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Wireless Health: Making Your Devices Talk

Authors:
Stephan Hengstler

Keywords: cellular; connectivity; devices; health; wireless

Abstract:
With the technological revolution in digital networking and connectivity over the past two decades, the healthcare sector is at the beginning of a dramatic overhaul. These technologies have already made their way into our everyday lives and thus changing the way we do things. The healthcare industry with its resistance to change has started considering, evaluating, and embracing the way connectivity can change medical treatment and personal health. In this paper, we review the state-of-the-art in medical device connectivity with a focus on wireless solutions. Throughout the paper, the discussion separately studies the three major care delivery settings: clinical, office, and home. Based on the challenges and requirements that each of these settings present, we discuss the key aspects needed for medical device connectivity to succeed from both a technological and financial perspective. Cellular connectivity can satisfy many of these key aspects. Therefore, we have proposed and operated a testbed for cellular connectivity into Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems, which we present and report on here for the first time. The paper concludes with a longer term outlook on the adoption of digital networking and connectivity in the healthcare sector.

Pages: 19 to 25

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2013

Publication date: September 29, 2013

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2326-9383

ISBN: 978-1-61208-292-9

Location: Porto, Portugal

Dates: from September 29, 2013 to October 3, 2013