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April 2012
Prof. Antoine Flahault talks with GetInsideHealth about the importance of considering culture in initiatives to improve public health.
by Excerpta Medica
December 2011
A round-up of some of the new findings presented at the recent meeting in Cape Town of the World Federation of Interventional and Therapeutic Neuroradiology.
by Excerpta Medica
July 2011
In this 4.5-minute video interview conducted at the 2011 meeting of the American College of Cardiology (ACC), Dr. Eric Silfen explains that there is an important new initiative to provide continuity of care after hospital discharge. The initiative, which is being promoted by the ACC and others, has been given the formal acronym of H2H, which stands for hospital to home care.
by Excerpta Medica
March 2011
In this first part of a 2-part interview, Professor Peter-Paul Verbeek of the University of Twente, in Enschede, The Netherlands, talks to GetInsideHealth.com about the concept of ambient intelligence and discusses its many potential applications within society. Prof. Verbeek is professor of philosophy of technology at the University of Twente’s Department of Philosophy, and has written frequently on ambient intelligence and persuasive technology.
What is ambient intelligence and why is it potentially so important?
Prof. Verbeek: “Ambient intelligence is what we call ‘smart environment’. By combining ubiquitous computing and intelligent user interfaces, environments come about that can intelligently respond to people’s behavior. This is a very interesting new configuration of humans and technologies. Whereas the usual configuration is ‘use’ – human beings making use of technological artifacts – ambient intelligence evokes a configuration of ‘immersion’. Human beings are immersed in environments that actively engage with their activities and experiences.”
by Excerpta Medica
Two important papers on telemonitoring in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) have been published in the past few months, providing new information on the potential application and benefits of such projects.
First, specialists from centers in Germany summarized the experiences and findings from seven different CHF telemonitoring projects in the country. These primarily regional projects, some of which remain ongoing, involve a total of 7,720 patients with CHF. The patient breakdown by disease severity (according to the New York Heart Association staging system) is 14.5% at stage I, 51.1% at stage II, 26.3% at stage III, and 6.6% at stage IV, and the typical variables being monitored include heart rate, ECG, blood pressure and/or body weight.
by Excerpta Medica
Take part in discussions with members of the Innovations groups at LinkedIn.
by Excerpta Medica
February 2011
In part 2 of an exclusive interview, a leading expert on ambient intelligence discusses the implications for healthcare.
In this second part of a 2-part interview, Professor Peter-Paul Verbeek of the University of Twente, in Enschede, The Netherlands, talks to GetInsideHealth.com about the potential applications of ambient intelligence (introduced and discussed in general terms in part 1 of the interview) in healthcare.
Prof. Verbeek is professor of philosophy of technology at the University of Twente’s Department of Philosophy, and has written frequently on ambient intelligence and persuasive technology.
by Excerpta Medica
January 2011
Two important papers on telemonitoring in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) have been published in the past few months, providing new information on the potential application and benefits of such projects.
First, specialists from centers in Germany summarized the experiences and findings from seven different CHF telemonitoring projects in the country. These primarily regional projects, some of which remain ongoing, involve a total of 7,720 patients with CHF. The patient breakdown by disease severity (according to the New York Heart Association staging system) is 14.5% at stage I, 51.1% at stage II, 26.3% at stage III, and 6.6% at stage IV, and the typical variables being monitored include heart rate, ECG, blood pressure and/or body weight.
by Excerpta Medica
GetInsideHealth.com brings you a brief round-up of newly published research, and other healthcare news:
Email-based telemedicine reviewed
Researchers at the Centre for Online Health, at the University of Queensland, Australia, have summarized the evidence relating to email-based telemedicine in a newly published review paper. Their findings, based on an analysis of 185 published papers, include the observation that email-based telemedicine has a wide range of potential applications, in primary consultation, second-opinion consultation, telediagnosis (including applications in image-based specialties such as dermatology, pathology, wound care, and ophthalmology, where digital images can be attached to emails), and administration (such as referrals). They highlight the need in certain instances for tailored email software, rather than ordinary email, to support telemedicine services (Caffery LJ, Smith AC. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2010;161:20-34).
by Excerpta Medica
December 2010
In this first part of a 2-part interview, Professor Peter-Paul Verbeek of the University of Twente, in Enschede, The Netherlands, talks to GetInsideHealth.com about the concept of ambient intelligence and discusses its many potential applications within society. Prof. Verbeek is professor of philosophy of technology at the University of Twente’s Department of Philosophy, and has written frequently on ambient intelligence and persuasive technology.
What is ambient intelligence and why is it potentially so important?
Prof. Verbeek: “Ambient intelligence is what we call ‘smart environment’. By combining ubiquitous computing and intelligent user interfaces, environments come about that can intelligently respond to people’s behavior. This is a very interesting new configuration of humans and technologies. Whereas the usual configuration is ‘use’ – human beings making use of technological artifacts – ambient intelligence evokes a configuration of ‘immersion’. Human beings are immersed in environments that actively engage with their activities and experiences.”
by Excerpta Medica