Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, Volume 187 : Interdisciplinary Assessment of Personal Health Monitoring

Europe is facing a paradox: while governments try to curb public spending, the demands on our healthcare systems continue to rise. The use of smart technologies and innovation can help to address the challenges faced by healthcare systems today, such as an ageing population, a shortage of healthcare professionals and restrictions on financial resources. But despite increasing evidence of the benefits technology can bring, the healthcare sector has been slow to embrace the digital revolution, and has stuck to more traditional methods and models. This book presents selected contributions to the symposium on Personal Health Monitoring (PHM) and Ethics and future areas of PHM, which took place in advance of the 11th World Congress of Bioethics, held in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, in June 2012. Most of the papers present the outcomes of the European PHM-Ethics project, which conducted interdisciplinary analyses of emerging PHM applications. Additional invited contributions deal with important issues related to the project's primary objectives and outcomes. The project is strongly associated with the new e-Health Action Plan, launched by the European Commission in December 2012, which is designed to bring the benefits of digital solutions into healthcare systems. The book covers a broad spectrum, ranging from the technical setup of PHM systems to ethical issues raised by PHM applications, and will be of interest to all those concerned with improving the provision of healthcare worldwide. I. Introduction To Personal Health Monitoring (from Intensive Care Monitoring To Personal Health Monitoring To Ambient Intelligence / Otto Rienhoff -- The Phm-ethics Methodology: Interdisciplinary Technology Assessment Of Personal Health Monitoring / Silke Schmidt, Marcel Verweij). -- Ii. Perspectives On Personal Health Monitoring (technical Literature Review / Gunnar Nussbeck, Murat Gök -- Psycho-social Aspects Of Personal Health Monitoring: A Descriptive Literature Review / Holger Muehlan, Silke Schmidt -- Legal Aspects Of Personal Health Monitoring / Stefaan Callens, Adrien Galot, Eugenia Lamas). -- Iii. Assessment Of Personal Health Monitoring (setting The Scene: Taxonomy Of Personal Health Monitoring / Murat Gök ... -- A Dependencies Mapping Method For Personal Health Monitoring / Simon Rogerson, Sara Wilford, Ben Fairweather -- A Module For Psycho-social Assessment Of Personal Health Monitoring / Holger Muehlan, Dieter Rhode, Silke Schmidt -- Ethically Sound Technology? Guidelines For Interactive Ethical Assessment Of Personal Health Monitoring / Elin Palm ... ). -- Iv. Broadened Perspectives On Personal Health Monitoring (phm-ethics And Etica: Complementary Approaches To Ethical Assessment / Brent Mittelstadt, Bernd Stahl, Ben Fairweather -- Development Of A Personal Health Monitoring System -- The It-systems Industry View / Irene Maucher, Wolfgang Weyand -- Personalized Use Of Ict -- From Telemonitoring To Ambient Assisted Living / Thomas Norgall, Reiner Wichert). Edited By Silke Schmidt, Department Of Health And Prevention, University Of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany, And Otto Rienhoff, Institute Of Medical Informatics, Göttingen University Medical Center, Göttingen, Germany . Summary In English, French And German. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Summaries In English, French, And German. Title Page 1 Foreword 5 Summary 9 Resume 13 Zusammenfassung 17 Contents 21 I. Introduction to Personal Health Monitoring 23 From Intensive Care Monitoring to Personal Health Monitoring to Ambient Intelligence 25 The PHM-Ethics Methodology: Interdisciplinary Technology Assessment of Personal Health Monitoring 35 II. Perspectives on Personal Health Monitoring 43 Technical Literature Review 45 Psycho-Social Aspects of Personal Health Monitoring: A Descriptive Literature Review 63 Legal Aspects of Personal Health Monitoring 77 III. Assessment of Personal Health Monitoring 87 Setting the Scene: Taxonomy of Personal Health Monitoring 89 A Dependencies Mapping Method for Personal Health Monitoring 101 A Module for Psycho-Social Assessment of Personal Health Monitoring 117 Ethically Sound Technology? Guidelines for Interactive Ethical Assessment of Personal Health Monitoring 127 IV. Broadened Perspectives on Personal Health Monitoring 137 PHM-Ethics and ETICA: Complementary Approaches to Ethical Assessment 139 Development of a Personal Health Monitoring System - The IT-Systems Industry View 159 Personalized Use of ICT - From Telemonitoring to Ambient Assisted Living 167 Appendix 175 About the Editors 177 List of Authors 181 Subject Index 185 Author Index 187