TY - CHAP
T1 - Wearable electronic systems
T2 - Applications to medical diagnostics/monitoring
AU - McAdams, Eric
AU - Krupaviciute, Asta
AU - Gehin, Claudine
AU - Dittmar, Andre
AU - Delhomme, Georges
AU - Rubel, Paul
AU - Fayn, Jocelyne
AU - McLaughlin, Jad
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2014 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - The combination of an ageing population and the increase in chronic disease has greatly escalated health costs. It has been estimated that up to 75% of healthcare spending is on chronic disease management (mainly cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes and obesity) (World Health Organization 2010). It is now widely recognised that there is a need to radically change the present Healthcare systems, historically based on costly hospital-centred acute care, and make them more appropriate for the continuous home-based management of chronic diseases. The goals of the new approach are the improved management of the chronic disease through encouraging lifestyle changes and the effective early detection and treatment of any problem before it necessitates costly emergency intervention.
AB - The combination of an ageing population and the increase in chronic disease has greatly escalated health costs. It has been estimated that up to 75% of healthcare spending is on chronic disease management (mainly cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes and obesity) (World Health Organization 2010). It is now widely recognised that there is a need to radically change the present Healthcare systems, historically based on costly hospital-centred acute care, and make them more appropriate for the continuous home-based management of chronic diseases. The goals of the new approach are the improved management of the chronic disease through encouraging lifestyle changes and the effective early detection and treatment of any problem before it necessitates costly emergency intervention.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84871324355&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-1-4419-7384-9_9
DO - 10.1007/978-1-4419-7384-9_9
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:84871324355
SN - 9781441973832
SP - 179
EP - 203
BT - Wearable Monitoring Systems
ER -