Article: Feasibility of e-health services through the smart TV: a prototype demonstrator Journal: International Journal of Medical Engineering and Informatics (IJMEI) 2016 Vol.8 No.4 pp.329 - 346 Abstract: Public institutions worldwide are moving a number of services targeted to citizens from traditional data infrastructures to cloud based technologies, with the aim of improving the quality offered, and reducing costs. This phenomenon is particularly relevant in the field of health-related public services. Among the technological devices and media enabling users' access to such services, the emerging smart TV platform represents a promising and valid means of interaction. In many countries, where population ageing is becoming the leading welfare concern, information and communication technologies are expected to play a basic role in alleviating the pressure on public healthcare services. In this scenario, the paper discusses the feasibility of an e-health service delivered through the smart TV, by the design and implementation of a prototype application that enables the remote consultation of personal medical reports. Users can access their personal health records, and visualise the outcomes of medical examinations performed at a specific laboratory by interacting with the smart TV through its remote controller. Inderscience Publishers - linking academia, business and industry through research

Title: Feasibility of e-health services through the smart TV: a prototype demonstrator

Authors: Laura Raffaeli; Susanna Spinsante; Ennio Gambi

Addresses: Department of Information Engineering, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy ' Department of Information Engineering, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy ' Department of Information Engineering, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy

Abstract: Public institutions worldwide are moving a number of services targeted to citizens from traditional data infrastructures to cloud based technologies, with the aim of improving the quality offered, and reducing costs. This phenomenon is particularly relevant in the field of health-related public services. Among the technological devices and media enabling users' access to such services, the emerging smart TV platform represents a promising and valid means of interaction. In many countries, where population ageing is becoming the leading welfare concern, information and communication technologies are expected to play a basic role in alleviating the pressure on public healthcare services. In this scenario, the paper discusses the feasibility of an e-health service delivered through the smart TV, by the design and implementation of a prototype application that enables the remote consultation of personal medical reports. Users can access their personal health records, and visualise the outcomes of medical examinations performed at a specific laboratory by interacting with the smart TV through its remote controller.

Keywords: smart TV; remote consultation; personal medical records; cloud computing; e-health; healthcare services; smart television; user interaction; electronic healthcare; remote consultation; medical examinations.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMEI.2016.079361

International Journal of Medical Engineering and Informatics, 2016 Vol.8 No.4, pp.329 - 346

Accepted: 19 Jan 2016
Published online: 27 Sep 2016 *

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