Title :
Guest Editors´ Introduction: Pervasive Computing in Healthcare
Author :
Borriello, Gaetano ; Stanford, Vince ; Narayanaswami, Chandra ; Menning, Walter
Author_Institution :
University of Washington
Abstract :
Pervasive computing has great potential to improve healthcare, from enriching data collection and distribution to virtually bringing experts to an emergency site. This special issue samples this developing area through five theme articles that go beyond current applications to find a wider range of applicability. This article is part of a special issue on Healthcare.
Keywords :
Autism; Biomedical monitoring; Blood pressure; Computerized monitoring; Medical services; Medical treatment; Patient monitoring; Pediatrics; Pervasive computing; Surgery; clinicians; doctors; health; healthcare; pervasive computing;
Journal_Title :
Pervasive Computing, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MPRV.2007.11
