scholarly journals Monitoring and Support for Elderly People Using LoRa Communication Technologies: IoT Concepts and Applications

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 206
Author(s):  
José Paulo Lousado ◽  
Sandra Antunes
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Health Condition ◽  
World Health ◽  
Security Forces ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Health Organization

The pandemic declared by the World Health Organization due to the SARS-CoV-2 virus (COVID-19) awakened us to a reality that most of us were previously unaware of—isolation, confinement and the massive use of information and communication technologies, as well as increased knowledge of the difficulties and limitations of their use. This article focuses on the rapid implementation of low-cost technologies, which allow us to answer a fundamental question: how can near real-time monitoring and follow-up of the elderly and their health conditions, as well as their homes, especially for those living in isolated and remote areas, be provided within their care and protect them from risky events? The system proposed here as a proof of concept uses low-cost devices for communication and data processing, supported by Long-Range (LoRa) technology and connection to The Things Network, incorporating various sensors, both personal and in the residence, allowing family members, neighbors and authorized entities, including security forces, to have access to the health condition of system users and the habitability of their homes, as well as their urgent needs, thus evidencing that it is possible, using low-cost systems, to implement sensor networks for monitoring the elderly using the LoRa gateway and other support infrastructures.

Applications in Predictive Analytics

2014 ◽  
pp. 42-62
Author(s):  
William Alberto Cruz Castañeda ◽  
Renato Garcia Ojeda
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Medical Equipment ◽  
Predictive Analytics ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Clinical Engineering ◽  
World Health ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Health Organization

According to the World Health Organization, Healthcare Technology (HT) is defined as the application of techniques and knowledge in the way of devices, medicaments, vaccines, procedures, and systems in order to develop solutions for healthcare problems and enhance the quality of life. Clinical Engineering has emerged as an interdisciplinary profession in the areas of medical equipment and technology management. With the correct support of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), these and others questions may be resolved through the ubiquitous environments and services that allow the acquisition, processing, diagnostic, transmission, and information-sharing in real time. Ubiquitous healthcare is a new paradigm that allows developing models and tools that improve the processes through monitoring, evaluation, prediction, and decision-making of the medical equipment condition. This chapter presents an ubiquitous management methodology for predictive maintenance with support of ICT and predictive analysis techniques that enhance decision-making in medical equipment.

scholarly journals Information and communication technologies in primary healthcare facilities in Egypt

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (01) ◽  
pp. 88-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Taghreed M. Farahat ◽  
Nagwa N. Hegazy ◽  
Maha Mowafy
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Primary Healthcare ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
World Health ◽  
Continuous Training ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Community Based Research ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Information And Communication

BackgroundThe health sector has always relied on technologies. According to World Health Organization, they form the backbone of the services to prevent, diagnose, and treat illness and disease. It is increasingly viewed as the most promising tool for improving the overall quality, safety and efficiency of the health delivery system.Aim of the studyThis was to assess the current situation of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in primary healthcare in the terms of describing and classifying the existing work, identify gaps and exploring the personal experiences and the challenges of ICTs application in the primary healthcare.Subjects and methodsA mixed research method in the form of sequential explanatory design was applied. In the quantitative phase a cross-sectional study was conducted among 172 family physicians using a predesigned questionnaire. Followed by qualitative data collection among 35 participants through focused group discussions.ResultsNearly half of the physicians have ICTs in their work and they were trained on it. None of them developed a community-based research using ICTs technology. Training on ICTs showed a statistically significant difference regarding the availability and the type of ICTs present in the workplace (P<0.05). Focused group discussion revealed that the majority of the participants believe that there is poor commitment of policymaker toward ICTs utilization in the primary care. Nearly 97% thinks that there is insufficient budget allocated for ICTs utilization in the workplace. Almost 88% of the participants demanded more incentives for ICTs users than non-user at the workplace.ConclusionsICTs resources are underutilized by health information professionals. Lack of funds, risk of instability of the electric supply and lack of incentives for ICTs users were the most common barriers to ICTs implementation thus a steady steps toward budget allocation and continuous training is needed.

scholarly journals E-CONVERSE AN AFFORDABLE TOUCH SCREEN SOLUTION TO INTRIGUE DINING EXPERIENCE

2016 ◽  
pp. 21-25
Author(s):  
S. R. PATIL ◽  
SNEHAL SALUNKHE ◽  
NIKITA KULKARNI ◽  
PRIYANKA SAVANT
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Communication ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Touch Screen ◽  
Practical Implementation ◽  
Design And Implementation ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Basic Level

ample efforts have been taken in restaurant sector to intrigue the dining experience. Several information and communication technologies have been adopted earlier such as PDA; wireless communication technologies etc.These technologies provide a simple but powerful infrastructure. This paper highlights the limitations of the existing technologies and proposed the E-CONVERSE, which focuses on low cost touch-screen development to enhance the dining experience. In this paper we discuss the design and implementation of a low cost, customizable touch screen. To ensure the security of the system some security strategies are discussed. Basic level testing reveals that proposed system has potential for practical implementation and can overcome several drawbacks of existing system.

Closing the Gap

2010 ◽  
pp. 38-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Malina Jordanova
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
World Health ◽  
World Health Assembly Resolution ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Cost

Brought to life by contemporary changes of our world, e-health offers enormous possibilities. In the World Health Organization’s World Health Assembly resolution on e-health, WHO has defined e-health as the cost-effective and secure use of information and communication technologies in support of health and health-related fields, including healthcare services, health surveillance, health literature, and health education (WHO, 2005). It is impossible to have a detailed view of its potential as e-health affects the entire health sector and is a viable tool to provide routine, as well as specialized, health services. It is able to improve both the access to, and the standard of, health care. The aim of the chapter is to focus on how e-health can help in closing one gap - optimizing patient care. The examples included and references provided are ready to be introduced in practice immediately. Special attention is dedicated to cost effectiveness of e-health applications.

Connectedness and ICT: Opening the door to possibilities for people with intellectual disabilities

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 503-521 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tim Barlott ◽  
Tammy Aplin ◽  
Emma Catchpole ◽  
Rebecca Kranz ◽  
Damian Le Goullon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Social Connectedness ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Digital Inclusion ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
People With Intellectual Disabilities ◽  
Personal Skills ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Personal Interests

This study aimed to investigate the experiences of people with intellectual disability (ID) using information and communication technologies (ICTs) and the ways these technologies foster social connectedness. In partnership with a community mental health organization, this qualitative descriptive study explored the experiences of 10 people with ID using ICTs. Participants described how ICTs Opened the Door to Possibilities in their life – ICTs provided an avenue for connecting with other people, a means to pursue personal interests and a tool for organizing everyday life. Opening the door to possibilities was further understood as movement towards digital inclusion for people with ID, conceptualized as the fit between social opportunity and personal skills. We have identified the prominent role social supports play in creating (and constraining) opportunities for digital inclusion, and that digital inclusion has the potential to enable social connectedness and the development of agency. Consideration of the complex interaction between social opportunity and personal skills, and the mediating influence of supports, will enhance the inclusion of people with ID.

scholarly journals Habits of the Elderly Regarding Access to the New Information and Communication Technologies

2017 ◽  
Vol 237 ◽  
pp. 1412-1417 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Padilla-Góngora ◽  
Remedios López-Liria ◽  
María del Pilar Díaz-López ◽  
José Manuel Aguilar-Parra ◽  
María Estela Vargas-Muñoz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
New Information ◽  
Information And Communication

scholarly journals An IoT-Aware Architecture for Collecting and Managing Data Related to Elderly Behavior

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aitor Almeida ◽  
Alessandro Fiore ◽  
Luca Mainetti ◽  
Ruben Mulero ◽  
Luigi Patrono ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
World Population ◽  
Aged People ◽  
Clinical Procedures ◽  
Novel Approach ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Data Capturing ◽  
Cognitive Diseases

The world population will be made up of a growing number of elderly people in the near future. Aged people are characterized by some physical and cognitive diseases, like mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and frailty, that, if not timely diagnosed, could turn into more severe diseases, like Alzheimer disease, thus implying high costs for treatments and cares. Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) enabling the Internet of Things (IoT) can be adopted to create frameworks for monitoring elderly behavior which, alongside normal clinical procedures, can help geriatricians to early detect behavioral changes related to such pathologies and to provide customized interventions. As part of the City4Age project, this work describes a novel approach for collecting and managing data about elderly behavior during their normal activities. The data capturing layer is an unobtrusive and low-cost sensing infrastructure abstracting the heterogeneity of physical devices, while the data management layer easily manages the huge quantity of sensed data, giving them semantic meaning and fostering data shareability. This work provides a functional validation of the proposed architecture and introduces how the data it manages can be used by the whole City4Age platform to early identify risks related to MCI/frailty and promptly intervene.

scholarly journals Uses of Digital Tools among the Elderly

Comunicar ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 20 (39) ◽  
pp. 193-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susana Agudo-Prado ◽  
Ángeles Pascual-Sevillana ◽  
Javier Fombona
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Senior Citizens ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Discussion Groups ◽  
Digital Tools ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Survey Technique ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Study Participants

A «multiage» society needs the design and creation of new areas of learning and communication to manage the digital demands of the elderly. In this article, the relation of the elderly to information and communication technologies (ICT) is approached and two objectives are considered: to discover the technological resources they use and to objectively describe the types of usage that senior citizens make of ICT. To that end, a survey technique is used, with the results validated by means of discussion groups. The study participants consisted of 215 elderly people, all ICT users, and 7 discussion groups of 5 people each. The results indicate that the resources most widely used by the elderly are computers and the Internet, and the type of usage is grouped into 4 categories: education, information, communication and entertainment. There were no significant differences in gender or age although differences were found in the availability of these resources for private use based on the level of education. Una sociedad «multiedades» supone diseñar y crear nuevos espacios de aprendizaje y comunicación, capaces de gestionar la demanda existente por parte de las personas mayores. En este artículo, se aborda la relación de las personas mayores con las tecnologías de la información y la comunicación (TIC) y para ello se plantean dos objetivos: el primero va dirigido a conocer los recursos tecnológicos que utilizan y el segundo, a describir objetivamente los tipos de uso que estas personas hacen de las TIC. Para ello, se utiliza la técnica de encuesta, cuyos resultados son contrastados mediante grupos de discusión. En el estudio participaron 215 personas mayores usuarias de las TIC y siete grupos de discusión de cinco personas cada uno. Los resultados encontrados indican que los recursos que más utilizan los mayores son, los ordenadores e Internet y el uso que hacen de los mismos se ha agrupado en cuatro grandes categorías: formación, información, comunicación y entretenimiento, no encontrándose diferencias significativas en función del género o de la edad y sí se encontraron diferencias en cuanto a la disponibilidad de dichos recursos para uso particular en función del nivel de estudios.

scholarly journals GeoSense: A Multimode Information and Communication System

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Sudharsan ◽  
J. Adinarayana ◽  
A. K. Tripathy ◽  
S. Ninomiya ◽  
M. Hirafuji ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Precision Agriculture ◽  
Communication Systems ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Cloud Service ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Network Location ◽  
Open Hardware ◽  
Technological Developments ◽  
Information And Communication

Recent technological developments allowed to envision the low-power (solar power) and low-cost (open hardware) sensor devices (Agrisens/FieldServer/Flux Tower/FieldTwitter) with multimode (ZigBee/WiFi/3G/WebGIS) information and communication technologies (ICTs), a model in which is christened as GeoSense. Integrating these multimode and multi-level communication systems with distributed ambient sensory network location-based service (LBS) is a challenging task, which could be a potential technology for monitoring various natural phenomena. This integrated model is introduced to provide and assist the rural stakeholders with real-time decision support system (DSS) with dynamic information and modeling services for precision agriculture through GeoSense cloud service. This GeoSense research has been experimented in semiarid tropics in India under Indo-Japan initiative on multi-disciplinary ICT program.

scholarly journals The Impact of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) on Community Pharmacy

2018 ◽  
pp. 01
Author(s):  
SUNIL JAWLA ◽  
Durg Vijay Rai
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
World Health ◽  
Medication History ◽  
Electronic Prescription ◽  
The World ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Impact

Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are transforming health services throughout the world. Health information and technologies (HITs) involve application of information processing using computer for storage, retrieval, sharing and use of information and knowledge for communication by a pharmacist. Similarly electronic prescription (EP) services have made the dispensing and reimbursement processes more efficient. Maintenance of patient record become easy by using ICTs. Barcode identification of medicines can be used to reduce medicine administration errors and to improve the medication history of patients. Telecare using digital communications technology provides healthcare consultations and other health care services to rural, old & handicap patients easily and improves their access to healthcare by reducing their hospital attendance. In developing countries like India, it is quite a challenging task to provide access to information and communication technologies. As the geographical diversity is also a challenging for implementation of ICTs at everywhere. Information and technologies are giving a way to access the data all over the globe. ICTs have brought transformation in education in all over the world. Information and technologies are removing barriers from learning education. ICT applications are becoming indispensable tools for traditional and vocational education. In the field of pharmaceutical sciences, ICTs can further enhance the quality of education. As lots of modifications and newer drugs are coming in the market, it is quite a challenging task to a pharmacist to update knowledge to serve the society in an efficient way. ICT can be utilized in health care to improve quality of patient centric services.

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