Smart Health

This journal focuses on research topics pertaining to devices, sensing, computing and communication technologies, software/hardware modeling and system architectures towards Personalized, Pervasive, Participatory, Predictive, Preventive, Programmable and Perpetual (P7) Healthcare. This will be an interdisciplinary journal which would publish high-quality papers from researchers of various disciplines including medicine, computer science and engineering and bio and electrical engineering. Papers covering all aspects of P7 Healthcare including innovative technology, clinical studies of efficacy of existing technology, and analytical studies are in this journal.

P7 Healthcare Models:

E-healthcare

M-healthcare

Telehealth, Telemedicine

Cybermedicine

Mobile/Wireless/Pervasive/Proactive/Personalized Healthcare

P7 Platforms and Technologies:

Home Health Platforms

Cell-phone based monitoring systems

Remote/ Non-invasive Biomonitoring

Wireless Medicine

Wearable health system

Body area networks (BANs)/Body Sensor Networks (BSNs)

Nano medicine

Smart medical Devices

P7 Methods

Non-invasive physiological monitoring

Reliable Biosensing

HCI , Intuitive Interfaces for Children and the Elderly

Privacy/Security/Access Control Protocols

Wireless communication

P7 IT/Software-Hardware:

Formal Methods for ensuring safety, security of medical devices

Interoperable Security

Model Based Engineering

Metrics, Performance Analysis methods and tools

Powering, Energy Management/Scavenging, Sustainability

Modeling techniques: cyber-physical, hybrid models

System Software, Middelware, OS, Networking

Medical device control system design, verification of control algorithms

P7 Patient Care Outcomes:

Health Data Privacy

Improving Access and Quality

Cost-effectiveness

Reducing Medical Errors

P7 Applications:

Assisted Living

Disaster Preparedness

Entertainment, Games for Improving Health

Diabetes Care

Obesity Management

Drug Use Prevention

Sports and Leisure