Health Related Services

UNSTRUCTURED Our objective is to better understand health-related data collection across different mHealth app categories. This would help in developing a health domain model for mHealth apps to facilitate app development and data sharing between these apps to improve user experience and reduce redundancy in data collection. We identified app categories listed in a curated library which was then used to explore the Google Play Store for health/medical apps that were then filtered using our inclusion criteria. We downloaded and analysed these apps using a script we developed around the popular AndroGuard tool. We analysed the use of Bluetooth peripherals and built-in sensors to understand how a given app collects/generates health data. We retrieved 3,251 applications meeting our criteria, and our analysis showed that only 10.7% of these apps requested permission for Bluetooth access. We found 50.9% of the Bluetooth Service UUIDs to be known in these apps, with the remainder being vendor specific. The most common health-related services using the known UUIDs were Heart Rate, Glucose and Body Composition. App permissions show the most used device module/sensor to be the camera (20.57%), closely followed by GPS (18.39%). Our findings are consistent with previous studies in that not many health apps were found to use built-in sensors or peripherals for collecting health data. The use of more peripherals and automated data collection along with integration with other apps could increase usability and convenience which would eventually also improve user experience and data reliability.

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VoIP for Telerehabilitation: A Pilot Usability Study for HIPAA Compliance

International Journal of Telerehabilitation ◽

10.5195/ijt.2012.6096 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 33-36 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Valerie R. Watzlaf ◽

Briana Ondich

Keyword(s):

Health Care Providers ◽

Future Research ◽

Software Systems ◽

Usability Study ◽

Care Providers ◽

Privacy And Security ◽

Related Services ◽

Security Applications ◽

Health Related ◽

Hipaa Compliance

Consumer-based, free Voice and video over the Internet Protocol (VoIP) software systems such as Skype and others are used by health care providers to deliver telerehabilitation and other health-related services to clients. Privacy and security applications as well as HIPAA compliance within these protocols have been questioned by practitioners, health information managers, and other healthcare entities. This pilot usability study examined whether four respondents who used the top three, free consumer-based, VoIP software systems perceived these VoIP technologies to be private, secure, and HIPAA compliant; most did not. While the pilot study limitations include the number of respondents and systems assessed, the protocol can be applied to future research and replicated for instructional purposes. Recommendations are provided for VoIP companies, providers, and users.

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Integrated Smart TV-Based Personal E-Health System

Health Care Delivery and Clinical Science ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-3926-1.ch052 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 1046-1063

Author(s):

Laura Raffaeli ◽

Susanna Spinsante ◽

Ennio Gambi

Keyword(s):

Rural Communities ◽

Dietary Habits ◽

Near Field ◽

User Interaction ◽

Integrated System ◽

Related Services ◽

Biomedical Sensors ◽

Experimental Implementation ◽

Health Related ◽

Smart Tv

This paper discusses the design and experimental implementation of an integrated system for the delivery of health related services, based on different technologies and devices. The idea is to create a unique point of access for the user, towards both a cloud-based remote service for the consultation of medical reports, and a personal local service that allows to collect and display data from biomedical sensors, to manage user's reminders for medicines, and to monitor the patient's dietary habits. The proposed system employs suitable technologies to simplify the user interaction, such as Near Field Communications enabled devices, and a smart TV equipment. By this way, it is possible to effectively deliver telehealth services also to users who may be less familiar with technological equipments, such as older adults, or people living in rural communities. The experimental implementation proves the feasibility of the proposed service, and the possibility to gain users' adherence and compliance, through proper design criteria.

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The Antimicrobial Resistance Crisis: How Neoliberalism Helps Microbes Dodge Our Drugs

International Journal of Health Services ◽

10.1177/0020731420949823 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 002073142094982

Author(s):

Ilinca A. Dutescu

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Antimicrobial Resistance ◽

Social Inequalities ◽

Public Health Problem ◽

Welfare States ◽

Related Services ◽

Inappropriate Behaviors ◽

Governmental Organizations ◽

Important Health ◽

Health Related

The urgent public health threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has received much attention from the world’s most important health agencies and national governmental organizations. However, despite large investments being allocated to strategizing national and international plans for addressing this public health problem, the incidence of untreatable, antimicrobial-resistant diseases continues to rise in many nations. To avoid returning to a society in which common infections once again become deadly, one must consider the often-ignored root causes driving inappropriate behaviors relating to antimicrobial use, such as the history of antimicrobial drug development, the effects of commodifying health-related services, and the rise in social inequalities. By employing the lens of political economy to analyze the phenomenon of AMR on national and international scales, it is found that the acceptance of neoliberalism as a governing ideology by authorities is hindering our ability to globally combat AMR through the depoliticization of issues that require political intervention to stimulate change. Differences in level of AMR and approaches to pharmaceutical governance between social democratic and liberal welfare states provide validity to this hypothesis.

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