Handbook of research on developments in e-health and telemedicine : technological and social perspectives

The Handbook of Research on Developments in E-Health and Telemedicine: Technological and Social Perspectives addresses the main issues, challenges, opportunities, and trends related to fields of online health and medical study. This compilation disseminates the latest findings in this research field to transform the way we live and deliver services. Title ......Page 2 List of Reviewers......Page 4 List of Contributors......Page 7 Table of Contents......Page 11 Detailed Table of Contents......Page 20 Foreword......Page 43 Preface......Page 45 Acknowledgment......Page 62 Intrabody Communications (IBC) as an Alternative Proposal for Biomedical Wearable Systems......Page 64 Microsystems for Wireless Sensor Networks with Biomedical Applications......Page 90 Hierarchical Wireless Networks of Body Sensor Networks for Healthcare Applications......Page 128 Patient Tracking in Critical Scenarios......Page 150 Semi-Automatic Vertebra Segmentation......Page 173 Quantum Computation Perspectives in Medical Image Processing......Page 188 Technical Perspective for the E-Health Care Management of Adaptive Collaboration Based on Authentication Roaming Between Different Certificate Authorities......Page 219 Designing a Microcontroller-Based Portable MMC/SD Card Recorder: Time and Frequency Domain Analysis of HRV Using Sequential Interbeat Times......Page 233 Processing and Communication Techniques for Applications in Parkinson Disease Treatment......Page 257 Electrocardiographic Signal Processing Applications in Telemedicine......Page 282 Multi-Agent Systems for the Application and Employing of E-Health Services......Page 310 Mobile Communication Tools Using for Disaster Recovery Model......Page 328 Health Care Virtual Communities: Challenges and Opportunities......Page 341 Website Accessibility for the Blind: A Study of E-Health Providers Under the Lens of Corporate Social Responsibility......Page 362 The Human Centred Approach to Bionanotechnology in Telemedicine: Ethical Considerations......Page 374 Online Communication and Healthcare: The Diffusion of Health-Related Virtual Communities......Page 399 A Client Perspective on E-Health: Illustrated with an Example from The Netherlands......Page 420 Empirical Evidence of Resistance to the Implementation of Electronic Prescription in Brazil......Page 441 A View of Health Information Exchange: Towards a Digital Health Community......Page 455 Organizational Implementation of Healthcare Information Systems......Page 482 E-Health Strategic Planning: Defining the E-Health Services’ Portfolio......Page 514 Medical Informatics: Preventive Medicine Applications via Telemedicine......Page 538 Knowledge Management in Healthcare......Page 553 Information System for Management of Organisation and Its Activity......Page 574 Remote Wheelchair Selection: Supporting Wheeled Mobility and Seating Device Stakeholder’s Decision in Telerehabilitation......Page 596 Rhetoric of Private Healthcare Offers Presented to SMEs over the Internet......Page 609 An Interoperable Cross-Context Architecture to Manage Distributed Personal E-Health Information......Page 642 A Proposed Scalable Environment for Medical Data Processing and Evaluation......Page 666 Virtual Reality for Supporting Surgical Planning......Page 677 Nutritional Monitoring and Advising Information System for Healthcare Support......Page 699 Associations Between Driving Forces to Adopt ICT and Benefits Derived from that Adoption in Medical Practices in Australia......Page 715 An Evidence-Based E-Health Agenda: A Rural Perspective......Page 752 Opportunities and Challenges of Integrating mHealth Applications into Rural Health Initiatives in Africa......Page 767 Web-Based Learning Environment for Medical Education: E-Fer, A Practical Tool for Diagnosis and Treatment of Chronic Wounds......Page 791 Conservation of Information (COI): Geospatial and Operational Developments in E-Health and Telemedicine for Virtual and Rural Communities......Page 819 ICTs and Family Physicians Human Capital Upgrading: Delightful Chimera or Harsh Reality?......Page 841 Hotline for Exposure to Occupational Hazards......Page 868 MIMO: Multi-Agent System for Personal Health Monitoring......Page 890 Governing Medication Information: Asset Specificity in the E-Health Context......Page 914 Internet Use and Health Decision Making by Breast Cancer Patients in Malaysia......Page 926 E-Therapy......Page 945 GuiMarket: An E-Marketplace of Healthcare and Social Care Services for Individuals with Special Needs......Page 967 Exploring Personal Healthcare with the Help of Two Large European Framework Programs for Healthcare: MyHeart and HeartCycle......Page 981 Neonatal Monitoring: Current Practice and Future Trends......Page 1002 Analyzing and Tracking the Evolution of Rehabilitation Treatment for Patients with Locomotory Deficiencies......Page 1025 Current State of Critical Patient Monitoring and Outstanding Challenges......Page 1044 Adoption of Wearable Systems in Modern Patient Telemonitoring Systems......Page 1067 Healthcare Process Development with BPMN......Page 1087 Individual and Group Cognitive-Based Therapy Support......Page 1111 Augmentative and Alternative Communication Technologies......Page 1133 E-Health Applications in Ophthalmic Diseases: Ongoing Developments......Page 1151 Online Advice, Guidance and Counseling for Problem Gamblers......Page 1179 Capturing Distributed Contributions to an Informal Work Process: A Hospital Facility Case Study......Page 1197 Compilation of References......Page 1212 About the Contributors......Page 1322 Index......Page 1355

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The Handbook of Research on Developments in E-Health and Telemedicine: Technological and Social Perspectives addresses the main issues, challenges, opportunities, and trends related to the cutting-edge fields of online health and medical study. This significant compilation disseminates the latest findings in this growing area of research in order to transform, both socially and technologically, the way we live and deliver services.

'This book provide a comprehensive coverage of the latest and most relevant knowledge, developments, solutions, and practical applications, related to e-Health, this new field of knowledge able to transform the way we live and deliver services, both from the technological and social perspectives'--Provided by publisher. Explores the main issues, challenges, opportunities, and trends related to fields of online health and medical study. This compilation disseminates the latest findings in this research field to transform the way we live and deliver services.