A survey on health monitoring systems for health smart homes

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 66, Issue , 2018, Pages 26-56

  Mshali, Haider ^a   Lemlouma, Tayeb ^b   Moloney, Maria ^c   Magoni, Damien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Context aware; e Health; Health monitoring system; Health smart home; Healthcare; Sensor networks

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITALS; INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS; SENSOR NETWORKS;

CONTEXT-AWARE; E HEALTH; HEALTH MONITORING SYSTEM; HEALTH SMART HOME; HEALTHCARE INSTITUTIONS; IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS; PROCESSING TECHNIQUE; SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS;

MONITORING;

CLASSIFICATION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME MONITORING; HUMAN; LEARNING ALGORITHM; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DESIGN; REVIEW; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TELEHEALTH;

EID: 85042064178     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: 18728219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2018.02.002     Document Type: Review

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