Technology enablers for context-aware healthcare applications

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Main Author: Meneses, Filipe
Publication Date: 2009
Other Authors: Moreira, Adriano
Language: eng
Source: Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP)
Download full: http://hdl.handle.net/1822/19160
Summary: The increasing availability of mobile devices and wireless networks, and the tendency for them to become ubiquitous in our dally lives, creates a favourable technological environment for the emergence of new, simple, and added-value applications for healthcare. This chapter focuses on how context and location can be used in innovative applications and how to use a set of solutions and technologies that enable the development of innovative context and location-aware solutions for healthcare area. It shows how a mobile phone can be used to compute the level of familiarity of the user with the surrounding environment and how the familiarity level can be used in a number of situations.
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spelling Technology enablers for context-aware healthcare applicationsContext-awareHealth careThe increasing availability of mobile devices and wireless networks, and the tendency for them to become ubiquitous in our dally lives, creates a favourable technological environment for the emergence of new, simple, and added-value applications for healthcare. This chapter focuses on how context and location can be used in innovative applications and how to use a set of solutions and technologies that enable the development of innovative context and location-aware solutions for healthcare area. It shows how a mobile phone can be used to compute the level of familiarity of the user with the surrounding environment and how the familiarity level can be used in a number of situations.(undefined)IGI GlobalUniversidade do MinhoMeneses, FilipeMoreira, Adriano2009-042009-04-01T00:00:00Zbook partinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/1822/19160eng978-1-60566-332-610.4018/978-1-60566-332-6.ch013http://www.igi-global.com/chapter/mobile-health-solutions-biomedical-applications/26775info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP)instname:FCCN, serviços digitais da FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologiainstacron:RCAAP2024-05-11T06:39:12Zoai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/19160Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireinfo@rcaap.ptopendoar:https://opendoar.ac.uk/repository/71602025-05-28T16:00:15.695492Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP) - FCCN, serviços digitais da FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologiafalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Technology enablers for context-aware healthcare applications
title Technology enablers for context-aware healthcare applications
spellingShingle Technology enablers for context-aware healthcare applications
Meneses, Filipe
Context-aware
Health care
title_short Technology enablers for context-aware healthcare applications
title_full Technology enablers for context-aware healthcare applications
title_fullStr Technology enablers for context-aware healthcare applications
title_full_unstemmed Technology enablers for context-aware healthcare applications
title_sort Technology enablers for context-aware healthcare applications
author Meneses, Filipe
author_facet Meneses, Filipe
Moreira, Adriano
author_role author
author2 Moreira, Adriano
author2_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidade do Minho
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Meneses, Filipe
Moreira, Adriano
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Context-aware
Health care
topic Context-aware
Health care
description The increasing availability of mobile devices and wireless networks, and the tendency for them to become ubiquitous in our dally lives, creates a favourable technological environment for the emergence of new, simple, and added-value applications for healthcare. This chapter focuses on how context and location can be used in innovative applications and how to use a set of solutions and technologies that enable the development of innovative context and location-aware solutions for healthcare area. It shows how a mobile phone can be used to compute the level of familiarity of the user with the surrounding environment and how the familiarity level can be used in a number of situations.
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