Digital Healthcare : A Multidisciplinary and Comprehensive Vision / edited by Geraldo Bezerra da Silva Junior, Marjan Askari, João André Santos de Oliveira.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bezerra da Silva Junior, Geraldo.

Contributor:

Bezerra da Silva Junior

Series:

Computer Science Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical informatics.

Biomedical engineering.

Health Informatics.

Medical and Health Technologies.

Local Subjects:

Health Informatics.

Medical and Health Technologies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (493 pages)

Edition:

1st ed. 2026.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Springer, 2026.

Summary:

“Digital Healthcare: a multidisciplinary and comprehensive vision” 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 are 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, computer systems, big data, internet of things, robotics), 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 different technologies and how the possible uses in healthcare are, in different contexts, with a multidisciplinary approach, including the vision of technology, health and social sciences researchers. Law, data protection, psychological and ethics issues are also discussed. 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 several innovations in healthcare, and the multidisciplinary approach, making the book accessible to researchers from different fields of knowledge. The book is divided into sections: 1-Health systems and technology; 2-Tools, devices and other inventions to subsidize healthcare and make patients’ lives easier; 3-Artificial intelligence, human-machine interaction, and robotics applied to healthcare; 4-Social sciences, humanities and the ethics that involve the intersection between technology and health; 5-Future health; which interconnects each chapter, making a logical sequence for learning. .

Contents:

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?.

Notes:

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ISBN:

3-031-89820-6

9783031898204

OCLC:

1574121044