Telehealth and Mobile Health The E-medicine, E-health, M-health, Telemedicine, and Telehealth Handbook

The E-Medicine, E-Health, M-Health, Telemedicine, and Telehealth Handbook provides extensive coverage of modern telecommunication in the medical industry, from sensors on and within the body to electronic medical records and beyond. Telehealth and Mobile Health is the second volume of this handbook. Featuring chapters written by leading experts and researchers in their respective fields, this volume: Discusses telesurgery, medical robotics, and image guidance as well as telenursing and remote patient care Describes the implementation of networks, data management, record management, and effective personnel training Explains how the use of new technologies brings many business, management, and service opportunities Provides examples of scientific advancements such as brain-controlled bionic human arms and hands Incorporates clinical applications throughout for practical reference The E-Medicine, E-Health, M-Health, Telemedicine, and Telehealth Handbook bridges the gap between scientists, engineers, and medical professionals by creating synergy in the related fields of biomedical engineering, information and communication technology, business, and healthcare.

MEDICAL ROBOTICS, TELESURGERY, AND IMAGE-GUIDED SURGERY Medical RoboticsGiancarlo Ferrigno, Alessandra Pedrocchi, Elena De Momi, Emilia Ambrosini, and Elisa Beretta Modern Devices for TelesurgeryFlorian Gosselin Microsurgery SystemsLeonardo S. Mattos, Diego Pardo, Emidio Olivieri, Giacinto Barresi, Jesus Ortiz, Loris Fichera, Nikhil Deshpande, and Veronica Penza Image-Guided MicrosurgeryTom Williamson, Marco Caversaccio, Stefan Weber, and Brett Bell TELENURSING, PERSONALIZED CARE, PATIENT CARE, AND EEMERGENCY SYSTEMS eHealth and TelenursingSinclair Wynchank and Nathanael Sabbah mHealth: Intelligent Closed-Loop Solutions for Personalized HealthcareCarmen C. Y. Poon and Kevin K. F. Hung Patient Care Sensing and Monitoring SystemsAkihiro Kajiwara and Ryohei Nakamura Mobile Health Sleep TechnologiesAnda Baharav Cardiovascular Disease Management via Electronic HealthAimilia Gastounioti, Spyretta Golemati, Ioannis Andreadis, Vasileios Kolias, and Konstantina S. Nikita mHealth eEmergency SystemsEfthyvoulos Kyriacou, Andreas Panayides, and Panayiotis Constantinides NETWORKS AND DATABASES, INFORMATICS, RECORD MANAGEMENT, EDUCATION AND TRAINING Global and Local Health Information, Databases, and NetworksKostas Giokas, Yiannis Makris, Anna Paidi, Marios Prasinos, Dimitra Iliopoulou, and Dimitris Koutsouris Electronic Medical Records: Management and ImplementationLiping Liu Public Health Informatics in Australia and around the WorldKathleen Gray and Fernando Martin Sanchez Ubiquitous Personal Health Records for Remote RegionsLee H. Seldon, Jacey-Lynn Minoi, Mahmud Ahsan, and Ali Abdulwahab A. Al-Habsi Education and Training for Supporting General Practitioners in the Use of Clinical Telehealth: A Needs AnalysisSisira Edirippulige, Nigel R. Armfield, Liam Caffery, and Anthony C. Smith BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES, MANAGEMENT AND SERVICES, AND WEB APPLICATIONS Delivering eHealthcare: Opportunities and ChallengesDeborah A. Helman, Eric J. Addeo, N. Iwan Santoso, David W. Walters, and Guy Helman Mobile Healthcare User Interface Design Application StrategiesAnn L. Fruhling, Sharmila Raman, and Scott McGrath Epidemic Tracking and Disease Monitoring in Rural Areas: A Case Study in PakistanHammad Qureshi, Arshad Ali, Shamila Keyani, and Ahmad Atif Mumtaz mHealth and Web ApplicationsJavier Pindter-Medina Investigation and Assessment of Effectiveness of Knowledge Brokering on Web 2.0 in Health Sector in Quebec, CanadaMoktar Lamari and Saliha Ziam EXAMPLES OF INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGIES: VIRTUAL SYSTEMS, IMAGE PROCESSING, BIOKINEMATICS, MEASUREMENTS, AND VLSI Virtual Doctor Systems for Medical PracticesHamido Fujita and Enrique Herrera-Viedma Synthetic Biometrics in Biomedical SystemsKenneth Lai, Steven Samoil, Svetlana N. Yanushkevich, and Adrian Stoica Performance Analysis of Transform-Based Medical Image-Compression Methods for TelemedicineSujitha Juliet and Elijah Blessing Rajsingh Tracking the Position and Orientation of Ultrasound Probe for Image-Guided Surgical ProceduresBasem F. Yousef Biokinematics for Mobility: Theory, Sensors, and Wireless MeasurementsAtila Yilmaz and Tuna Orhanli Biopotentials and Electrophysiology MeasurementsNitish V. Thakor Sensor Signal Conditioning for Biomedical InstrumentationTomas E. Ward Sensor-Based Human Activity-Recognition TechniquesDonghai Guan, Weiwei Yuan, and Sungyoung Lee Very Large-Scale Integration Bioinstrumentation Circuit Design and Nanopore ApplicationsJungsuk Kim and William B. Dunbar Wireless Electrical Impedance Tomography: LabVIEW-Based Automatic Electrode SwitchingTushar Kanti Bera

Halit Eren received his B.Eng, M.Eng, and Ph.D degrees from the University of Sheffield, UK, and MBA from Curtin University. He has worked as an instrumentation engineer, and held positions of assistant professorship at Hacettepe University and the Middle East Technical University; associate professorship at Hong Kong Polytechnic University; visiting professorship at the University of Wisconsin; and visiting scholar at the University of Sheffield. Dr. Eren has been conducting research and teaching at Curtin University for more than 30 years. He currently holds an adjunct senior research fellowship at the university. Widely published, Dr. Eren is a senior member of the IEEE. John G. Webster received his BEE from Cornell University, and his MSEE and a Ph.D from the University of Rochester. Dr. Webster is currently professor emeritus of biomedical engineering at the University of Wisconsin. Previously, he was a highly cited researcher at King Abdulaziz University. Widely published, Dr. Webster is a fellow of the IEEE, ISA, AIMBE, BMES, and IOP. He has been a member of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Administrative Committee and the NIH Surgery and Bioengineering Study Section, and the recipient of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Career Achievement Award.