Panel:
Pervasive computing is often seen as a promising solution to many of the healthcare issues that adversely affect patient safety and continuity of care. The advent of ubiquitous blood pressure monitors, ambient movement sensors and intelligent environments, technologists foresee a new future of healthcare wherein constant monitoring of patients and physicians would translate to faster recuperation of patients and proactive care. On the other hand, the ability to monitor communication flow, workflow etc. ubiquitously allows for monitoring physicians and healthcare environments. However several key research issues need to be addressed to fulfill the vision for pervasive healthcare computing. There is a need to analyze the effect of the technology within the context of healthcare system and how pervasive computing researchers can tailor their research to address key application areas.

Objective:

This panel is held as a part of ICPCM 2009 and will bring together leaders in the field of biomedical informatics, human computer interaction in biomedicine and computer scientists to discuss the effect of pervasive computing in the healthcare domains.

Participants:

Attend the panel and participate in discussions (paper submission not mandatory) and/or submit complete research papers, papers from industry, research based case studies, industry practice based case studies or research-in-progress papers.

Discussion Topics:

• Current pervasive healthcare research and services
• Sensor networks and devices in healthcare
• Diagnosis using sensor data mining, knowledge creation, usage and sharing
• Pervasive healthcare solutions and technology gaps
• Emerging zoonoses
• Human computer interaction issues
• Psychological and social aspects of pervasive healthcare
• Cost, insurance and financial issues in pervasive healthcare
• Pervasive healthcare management
• Methodologies to assess usability and study the short term and long term impact of pervasive healthcare.
• Strategies to ensure smooth integration of technology and change adoption
• Patients care, safety, health risks, privacy, and choice
• Legal issues in Healthcare
• Role of other fields like natural language processing, cognitive behavioral therapy and intelligent tutoring systems, etc
• Future directions

Registration fee:

$550 (US) before Oct 15, 2009 or $650 (US) after Oct 15, 2009.
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2008
Panel Chair: Dr Kanav Kahol , Human Machine Symbiosis Lab, Center for Decision Making and Cognition, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Arizona State University, US
Venue: India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi, India
Date: Dec 12-14, 2008

Confirmed Presenters:
Dr. Vimla L. Patel
Director, Center for Cognition and Decision Making
Professor,
Department of Biomedical Informatics
Arizona State University

Dr Trevor Cohen
Assistant Professor,
Department of Biomedical Informatics
Arizona State University

Dr. Ranu Jung
Director, Center for Adaptive Neural Systems,
Associate Professor, Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering
Arizona State University