Closing the Care Gap with Wearable Devices

This book is for those who are evaluating, selecting, implementing, managing, or designing wearable devices to monitor the health of patients and consumers. This book will provide the knowledge to understand the issues that mitigate the risk of wearable technologies so people can deliver successful projects using these technologies.

Patient-focused healthcare, driven by COVID-19 experiences, has become a hallmark for providing healthcare services to patients across all modalities of care and in the home. The ability to capture real-time patient data, no matter the location, via remote patient monitoring, and to transmit that data to providers and organizations approved by the consumer/patient, will become a critical capability for all healthcare providers. Of all the remote patient monitoring product designs, wearable medical devices are emerging as the best positioned to support the evolving patient-focused healthcare environment.

This book is for those who are evaluating, selecting, implementing, managing, or designing wearable devices to monitor the health of patients and consumers. This book will provide the knowledge to understand the issues that mitigate the risk of wearable technologies so people can deliver successful projects using these technologies. It will discuss their use in remote patient monitoring, the advantages and disadvantages of different types of physiological sensors, different wireless communication protocols, and different power sources. It will describe issues and solutions in cybersecurity and HIPAA compliance, as well as setting them up to be used in healthcare systems and by patients.

Autorentext
Michael Davis, Harry Pappas

Inhalt

Section 1: Current and Future Uses of Wearable Devices, 1. A Diabetic's Story of Wearable Technology: A Spider BitesNow You're a Type 1 Diabetic, 2. The Adoption of Wearables, 3. The Future of Wearables, 4. Home Care and Wellness, 5. Telehealth, 6. Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM), 7. RPM Data to Enable Improved Patient Care (Who Uses RPM Data?), Section 2: Standards and Regulatory, 8. Regulatory and Emerging Standards, 9. Payment Strategies and Codes, 10. Medical-Grade Interoperability, Section 3: Components of Wearable Devices, 11. Physiological Sensors, 12. Wireless Communication, 13. Batteries and Other Power Sources, 14. Cybersecurity, Section 4: Successful Applications, 15. Voice Technology and Wearables: Remote Patient Monitoring, 16. Connected Device for Improved Adherence, 17. Covid-19 Wellness Monitoring Turns to Health Monitoring, Conclusion