Consumer Electronics Opportunities in Remote and Home Healthcare

This paper discusses opportunities in remote and home healthcare for the consumer electronics industry. First, trends, drivers, market segments and barriers to adoption are introduced. Next, the Continua Health Alliance is introduced, a consortium that aims at addressing these barriers, notably by d...

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Main Author: Simons, D.P.L.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Actuators
Aging
Certification
Consumer electronics
Diseases
Guidelines
Medical services
Patient monitoring
Remote monitoring
Testing
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Summary:This paper discusses opportunities in remote and home healthcare for the consumer electronics industry. First, trends, drivers, market segments and barriers to adoption are introduced. Next, the Continua Health Alliance is introduced, a consortium that aims at addressing these barriers, notably by defining an interoperability framework for remote and home healthcare systems, built on open industry standards. Finally, related opportunities to the CE industry are presented.
ISSN:2158-3994
2158-4001
DOI:10.1109/ICCE.2008.4588118