Recent reports have highlighted human rights concerns in Ugandan mental healthcare. This article describes the current situation in terms of healthcare funding and provision, concerns regarding legislation, and health inequalities. Possible reasons for the difficult situation are briefly discussed, including the economy, pervasive stigma and ongoing unrest in the region. We then describe some e...

Numerous companies and educational institutions have begun research into pervasive healthcare systems to address the growing need for caretaking and out-of-hospital monitoring. These systems allow for automatic and distributed monitoring of patients, but inherently require installation and maintenance configuration of the sensor network and communication platform. To avoid burdening caretaking ...

In this chapter, an introduction is provided into pervasive healthcare technology, specifically as the use of information and communications technology in support of European policies, primarily inclusion. The focus of the chapter, and indeed the book, is on how such technologies can support people suffering from debilitating diseases including Alzheimer’s. The work describes a research project...

Pervasive computing systems use sensing, computing and communication capabilities to observe and respond to environmental phenomena. Such systems will eventually enable computers to seamlessly integrate into everyday life. They have many potential applications in the office, home, healthcare, gaming, environmental monitoring and public transportation. Healthcare is one of the most exciting exam...

Diabetes is one of the leading chronic diseases affecting Australians and its prevalence continues to rise. It is becoming a serious challenge for both the quality of healthcare and expenditure in the Australian healthcare system. The goal of this study is to investigate the development and application of a pervasive wireless technology solution to facilitate the effective management of diabete...

Pervasive healthcare promises to support the desire of many elderly for independent living and at-home care. This paper presents the CARA (Context Aware Real-time Assistant) system whose design goal is to provide a pervasive real-time intelligent at-home healthcare solution. While this is the goal it is recognized that current practice and current user requirements of both the subject (such as ...

Wearable and ultraportable electronics coupled with pervasive computing are poised to revolutionize healthcare services delivery. The potential cost savings in both treatment, as well as preventive care are the focus of several research efforts across the globe. In this review, we describe the motivations behind wearable solutions to real-time cardiovascular monitoring from a perspective of cur...

Transgender women experience decreased access to HIV-related healthcare relative to cisgender people, in part due to pervasive transphobia in healthcare. This perspective describes intersectionality as a salient theoretical approach to understanding this disparity, moving beyond transphobia to explore how intersecting systems of oppression, including cisnormativity, sexism/transmisogyny, classi...

Mobile in conjunction with cloud computing can fulfil the vision of "Pervasive Healthcare" by enabling authorized healthcare participants to access services and required patient information without locational, time and other restraints. Of particular importance on such healthcare systems that incorporate mobile devices and cloud services is protecting the confidentiality of patient information....