In addition, the authors discuss consumer healthcare technology, which is becoming more popular as reduction in manufacturing cost of electronics products makes healthcare products more affordable to the general public. Finally, the book explores topics such as communication networks and services, patient monitoring, information processing, system deployment, data security and privacy, information technology in alternative medicine, multimedia and health informatics, and caring for the community.

Key Features:

• Focuses on the transmission of medical information over wireless communication networks, and addresses topics such as communication networks and services, patient monitoring, information processing, system deployment, data security and privacy, and many others
• Provides an in-depth introduction to the various factors that need to be considered for supporting healthcare services with information technology
• Covers advancements in topics such as RFID in healthcare
• Discusses medical signal processing as well as ECG and signal processing techniques

This book will be of interest to advanced students and professors in biomedical engineering, bioinformatics, and information engineering. Medical and IT professionals involved in specifying new facilities, healthcare practitioners in telemedicine, researchers in wireless communications and information technology, and network administrators will also find this book insightful.

Table of Contents

• Preface
• Chapter 1 Introduction
  • 1.1 Information Technology and Healthcare Professionals
  • 1.2 Providing Healthcare to Patients
  • 1.3 Health Informatics Developments
  • 1.4 Different Definition of Telemedicine
  • 1.5 Overview on Telemedicine
  • 1.6 The Growth of The Internet: Information Flooding in E-Health
• Chapter 2 Communication Networks and Services
  • 2.1 Wireless Communications Basics
  • 2.2 Types of Wireless Networks
  • 2.3 M-Health and Telemedicine Applications
  • 2.4 The Outdoor Operating Environment
  • 2.5 RFID in Healthcare
• Chapter 3 Wireless Technology in Patient Rescue and Monitoring
  • 3.1 Body Area Network
  • 3.2 Emergency Rescue
  • 3.3 Remote Recovery
  • 3.4 At the Hospital
  • 3.5 General Health Assessments
• Chapter 4 Technologies in Medical Information Processing
  • 4.1 Collecting Data from Patients
  • 4.2 Bio-signal Transmission and Processing
  • 4.3 Patient Records and Data Mining Applications
  • 4.4 Knowledge Management for Clinical Applications
  • 4.5 Electronic Drug Store
• Chapter 5 Wireless Telemedicine System Deployment
  • 5.1 Planning and Deployment Considerations
  • 5.2 Scalability to Support Future Growth
  • 5.3 Integration with Existing IT Infrastructure
  • 5.4 Evaluating IT Service and Solution Provider
  • 5.5 Quality Measurement
• Chapter 6 Technologies for Safeguarding Medical Data and Privacy
  • 6.1 Information Security Overview
  • 6.2 Cryptography
  • 6.3 Safeguarding Patient Medical History
  • 6.4 Anonymous Data Collection and Processing
  • 6.5 Biometric Security and Identification
• Chapter 7 Information Technology in Alternative Medicine
  • 7.1 Technology for Natural Healing and Preventive Care
  • 7.2 Interactive Gaming for Healthcare
  • 7.3 Consumer Electronics in Healthcare
  • 7.4 Telehealth in General Healthcare and Fitness
  • Chapter 8 Caring for the Community
    • 8.1 Telecare
    • 8.2 Safeguarding the elderly and the ageing population
    • 8.3 Telemedicine in Physiotherapy
    • 8.4 Healthcare Access for Rural Areas
    • 8.5 Healthcare Technology and the Environment
  • Chapter 9 Future Trends in Healthcare Technology
    • 9.1 Prognostics in Telemedicine
    • 9.2 The Aging Population: Home Care for the Elderly
    • 9.3 Clothing Technology and Healthcare
    • 9.4 Haptic Sensing for Practitioners
    • 9.5 The Future of Telemedicine and Information Technology for Everyone: From Newborn to Becoming a Medical Professional all the way through to Retirement
  • Appendix
  • Key features of major wireless network types