ABSTRACT
Technology for supporting diagnosis and treatment is becoming more complex. New developments are coming up and need to be evaluated from various perspectives. Researchers from other disciplines are seldom experts in healthcare technology. The relevant terminology needs to be settled to be able to communicate interdisciplinary. In this paper, we introduce an approach on how to make complex knowledge related to technological developments in healthcare accessible and understandable for experts from other domains. In particular, we consider the field of lab-on-a-chip systems [1]. For this field, we develop an ontology that enables researchers to get insights into the domain and to study the related ethical, sociological, and legal aspects.
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Biological Ontologies , Information Dissemination/methods , Lab-On-A-Chip Devices/classification , Meaningful Use , Natural Language Processing , Technology Assessment, Biomedical/methods , Terminology as Topic , Data Mining/methodsABSTRACT
This review gives a comprehensive overview on the technical perspective of personal health monitoring. It is designed to build a mutual basis for the project partners of the PHM-Ethics project. A literature search was conducted to screen pertinent literature databases for relevant publications. All review papers that were retrieved were analyzed. The increasing number of publications that are published per year shows that the field of personal health monitoring is of growing interest in the research community. Most publications deal with telemonitoring, thus forming the core technology of personal health monitoring. Measured parameters, fields of application, participants and stakeholders are described. Moreover an outlook on information and communication technology that foster the integration possibilities of personal health monitoring into decision making and remote monitoring of individual people's health is provided. The removal of the technological barriers opens new perspectives in health and health care delivery using home monitoring applications.
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Artificial Intelligence , Biomedical Technology , Confidentiality , Diagnostic Self Evaluation , Medical Informatics , Monitoring, Ambulatory , TelemedicineABSTRACT
In order to provide a systematic basis for communication in trans-disciplinary research projects, there is a need for taxonomies and ontologies. Our developed taxonomy of personal health monitoring (PHM) is based on a systematic literature review and an iterative adaption process with trans-disciplinary partners. The construction method of the taxonomy is an ongoing process and need regularly updates.
