Health-enabling technologies for pervasive health care: a pivotal field for future medical informatics research education?
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.
Haux
Reinhold
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Peter L. Reichertz Institute for Medical Informatics, University of Braunschweig - Institute of Technology and Hannover Medical School, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany. reinhold.haux@plri.de
Gietzelt
Matthias
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Hellrung
Nils
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Ludwig
Wolfram
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Marschollek
Michael
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Song
Bianying
B
Wolf
Klaus-Hendrik
KH
D006266:Health Education; D008490:Medical Informatics; D012106:Research; D040242:Risk Reduction Behavior