Robert S. H. Istepanian & Bryan Woodward 
m-Health [EPUB ebook] 
Fundamentals and Applications

About the Authors xi

Foreword xv

Preface xvii

Acknowledgments xxi

Acronyms xxiii

1 Introduction to m-Health 1

1.1 Introduction 1

1.2 The Concept of m-Health: The Beginnings 2

1.3 Taxonomy of Telemedicine, Telehealth, e-Health, and m-Health 5

1.4 m-Health and Digital Ubiquity 9

1.5 The Paradigm Shift of Mobile Connectivity and m-Health Services 12

1.6 Impact of m-Health on Cultural, Commercial, and Operational Changes 16

1.7 Summary 18

References 18

2 Smart m-Health Sensing 23

2.1 Introduction 23

2.2 Fundamentals of m-Health Sensing and a New Taxonomy 24

2.3 Health and Wellness Monitoring Sensors 26

2.4 Who is Monitored? 30

2.5 What is Monitored? 31

2.6 Wearable Sensors for m-Health Monitoring 36

2.7 Wearable Fitness and Health-Tracking Devices 45

2.8 Design Considerations for Wireless Health Sensing and Monitoring 47

2.9 Diagnostic Sensors 52

2.10 Prognostic and Treatment Sensors 54

2.11 Assistive Sensors 55

2.12 Summary 55

References 58

3 m-Health Computing: m-Health 2.0, Social Networks, Health Apps, Cloud, and Big Health Data 67

3.1 Introduction 67

3.2 The Evolution of m-Health with Web 2.0 and Medicine 2.0: m-Health 2.0 68

3.3 Mobile Health Applications (m-Health Apps) 76

3.4 Cloud Computing and m-Health 90

3.5 m-Health and “Big Data” 101

3.6 Summary 109

References 110

4 m-Health and Mobile Communication Systems 119

4.1 Introduction 119

4.2 Wireless Communications for m-Health: From “Unwired Health” to “4G-Health” 123

4.3 Wireless Metropolitan Area Networks for m-Health 144

4.4 Wireless Local Area Networks (WLAN) for m-Health 147

4.5 Personal Area Networks (PAN) and Body Area Networks (BAN) for m-Health 151

4.6 Machine-to-Machine Communications and Internet of Things 166

4.7 Summary 177

References 179

5 m-Health Care Models and Applications 189

5.1 Introduction 189

5.2 Mobile Phone m-Health Systems and Their Impact on Future Healthcare Services 191

5.3 m-Health for Chronic Disease Management and Monitoring Applications 200

5.4 Mobile Health for Other Healthcare Services 229

5.5 Summary 234

References 237

6 m-Health and Global Healthcare 251

6.1 Introduction 251

6.2 m-Health Technologies for Global Health 254

6.3 Global m-Health Initiatives for the Developing World: Healthcare Challenges and Impacts 260

6.4 Global m-Health for the Developing World: Barriers and Recommendations 294

6.5 Summary 309

References 311

7 m-Health Ecosystems, Interoperability Standards, and Markets 323

7.1 Introduction 323

7.2 m-Health Stakeholders and Ecosystems 325

7.3 m-Health Interoperability and Standardization 337

7.4 m-Health Markets and Business Models 345

7.5 Summary 351

References 352

8 The Future of m-Health: Progress or Retrogression? 355

8.1 Introduction 355

8.2 Future Trends of m-Health 357

8.3 Challenges and Expectations: m-Health “Market” Versus “Science” 366

8.4 Future m-Health Scenarios 370

8.5 Summary 374

References 375

Appendix 379

Index 381

Robert S. H. Istepanian is an m-Health scientist and educator and is widely recognized as the first scientist to introduce the concept of ‘m-Health’. Professor Istepanian obtained his Ph D from Loughborough University, UK in 1994. Since then he has held several senior academic and research posts in the UK and Canada, including visiting academic at Imperial College London, a professorship at Kingston University, London, and associate professorships in the Universities of Brunel and Portsmouth in the UK. He was also an associate professor in Ryerson University, Toronto and a Leverhulme visiting fellow at the Centre for Global e Health Innovation, in the University of Toronto’s Health Network. He has published more than 200 papers and books on mobile health and biomedical signal processing and communication systems.
Bryan Woodward is now an Emeritus Professor of Loughborough University in England. Professor Woodward holds two UK doctorates, a Ph D in physics from the University of London (Imperial College) and a DSc in electronic engineering from Loughborough University. He has coordinated a major m-Health project funded by the British Council’s UK-India Education and Research Initiative (UKIERI), with the aim of using mobile communications to improve the monitoring of heart disease and diabetes, which are prevalent in both developed and developing countries. Prof. Woodward has published more than 60 academic journal papers and 120 international conference papers, as well as many articles for professional and popular magazines, and he has also done over 30 radio interviews.