us with insights into future endeavors, formulate innovative businesses and services, and will help improve people’s health and quality of life.

Advances in Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare

Advances in Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare
Author: Vincent G. Duffy
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 448
Release: 2016-07-26
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3319416529

This book discusses the latest advances in human factors and ergonomics, focusing on methods for improving quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness in patient care. By emphasizing the physical, cognitive and organizational aspects of human factors and ergonomics applications, it reports on various perspectives, including those of clinicians, patients, health organizations and insurance providers. The book describes cutting-edge applications, highlighting the best practices of staff interactions with patients, as well as interactions with computers and medical devices. It also presents new findings related to improved organizational outcomes in healthcare settings, and approaches to modeling and analysis specifically targeting those work aspects unique to healthcare. Based on the AHFE 2016 International Conference on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare, held on July 27-31, 2016, in Walt Disney World®, Florida, USA, the book is intended as timely reference guide for both researchers involved in the design of healthcare systems and devices and healthcare professionals aiming at effective and safe health service delivery. Moreover, by providing a useful survey of cutting-edge methods for improving organizational outcomes in healthcare settings, the book also represents an inspiring reading for healthcare counselors and international health organizations.