Perspectives for Wearable Electronics in Healthcare and Childcare

• 作者: Johanna Virkki Pasi Raumonen
• 来源期刊: 远程医疗系统和网络(英文)
• 学科: 医学
• 关键词: Childcare FINLAND Healthcare INDIVIDUAL PRIVACY WEARABLE ELECTRONICS
• 年，卷（期）: 2013,（3）
• 页码范围: 58-63
• 页数: 6页
• 分类号: R73

摘要

This paper starts with a literature survey that introduces possibilities of wearable electronics (WE) in different healthcare and childcare applications. Next, 24 personal interviews and an Internet forum survey were conducted in Finland about the use of WE in applications mentioned above. According to the results, most of the people feel positive about clothes used for wireless identification purposes in healthcare and childcare, but when more information about the person is added that can be wirelessly read, the feelings become more negative. Several important points to consider before implementation of WE for healthcare and childcare environments were brought up.