Connected Health

Overview

Connected Health is a model for healthcare delivery that uses technology to provide healthcare remotely. It is a rapidly evolving societal challenge. Innovative Information and Communication Technology is core to its success. This module examines the connected health concept with a focuses on the enabling technology.

• The evolution of Connected Health; Tele-health and medicine, Current trends and challenges.
• How fundamental electronics can be used to transduce medical markers from the human body.
• Personal health data networks (IEEE 11073); standards and regulation; Medical device approval study (MHRA/FDA).
• Electronic patient records, Digital Health Records, Data management (security, privacy). Data processing and analysis.
• Medical electronics and sensors; sensor analysis and design; sensor circuit theory and analysis; Invasive wireless implant sensors.
• Body sensors and personal area networks; Physiological measurement and monitoring; wireless sensor networks in healthcare applications.
• Biologically inspired sensing and data harvesting. For future applications.

The module is structured into four main topics: Topic 1: Evolution of Connected Health; Topic 2 Medical Biosignals and Sensing; Topic 3: Standards & Regulations inc. Industrial Case Study; Topic 4 Wireless Healthcare Technologies.

Learning Objectives

After the completion of this module you will be able to:
Describe the recent evolution of connected health technologies.
• Understand the electronics and software requirements for selected connected health applications.
• Describe specific point of care sensor technologies and their role in physiological monitoring.
• Practical understanding of the different roles of electronic sensor devices
• Describe the need for standards and regulations in connected health.
• Design and analyse different electronic circuits for the analysis of raw medical biosignals
• Understand the communications and networking of wireless connected health devices.

Skills

• Problem solving
• Numeric
• Improving Own Learning and Performance
• Information and Communication Technology

Assessment

none.