Healthcare systems globally are grappling with how best to implement effective and efficient patient-centred care while simultaneously trying to contain runaway costs and provide high quality. This book explores the essential enabling role of digital health, taking a socio-technical perspective and looking at the key facets of technology, people and process in turn.This book examines the opportunities of key digital health components, demystifying digital health and demonstrating h...

Quality care of patients requires evaluating large amounts of data at the right time and place and in the correct context. With the advent of electronic health records, data warehouses now provide information at the point of care and facilitate a continuous learning environment in which lessons learned can provide updates to clinical, administrative, and financial processes. Given the advancement of the information tools and techniques of today’s knowledge economy, utilizing these resource...

Healthcare delivery today is plagued with numerous challenges such as escalating costs, an aging population with a longer life expectancy, rapid increases in chronic conditions, and more. To address this and deliver a healthcare value proposition of better quality, access, and value to all, it is vital to look to advances in digital solutions. Rapid advances in technology enable the possibility of delivering tailored, personalized, and precise care. This leads to ensuring optimal clinical ...

The digital transformation of healthcare delivery is in full swing. Health monitoring is increasingly becoming more effective, efficient, and timely through mobile devices that are now widely available. This, as well as wireless technology, is essential to assessing, diagnosing, and treating medical ailments. However, systems and applications that boost wellness must be properly designed and regulated in order to protect the patient and provide the best care. Optimizing Health Monitoring S...

Responsible analytics in healthcare achieves superior health quality outcomes by ensuring data-driven decisions are ethical, transparent, and patient-centered. As healthcare systems rely on big data, AI, and predictive modeling, the importance of responsible data governance, bias mitigation, and privacy protection has become critical. Responsible analytics involves accountability in data collection, interpretation, and application in clinical and operational decisions. By promoting ethical...

This unifying volume offers a clear theoretical framework for the research shaping the emerging direction of informatics in health care. Contributors ground the reader in the basics of informatics methodology and design, including creating salient research questions, and explore the human dimensions of informatics in studies detailing how patients perceive, respond to, and use health data. Real-world examples bridge the theoretical and the practical as knowledge management-based solutions ...

This volume comprises the select proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Women Researchers in Electronics and Computing (WREC 2023). The content discusses novel contributions and the latest developments in signal/image processing, VLSI design, futuristic communication, and computational technologies. The contents include papers on signal processing for communications & networking, machine learning and deep learning for signal processing, human-computer interface, 5G/6G wireless ...

This book focuses on using analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) to offer a high-quality value proposition to address dementia, a growing and concerning global healthcare problem. By enabling better decision-making support, minimizing medical errors and use of specific treatment strategies, digital technologies are key to effective care for People Living with Dementia (PLWD). By taking a unique triumvirate approach of focusing simultaneously on people issues, technical issues and proc...

In today’s evolving digital landscape, health organizations face responsibilities in delivering care while ensuring ethical, transparent, and informed use of technology. Creating responsible inquiring digital health organizations means building systems that prioritize data integrity, patient privacy, equitable access, and continuous learning through critical inquiry. As AI, telemedicine, and digital records reshape healthcare, it is essential for organizations to foster a culture of accoun...

This book centres on the topic of digital twins for superior healthcare decision support, as access is enabled to large volumes of multi-dimensional data such as patient’s electronic medical records, medical scans, and data. The reader learns about the possibility of a digital representation of analogous clinical cases built from data-driven models to represent and present relevant information and germane knowledge in context.Together with cutting-edge technologies, the authors sha...

Experience the forefront of healthcare innovation the essential volume edited by Nilmini Wickramasinghe of La Trobe University. In today’s field of healthcare, the demand for high-quality care, accessible to all, has never been more pressing. However, traditional models struggle to meet these demands, leaving gaps in delivery and outcomes. The solution lies in harnessing the power of digital technologies to revolutionize healthcare delivery. Impact of Digital Solutions for Improved Healthc...

Effective healthcare delivery is a vital concern for citizens and communities across the globe. The numerous facets of this industry require constant re-evaluation and optimization of management techniques. The Handbook of Research on Healthcare Administration and Management is a pivotal reference source for the latest scholarly material on emerging strategies and methods for delivering optimal healthcare opportunities and solutions. Highlighting issues relating to decision making, process...