title: Health-enabling technologies for pervasive health care: a pivotal field for future medical informatics research education?
abstract: Our societies are changing worldwide. Life expectancy has increased in many societies and this increase is often related to an increase in the relative amount of elderly persons. Health-enabling technologies are information and communication technologies for creating sustainable conditions for self-sufficient and self-determined lifestyles. Sensor-enhanced health information systems play a major role in this context. The question is discussed, whether health-enabling technologies for pervasive health care can be regarded as a pivotal field for future medical informatics research and education.
authors.affiliation: Peter L. Reichertz Institute for Medical Informatics, University of Braunschweig - Institute of Technology and Hannover Medical School, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany. reinhold.haux@plri.de
authors.forename: Reinhold
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Haux
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gietzelt
authors.forename: Nils
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hellrung
authors.forename: Wolfram
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ludwig
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marschollek
authors.forename: Bianying
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Klaus-Hendrik
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Wolf
mesh_terms: D006266:Health Education; D008490:Medical Informatics; D012106:Research; D040242:Risk Reduction Behavior