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Geneva, Switzerland, 25-26 September 2012
mHealth Services Science Science in the Service of Life Quality
Dr Katarzyna Wac, Senior Scientist, University of Geneva (CH)
ITU Experts Group Meeting on m-Health: Towards Better Care, Cure and Prevention in Europe
Geneva, Switzerland, 25-26 September 2012
Ongoing Projects
! Ambient Assisted Living: user-centric care services ! TraiNutri ! MyGuardian ! WayFiS
! Chronic Disease Management ! COPD24
2 Geneva, Switzerland, 25-26 September 2012
[Details: www.qol.unige.ch]
[A. Dey, K. Wac, et al., Getting Closer: An Empirical Investigation of the Proximity of User to Their Smart Phones, ACM UBICOMP, 2011 ]
AAL TraiNutri
TRAINing and NUTRItion Senior Social Platform
Physical Activity Level Monitoring
4 Geneva, Switzerland, 25-26 September 2012
TraiNutri
Targets ! Raise consciousness about self wellness ! Help people (50-65) developing healthy habits ! Enable the exchange of knowledge related to
healthy physical and nutritional habits
! Consortium ! Spain, Greece, Switzerland, the Netherlands
! www.trainutri.com
5 Geneva, Switzerland, 25-26 September 2012
Algorithm: Raw Data & Sample Median
6 Geneva, Switzerland, 25-26 September 2012
[Papers: GHF’12, AAAI‘12, IWFAR’11, SAA‘11]
AAL WayFiS
Way Finding Seniors
WayFiS Application
8 Geneva, Switzerland, 25-26 September 2012
[Papers: ERCIM’12, WIGPT‘11]
WayFiS
Targets ! Improving the capability of seniors to plan,
manage and execute travel and transportation projects taking into account their specific limitations and habits
! Facilitating the elderly feeling of being healthy-well and safe at any point of the trip
! Consortium ! Spain, Switzerland, Hungary
! www.wayfis.eu
9 Geneva, Switzerland, 25-26 September 2012
AAL MyGuardian
A Pervasive Guardian for Elderly
with Mild Cognitive Impairments
Example Use Case
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[Screenshots by Dutch Freeband AWARENESS project]
Geneva, Switzerland, 25-26 September 2012
MyGuardian
Targets ! Facilitating safe & secure mobility of seniors with
mild cognitive impairments while preserving their autonomy and dignity
! Improving wellbeing and efficiency of voluntary caregivers by ensuring their peace of mind and keeping them informed ! Human-centric approach
! Consortium ! Spain, Switzerland, France, the Netherlands
! www.myguardian-project.eu
12 Geneva, Switzerland, 25-26 September 2012
COPD24
Tele-monitoring and Tele-Treatment of
Chronic Obtrusive Pulmonary Disease
Example Use Case
Geneva, Switzerland, 26-27 April 2012 14 [Papers: IEEE IM‘11]
mHealth Technical Challenges
! Performance ! ‘Best-effort’ network
infrastructures ! Delays: one way or
round-trip delays ! Throughput: consumer-
producer paradigm ! Mobility: horizontal and
vertical handovers ! Intra- and inter-
operator ! Scalability
! Data priority (over voice) ! Communication costs
! Per MByte vs. ‘flat-rate’ ! Security and Privacy
! Data encryption ! Power consumption ! Miniaturization of sensors/
actuators ! Service personalization
! Individual user’s needs ! Standardization and
interoperability
15 Geneva, Switzerland, 25-26 September 2012
[Papers: IEEE COMMAG‘12, IEEE TMC‘12, ACM UBICOMP’11, IEEE JSAC’09]
Conclusions & Recommendations
! Challenges Ahead ! Interoperability,
standardization ! User acceptance ! Privacy, trust ! Evaluation methods vs RCT ! Organizational issues,
pathways ! Legalization, liability ! Financial aspects,
reimbursements
! Recommendations ! mHealth technologically
feasible for non-critical cases ! Inter/trans-disciplinary
approach needed ! User-centered design
! Bridge the gap via an open, trustworthy dialogue
! Encode implicit expectations & requirements
! Innovation: “who’s turn is now”? ! Innovating the intervention
vs the mHealth delivery
16 Geneva, Switzerland, 25-26 September 2012
[K.Wac, Smartphone as a Personal, Pervasive Health Informatics Services Platform: Literature Review, IMIA Yearb Med Inform 2012 ]
Thank You!
! Quality of Life group ! Researching efficient and effective mobile systems
in the healthcare domain delivering validated services to patients and healthcare professionals "anywhere-anytime-anyhow”
! Publications & info
www.qol.unige.ch
17 Geneva, Switzerland, 25-26 September 2012
QoSIS
Quality of Service Information System
QoSIS