A Novel Trust Evaluation Method for Ubiquitous Healthcare Based on Cloud Computational Theory

Athanasiou, Georgia ;   Fengou, Maria-Anna ;   Beis, Antonios ;   Lymberopoulos, Dimitrios

Tags eHealthPersonal/consumer health informaticsHealth information systems

The notion of trust is considered to be the cornerstone on patient-psychiatrist relationship. Thus, a trustfully background is fundamental…

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A Smartphone Application for Administering Preference Assessments

White, Paul ;   Julio, Flávia ;   Virués-Ortega, Javier ;   Byagowi, Ahmad

Tags Computer-aided decision makingPersonal/consumer health informaticsElectronic health records

Children with intellectual and developmental disabilities may have a difficult time learning new skills. There is evidence to suggest that…

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Assessing the Privacy Policies in Mobile Personal Health Records

Cruz-Zapata, Belen ;   Hernandez Niñirola, Antonio ;   Fernandez Aleman, Jose Luis ;   Toval, Ambrosio

Tags Mobile healthPersonal health systemsPersonal/consumer health informatics

The huge increase in the number and use of smartphones and tablets has led health service providers to take an interest in mHealth. Popular…

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Evaluation of Heart Rate As a Marker for Psychological Stress

Gandhi, Shreyans ;   Jain, Lakshya ;   Jain, Jawahar ;   Shojaei Baghini, Maryam ;   Mukherji, Soumyo

Tags Mobile healtheHealthPersonal/consumer health informatics

It has been shown that heart rate (HR) is proportional to and a marker for human stress. Numerous other studies have validated this fact,…

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Evaluation of Wearable Consumer Heart Rate Monitors Based on Photopletysmography

Parak, Jakub ;   Korhonen, Ilkka

Tags Personal/consumer health informaticsPersonal health systems

Wearable monitoring of heart rate (HR) during physical activity and exercising allows real time control of exercise intensity and training…

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Scientific Basis and Challenges for Mhealth

Pavel, Michael ;   Jimison, Holly

Tags Mobile healthPersonal/consumer health informaticsPersonal health systems

Mobile health – mHealth – has the potential to revolutionize acute as well as preventive healthcare by making it person-centered, timely and…

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Sharing Vital Signs between Mobile Phone Applications

Karlen, Walter ;   Dumont, Guy ;   Scheffer, Cornie

Tags Health information system interoperabilityMobile healthPersonal/consumer health informatics

We propose a communication library, ShareVitalSigns, for the standardized exchange of vital sign information between health applications…

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Targeted and Anonymized Smartphone-Based Public Health Interventions in a Participatory Sensing System

Clarke, Andrew ;   Steele, Robert

Tags Low cost health delivery, public and environmental health, epidemiologyPersonal/consumer health informaticsEmerging IT for efficient/low-cost healthcare delivery

Public health interventions comprising information dissemination to affect behavioral adjustment have long been a significant component of…

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The Computer Mouse As Health Monitoring Tool Aimed to Alleviate the Negative Impact of Missed Appointments

Bhattacharjee, Priyankar

Tags Emerging IT for efficient/low-cost healthcare deliveryPersonal/consumer health informaticsTelehealth

Missed appointments or patient no shows cause the government a lot of money in the form of financial losses each year, and is responsible…

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Use of Wearable Heart Rate Data for Estimation Behaviors During Daily Life

Korhonen, Ilkka ;   Pietilä, Julia ;   Helander, Elina ;   Mutikainen, Sara ;   Myllymäki, Tero ;   Kujala, Urho ;   Pavel, Misha ;   Jimison, Holly

Tags Personal/consumer health informaticsPersonal health systemsPersonalised health

Behaviors are important predictors for health outcomes. Habits, i.e. behaviors which occur repeatedly and usually not through conscious…

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