Progress in R&D on wearable and implantable biomedical sensors for better healthcare and medicine

The management and coordination of healthcare and medicine throughout the entire range of services, from primary to tertiary care, undergo fundamental changes such as, more emphasis on prevention and education of users, new ways of delivering care and empowerment of individuals to manage their own health. This is being possible mainly thanks to extraordinary progress in sciences and technologies e.g. micro and nano technologies, mobile communications, human computer interface and genomics. Integrated smart micro and nano systems provide large spectrum of solutions spanning from health monitoring and diagnosis at the point of care, to chronic diseases management, healthy lifestyle support and human performance monitoring and assessment. Communicative biomedical sensors/biosensors and wearable integrated systems are becoming major driving forces for cutting edge developments. Further research in the intersection of disciplines like micro-nano technologies, materials, physiology/biology/medicine and Information & Communication Technologies (ICT) is necessary in order to achieve highly performing, user-friendly, and cost-effective wearable and implantable medical/healthcare systems.