Department of Aging and Geriatric Research, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
J Med Syst. 2019 Jan 24;43(3):50. doi: 10.1007/s10916-019-1165-0.
The demand of healthcare systems for chronically ill patients and elderly has increased in the last few years. This demand is derived by the necessity to allow patients and elderly to be independent in their homes without the help of their relatives or caregivers. The prosperity of the information technology plays an essential role in healthcare by providing continuous monitoring and alerting mechanisms. In this paper, we survey the most recent applications in healthcare monitoring. We organize the applications into categories and present their common architecture. Moreover, we explain the standards used and challenges faced in this field. Finally, we make a comparison between the presented applications and discuss the possible future research paths.
近年来，医疗系统对慢性病患者和老年人的需求不断增加。这种需求源于让患者和老年人在没有亲属或护理人员帮助的情况下能够在家中独立生活的必要性。信息技术的繁荣在医疗保健中发挥了重要作用，提供了持续的监测和警报机制。在本文中，我们调查了医疗监测领域的最新应用。我们将这些应用分为几类，并介绍了它们的常见架构。此外，我们还解释了该领域使用的标准和面临的挑战。最后，我们对所提出的应用进行了比较，并讨论了可能的未来研究方向。
