Design and Quality Considerations for Developing Mobile Apps for Medication Management: Emerging Research and Opportunities

Design and Quality Considerations for Developing Mobile Apps for Medication Management: Emerging Research and Opportunities
Author: Yap, Kevin
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2020-07-31
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1799838331

Medication management is an essential component of therapeutic success in the treatment of chronic diseases. However, patients who do not regularly take their prescribed medications are a primary concern of health systems worldwide. A significant proportion of patients on chronic medications fail to adhere to their treatments, and suboptimal adherence leads to dire clinical and financial consequences on the personal level. Moreover, non-adherence can adversely impact public healthcare costs and the clinical outcomes of patients. Design and Quality Considerations for Developing Mobile Apps for Medication Management: Emerging Research and Opportunities is a collection of innovative research that combines theory and practice on optimizing strategies to improve medication adherence and overall health and wellbeing in patients through the design of usable and reliable mobile app-based systems. Highlighting a broad range of topics including pharmaceutical care, quality assessment, and health behavior frameworks, this book is ideally designed for clinicians, pharmacists, healthcare providers, programmers, software developers, researchers, academicians, and students.

Diagnostic Applications of Health Intelligence and Surveillance Systems

Diagnostic Applications of Health Intelligence and Surveillance Systems
Author: Yadav, Divakar
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 332
Release: 2021-01-15
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1799865282

Health surveillance and intelligence play an important role in modern health systems as more data must be collected and analyzed. It is crucial that this data is interpreted and analyzed effectively and efficiently in order to assist with diagnoses and predictions. Diagnostic Applications of Health Intelligence and Surveillance Systems is an essential reference book that examines recent studies that are driving artificial intelligence in the health sector and helping practitioners to predict and diagnose diseases. Chapters within the book focus on health intelligence and how health surveillance data can be made useful and meaningful. Covering topics that include computational intelligence, data analytics, mobile health, and neural networks, this book is crucial for healthcare practitioners, IT specialists, academicians, researchers, and students.

Handbook of Research on Solving Modern Healthcare Challenges With Gamification

Handbook of Research on Solving Modern Healthcare Challenges With Gamification
Author: Alexandre Peixoto de Queirós, Ricardo
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 382
Release: 2021-01-22
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 179987477X

While many fields such as e-learning, business, and marketing have taken advantage of the potential of gamification, the healthcare domain has just started to exploit this emerging trend, still in an ad-hoc fashion. Despite the huge potential of applying gamification on several topics of healthcare, there are scarce theoretical studies regarding methodologies, techniques, specifications, and frameworks. These applications must be examined further as they can be used to solve major healthcare-related challenges such as care plan maintenance, medication adherence, phobias treatment, or patient education. Handbook of Research on Solving Modern Healthcare Challenges With Gamification aims to share new approaches and methodologies to build e-health solutions using gamification and identifies new trends on this topic from pedagogical strategies to technological approaches. This book serves as a collection of knowledge that builds the theoretical foundations that can be helpful in creating sustainable e-health solutions in the future. While covering topics such as augmented and virtual reality, ethical issues in gamification, e-learning, telehealth services, and digital applications, this book is essential for research scholars, healthcare/computer science teachers and students pursuing healthcare/computer science-related subjects, enterprise developers, practitioners, researchers, academicians, and students interested in the latest developments and research solving healthcare challenges with modern e-health solutions using gamification.

Handbook of Research on Nano-Strategies for Combatting Antimicrobial Resistance and Cancer

Handbook of Research on Nano-Strategies for Combatting Antimicrobial Resistance and Cancer
Author: Saravanan, Muthupandian
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 559
Release: 2021-02-12
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1799850501

Multidrug-resistant bacteria play a significant role in public health by destroying the potency of existing antibiotics. Meanwhile, cancer remains one of the most common health problems that impact society, resulting in many deaths worldwide. Novel strategies are required to combat antimicrobial resistance and create efficient anticancer drugs that could revolutionize treatment. Nanomedicine is one such innovation that plays a significant role in developing alternative and more effective treatment strategies for antimicrobial resistance and cancer theranostics. The Handbook of Research on Nano-Strategies for Combatting Antimicrobial Resistance and Cancer is an essential scholarly resource that examines (1) how to overcome the existing, traditional approaches to combat antimicrobial resistance and cancer; (2) how to apply multiple mechanisms to target the cancer cells and microbes; and (3) how the nanomaterials can be used as carriers. Featuring a range of topics such as bacteriophage, nanomedicine, and oncology, this book is ideal for molecular biologists, microbiologists, nanotechnologists, academicians, chemists, pharmacists, oncologists, researchers, healthcare professionals, and students.

Optimizing Health Monitoring Systems With Wireless Technology

Optimizing Health Monitoring Systems With Wireless Technology
Author: Wickramasinghe, Nilmini
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2020-12-11
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1522560688

The digital transformation of healthcare delivery is in full swing. Health monitoring is increasingly becoming more effective, efficient, and timely through mobile devices that are now widely available. This, as well as wireless technology, is essential to assessing, diagnosing, and treating medical ailments. However, systems and applications that boost wellness must be properly designed and regulated in order to protect the patient and provide the best care. Optimizing Health Monitoring Systems With Wireless Technology is an essential publication that focuses on critical issues related to the design, development, and deployment of wireless technology solutions for healthcare and wellness. Highlighting a broad range of topics including solution evaluation, privacy and security, and policy and regulation, this book is ideally designed for clinicians, hospital directors, hospital managers, consultants, health IT developers, healthcare providers, engineers, software developers, policymakers, researchers, academicians, and students.

AI Innovation in Medical Imaging Diagnostics

AI Innovation in Medical Imaging Diagnostics
Author: Anbarasan, Kalaivani
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2021-01-01
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1799830934

Recent advancements in the technology of medical imaging, such as CT and MRI scanners, are making it possible to create more detailed 3D and 4D images. These powerful images require vast amounts of digital data to help with the diagnosis of the patient. Artificial intelligence (AI) must play a vital role in supporting with the analysis of this medical imaging data, but it will only be viable as long as healthcare professionals and AI interact to embrace deep thinking platforms such as automation in the identification of diseases in patients. AI Innovation in Medical Imaging Diagnostics is an essential reference source that examines AI applications in medical imaging that can transform hospitals to become more efficient in the management of patient treatment plans through the production of faster imaging and the reduction of radiation dosages through the PET and SPECT imaging modalities. The book also explores how data clusters from these images can be translated into small data packages that can be accessed by healthcare departments to give a real-time insight into patient care and required interventions. Featuring research on topics such as assistive healthcare, cancer detection, and machine learning, this book is ideally designed for healthcare administrators, radiologists, data analysts, computer science professionals, medical imaging specialists, diagnosticians, medical professionals, researchers, and students.

Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare

Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
Author: Adam Bohr
Publisher: Academic Press
Total Pages: 385
Release: 2020-06-21
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0128184396

Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Healthcare is more than a comprehensive introduction to artificial intelligence as a tool in the generation and analysis of healthcare data. The book is split into two sections where the first section describes the current healthcare challenges and the rise of AI in this arena. The ten following chapters are written by specialists in each area, covering the whole healthcare ecosystem. First, the AI applications in drug design and drug development are presented followed by its applications in the field of cancer diagnostics, treatment and medical imaging. Subsequently, the application of AI in medical devices and surgery are covered as well as remote patient monitoring. Finally, the book dives into the topics of security, privacy, information sharing, health insurances and legal aspects of AI in healthcare. - Highlights different data techniques in healthcare data analysis, including machine learning and data mining - Illustrates different applications and challenges across the design, implementation and management of intelligent systems and healthcare data networks - Includes applications and case studies across all areas of AI in healthcare data

Pocket Guide to Diagnostic Tests, Sixth Edition

Pocket Guide to Diagnostic Tests, Sixth Edition
Author: Diana Nicoll
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
Total Pages: 652
Release: 2012-06-22
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0071766243

A quick reference guide to the selection and interpretation of more than 450 commonly used diagnostic tests COVERS: Basic principles of diagnostic testing, common blood, urine and cerebrospinal fluid laboratory tests, therapeutic drug monitoring, microbiologic test selection and interpretation and diagnostic imaging tests by body system , electrocardiography, and differential diagnosis tables & algorithms Tests used in internal medicine, pediatrics, surgery, neurology and obstetrics and gynecology INCLUDES: Costs and risks of diagnostic tests Evidence-based information Diseases associated with abnormal test results, including test sensitivities Full literature citations with PubMed (PMID) numbers included for each reference More than 24 NEW clinical laboratory test entries, 6 NEW differential diagnosis tables 5 NEW diagnostic algorithms NEW sections on point-of-care testing, provider-performed microscopy, pharmacogenetic testing, and diagnostic echocardiography

Artificial Intelligence Solutions for Global Health and Disaster Response: Challenges and Opportunities

Artificial Intelligence Solutions for Global Health and Disaster Response: Challenges and Opportunities
Author: Tetyana Chumachenko
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Total Pages: 309
Release: 2024-09-02
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 2832553931

Artificial intelligence (AI) has shown promise as an effective tool in disaster preparedness and response, providing a unique perspective on some of the most urgent health challenges. Rapid advances in AI technology can potentially revolutionize the way how we respond to emergencies and disasters that affect the world's health, including early warning systems, resource allocation, and real-time decision-making. This Research Topic aims to explore the latest developments in AI and its applications in global health and disaster response, providing a comprehensive overview of the potential and challenges of AI in improving health outcomes in crises. This Research Topic will bring together leading researchers, practitioners, and policymakers in global health and disaster response to share their experiences and insights on how AI can be leveraged to improve response efforts and enhance healthcare delivery.