The evolution from a disease-centered model of care to a more patient-centered model presents opportunities for going beyond designing technology to support medical professionals ...
As more and more information is available in the Electronic Health Record in the form of free-text narrative, there is a need for automated tools, which can process and understand...
With the continued advances of Web 2.0, health-centered Online Social Networks (OSNs) are emerging to provide knowledge and support for those interested in managing their own heal...
Regulations in various countries permit the reuse of health information without patient authorization provided the data is "de-identified". In the United States, for ins...
Older adults with multiple chronic conditions are prone to care transitions, such as seeing a new doctor or being discharged after a prolonged hospital stay. These transitions are...
Danish Ullah Khan, Katie A. Siek, Jane Meyers, Lea...
One of the most common functions of smart environments is to monitor and assist older adults with their activities of daily living. Activity recognition is a key component in this...
Ehsan Nazerfard, Barnan Das, Lawrence B. Holder, D...
As the fields of translational research and personalized medicine evolve, the need clinicians and scientists have to exchange experimental results is growing. As different termino...
In this paper we demonstrate a fully automated approach for discovering and monitoring patterns of daily activities. Discovering patterns of daily activities and tracking them can...