Bezerra da Silva Junior / Askari / de Oliveira Digital Healthcare

A Multidisciplinary and Comprehensive Vision
Erscheinungsjahr 2026
ISBN: 978-3-031-89820-4
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 381 Seiten

Reihe: Computer Science

“Digital Health: A multidisciplinary approach” is a novel and unique book covering the main topics of health innovation focused on what computer science and technology have been applied in healthcare and what the perspectives for the future. This is a thought-provoking theme, covering a broad range of aspects of issues, from basic concepts that composes the known “4th industrial revolution” (artificial intelligence, cloud computing, internet of things, big data, robotics and computer systems), all of which has been used in different healthcare sectors, to more recent technologies applied to healthcare, such as smartphone applications, remote consulting, augmented reality, gamification and brain-machine interactions. All chapters cover detailed explanations of all these technologies and how are the possible uses and applications in healthcare in different contexts, with a multidisciplinary approach, including the vision of technology, health and social sciences researchers. The great difference of this book is the coverage of updated topics, with the most advanced knowledge of all the technologies described in each chapter, covering virtually every innovation in healthcare, and the multidisciplinary approach, making the book accessible to researchers from different fields of knowledge.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bezerra da Silva Junior, Geraldo

Askari, Marjan

de Oliveira, João André Santos

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The digital revolution in healthcare.- Health data protection in the era of digital revolution.- Cybersecurity in healthcare.- The right to healthcare and universal digital access: from exclusivity of few to a fundamental right.- Algorithms to identify compulsive gamblers, damage prevention and the operation of law.- Artificial intelligence, Machine Learning and its applications in healthcare.- Cloud computing in healthcare.- Big health data.- Electronic medical records and how the process of care can improve with technology of registries.- Health systems integration: what have been done so far and what the future holds.- Development and validation of applications for healthcare.- Smartphone applications used for health promotion and disease monitoring.- Wearables, smartwatches and other devices for health promotion and care.- Internet of Things and the health sector.- Telemedicine and the multiple possibilities of remote consultation.- Telepsychology: pros and cons of online mental health care.- Nutrition care in the digital era.- Physical exercises online: are effective or « in person » is better?.- Nursing and technology: a real alliance for better healthcare.- Experiences of augmented reality in disease treatment.- Games and their multiple possible uses in healthcare.- Metaverse inclusion in healthcare.- Robots and novel possibilities of care.- Brain-machine interface: science fiction or reality?.- The future of healthcare: what the digital revolution could provide us for a better health?.

Über Autor(innen)

Geraldo Bezerra da Silva Junior is full professor at the University of Fortaleza and expert physician at the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Ceara, Brazil. He has PhD in Medical Sciences and postdoctoral fellowship in Public Health. He is a researcher in the area of medicine, nephrology, medical education and innovation.

Dr. Marjan Askari is a senior researcher in the field of digital health. She holds a PhD in medical informatics and has served as an assistant professor and researcher  at multiple universities. Her research focuses on advancing and personalizing digital health services.   João André Santos de Oliveira is an adjunct professor in the Department of Family Health at the School of Medicine of the Federal University of Bahia, with a master's and doctorate in Public Health. He is a researcher on the project “New technologies, innovation and changes in comprehensive health care, care and management in health - iPES case study”, at the Federal University of São Paulo. He is currently on loan at the Brazilian Hospital Services Company (a public company that manages the Brazilian Federal University Hospitals, linked to the Ministry of Education), working on the Digital Health agenda.