Challenges in Health Smart Homes

Bartolomeu, Paulo; Fonseca, J.; Vasques, Francisco

doi:10.1109/pcthealth.2008.4571016

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“…Nevertheless, with a judicious approach to their ethical and legal risks, smart homes could be effective for continuous and remote monitoring of elderly health and for disease prevention, and they can reduce the costs of care for the aging generation while improving their independence and quality of life [2,3,22,23]. Various terms have been utilized to describe this technology, such as health smart home [24,25], U-health smart home [26], ubiquitous health care [6,27,28], and smart homes in or for (elderly) health care [2,3].…”

Section: Smart Homes As Effective Solutions For Home Health Care Services For the Elderlymentioning

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An Ecological Approach to Smart Homes for Health Care Services: Conceptual Framework of a Smart Servicescape Wheel (Preprint)

Kang¹,

Han²,

Kwon³

2018

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BACKGROUND Smart homes are considered effective solutions for home health care for the elderly, as smart home technologies can reduce care costs and improve elderly residents’ independence. To develop a greater understanding of smart homes for health care services (SHHSs), this study accentuated the necessity of ecological approaches with an emphasis on environmental constraints. This study was based on 2 rationales: (1) users are inclined to perceive the service quality and service experience from environments (ie, servicescape) owing to the intangibility of health care and the pervasiveness of smart home technologies, and (2) both service domains are complex adaptive systems in which diversified and undefined service experiences—not only a few intended service flows—can be generated by complex combinations of servicescape elements. OBJECTIVE This study proposed the conceptual framework of a Smart Servicescape Wheel (SSW) as an ecological approach delineating the extensive spectrum of environmental constraints in SHHSs. METHODS The SSW framework was established based on a literature review. RESULTS Generally divided by perceptible and imperceptible servicescapes, the SSW consists of the perceptible Physical scape (ie, hardware components, environmental cues, and human states) and Social scape (ie, service relationships and social relationships) as well as the imperceptible Datascape (ie, computing intelligence, databases, and communication networks). Following the ecological approach, each category of the SSW is subdivided and defined at the level of components or functions. CONCLUSIONS The SSW’s strengths lie in the various application opportunities for SHHSs. In terms of service planning and development, the SSW can be utilized to (1) establish the requirements for SHHS development, (2) associate with work domain analysis by defining component layers, and (3) understand the real contexts of SHHSs for the enhanced prediction of diverse service experiences. Regarding service management, it can be applied to develop measurement items for the operation and evaluation of SHHSs.

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Section: Smart Homes As Effective Solutions For Home Health Care Services For the Elderlymentioning

confidence: 99%

An Ecological Approach to Smart Homes for Health Care Services: Conceptual Framework of a Smart Servicescape Wheel (Preprint)

Kang¹,

Han²,

Kwon³

2018

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“…To establish the computing infrastructures, various sensors could be embedded in the fabric of the environments, making inferences from contextual information. Many studies have dealt with monitoring of residents' daily activities and physiological health conditions, and described the state of the art of sensors, algorithms, and tracking devices in smart systems [17,46,[59][60][61][62][63][64]. Specific implementations of smart home services can be compared with respect to effectiveness and usability.…”

Section: Four Dimensions Of Health Smart Home Servicesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Numerous research projects have implemented a variety of prototypes and described the state of the art of smart systems, including sensors, algorithms, intelligent devices, etc. [5,[8][9][10][11].…”

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Health Smart Home Services incorporating a MAR-based Energy Consumption Awareness System

Kim

Lee

Wang

et al. 2014

J Intell Robot Syst

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Health smart homes would enable people suffering from various diseases and handicaps to live an autonomous lifestyle in their own residences. The concept of the health smart home emphasizes 'aging in place', where residents enjoy a healthy independent life in their own homes as they become older. While energy saving is one of the crucial issues to be addressed in domestic buildings, there is little research

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An Ecological Approach to Smart Homes for Health Care Services: Conceptual Framework of a Smart Servicescape Wheel

Kang

Han

Kwon

2019

JMIR Mhealth Uhealth

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Background Smart homes are considered effective solutions for home health care for the elderly, as smart home technologies can reduce care costs and improve elderly residents’ independence. To develop a greater understanding of smart homes for health care services (SHHSs), this study accentuated the necessity of ecological approaches with an emphasis on environmental constraints. This study was based on 2 rationales: (1) users are inclined to perceive the service quality and service experience from environments (ie, servicescape) owing to the intangibility of health care and the pervasiveness of smart home technologies, and (2) both service domains are complex adaptive systems in which diversified and undefined service experiences—not only a few intended service flows—can be generated by complex combinations of servicescape elements. Objective This study proposed the conceptual framework of a Smart Servicescape Wheel (SSW) as an ecological approach delineating the extensive spectrum of environmental constraints in SHHSs. Methods The SSW framework was established based on a literature review. Results Generally divided by perceptible and imperceptible servicescapes, the SSW consists of the perceptible Physical scape (ie, hardware components, environmental cues, and human states) and Social scape (ie, service relationships and social relationships) as well as the imperceptible Datascape (ie, computing intelligence, databases, and communication networks). Following the ecological approach, each category of the SSW is subdivided and defined at the level of components or functions. Conclusions The SSW’s strengths lie in the various application opportunities for SHHSs. In terms of service planning and development, the SSW can be utilized to (1) establish the requirements for SHHS development, (2) associate with work domain analysis by defining component layers, and (3) understand the real contexts of SHHSs for the enhanced prediction of diverse service experiences. Regarding service management, it can be applied to develop measurement items for the operation and evaluation of SHHSs.

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Challenges in Health Smart Homes

Abstract: Abstract-This paper presents an overview of the challenges in developing Health Smart Homes targeting, in particular, elderly and impaired people. As such, it identifies the current endeavors as well as the main areas of research.

Cited by 15 publications

References 23 publications

An Ecological Approach to Smart Homes for Health Care Services: Conceptual Framework of a Smart Servicescape Wheel (Preprint)

An Ecological Approach to Smart Homes for Health Care Services: Conceptual Framework of a Smart Servicescape Wheel (Preprint)

Health Smart Home Services incorporating a MAR-based Energy Consumption Awareness System

An Ecological Approach to Smart Homes for Health Care Services: Conceptual Framework of a Smart Servicescape Wheel

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