Healthc Inform Res.  2012 Jun;18(2):97-104. 10.4258/hir.2012.18.2.97.

Wearable Sensors in Healthcare and Sensor-Enhanced Health Information Systems: All Our Tomorrows?

Affiliations
  • 1Hanover Medical School, Peter L. Reichertz Institute for Medical Informatics, Hanover, Germany. Michael.Marschollek@plri.de
  • 2University of Braunschweig, Peter L. Reichertz Institute for Medical Informatics, Braunschweig, Germany.

Abstract

Wearable sensor systems which allow for remote or self-monitoring of health-related parameters are regarded as one means to alleviate the consequences of demographic change. This paper aims to summarize current research in wearable sensors as well as in sensor-enhanced health information systems. Wearable sensor technologies are already advanced in terms of their technical capabilities and are frequently used for cardio-vascular monitoring. Epidemiologic predictions suggest that neuropsychiatric diseases will have a growing impact on our health systems and thus should be addressed more intensively. Two current project examples demonstrate the benefit of wearable sensor technologies: long-term, objective measurement under daily-life, unsupervised conditions. Finally, up-to-date approaches for the implementation of sensor-enhanced health information systems are outlined. Wearable sensors are an integral part of future pervasive, ubiquitous and person-centered health care delivery. Future challenges include their integration into sensor-enhanced health information systems and sound evaluation studies involving measures of workload reduction and costs.

Keyword

Ambulatory Monitoring; Health Information Technology; Decision Support Systems

MeSH Terms

Delivery of Health Care
Health Information Systems
Medical Informatics
Monitoring, Ambulatory

Figure

  • Figure 1 Detailed excerpt of the context axis (A) of the nomenclature proposed in [10]. The mind map shows the four properties of sensor-based data sources. This figure has been modified from [10].


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