Chapter 5. Telehealthcare: The Key to the Living Room
Hagen Wenzek, Derk Frank
At the intersection of medical devices, consumer electronics, Smart Home, and mobile communications, a relatively new segment has emerged: telehealthcare. This is “the use of telecommunications and information technologies to provide health care services at a distance, to include diagnosis, treatment, public health, consumer health information, and health professions education.”1 The following scenario highlights its importance.
“Oh, Grandmother, your personal health system sent me a text message that your weight changed more than 2 kilos (4.5 pounds) since yesterday. Did you eat too much?”
“My virtual assistant on the TV asked me the same, too. Seems to be the heart ...
Get Irresistible! Markets, Models, and Meta-Value in Consumer Electronics now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
