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Digital Technology in Public Health and Rehabilitation Care

COVID Era

  • 1st Edition - August 23, 2024
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Raymond K. Y. Tong, Balasankar Ganesan
  • Language: English

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Description

Digital Technology in Public Health and Rehabilitation Care: COVID Era provides an in-depth examination on how digital technology has impacted public health and rehabilitation during the COVID-19 pandemic. The book showcases the range of digital technology applications utilized in healthcare, including the use of mobile phones, computers, wearable and non-wearable technologies, sensors, 3D printers, robotics, Artificial Intelligence (AI), internet technologies, websites and apps, virtual and augmented realities, and computer games. With a wealth of case studies and insights, this book is an essential resource on the impact of digital technology on public health and rehabilitation services in the COVID-19 era. The COVID-19 pandemic had a major impact on the rehabilitation services available to those in need, particularly for older adults, people with physical and cognitive impairments, children with autism and ADHD, and individuals with physical and mental health disorders. In response to these challenges, the book focuses on the potential for advanced digital technologies to revolutionize public health and rehabilitation services, highlighting the need for researchers and healthcare professionals to work together to promote digital-based interventions.

Key features

  • Provides in-depth insights into the various digital technologies that are impacting public health and rehabilitation, including Mobile/Smart phone, Computers, wearable and non-wearable technologies, sensors, 3D printers/technologies, robotics, and more
  • Highlights the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on public health and rehabilitation services, and how digital technology can help provide effective solutions during these challenging times
  • Brings together the expertise of multidisciplinary professionals, including researchers, doctors, nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech therapists, psychologists, and more

Readership

Researchers and healthcare professionals in the field of public health and rehabilitation, including biomedical engineers, doctors, nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech therapists, psychologists, and public health officers. Those involved in developing and implementing digital technology solutions in the healthcare sector, including digital health entrepreneurs and policymakers

Table of contents

Part I Introduction - health care transition

1. Historical overview and the evolution of digital health

2. Transition to digital health: a necessity, not a luxury

Part II Digital health and telehealth applications in rehabilitation care and public health practice

3. Telemedicine and telehealth

4. Digital centers and telehealth for marginalized communities during COVID-19: the case of Bangladesh

5. Virtual care in speech-language pathology

6. The future of digital mental health care: challenges and opportunities for practice

Part III Digital health applications in older adults

7. Recent trends and digital technology applications in lower limb injuries rehabilitation

8. Telerehabilitation: a new frontier in rehabilitation care during the COVID-19

9. Opportunities and challenges for the implementation and uptake of robots in residential care

10. Digital healthcare methods for geriatric rehabilitation

11. Dementia and digital health

Part IV Digital health applications in pediatric care

12. Digital production of pediatric ankle-foot orthoses

13. Technologies and psychophysiological measures for regulation in autism spectrum disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder populations

Part V Digital health and neurological rehabilitation

14. Augmented reality rehabilitation for stroke

15. Neurotechnology for poststroke motor rehabilitation

16. Toward a positive emotion-elicitation human-robot interaction: positive emotion recognition with multimodal inputs

17. Optimizing electroencephalography-emotion classification through strategic window selection methodology

Part VI Digital health in public health and nursing care

18. Nursing in the digital age: the importance of health technology and its advancement in nursing and healthcare

19. The application of digital health to fight against COVID-19

Part VII Barrier of digital technology application

20. Barriers and challenges in the application of digital technology in public health in developing countries

21. The impact of socioeconomic barriers on access to telehealth services for medical abortion in Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic

22. Artificial intelligence and public health: challenges and opportunities

23. The future of digital health in transforming healthcare

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: September 4, 2024
  • Language: English

About the editors

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Raymond K. Y. Tong

Professor Tong received his PhD in Bioengineering from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK. Over the years, he has made great strides in developing a wide range of rehabilitation devices. His innovative work on the “Hand of Hope” rehabilitation robot system was the first Hong Kong invention to have received the grand prize in the 40-year history of the International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva (2012), making Hong Kong internationally visible in this emerging area in healthcare technology. The Kinelabs project awarded Dr. Tong the highest honor of winner in the e-Health category in the Asia Pacific ICT Awards (APICTA) from Brunei in 2012. He was also the recipient of the Grand Award of the innovation awards from the Hong Kong Institute of Engineers in 2008 and the Ten Outstanding Young Persons in Hong Kong in 2013. He is presently the Chairman of the Asia Regulatory Professional Association (ARPA)-Hong Kong Academy. He is a senior Member of the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society of the IEEE and Member of the Hong Kong Institute of Engineers (HKIE).
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Electronic Engineering, Chinese University of Hong Kong, China

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Balasankar Ganesan

Dr. Balasankar Ganesan is a Lecturer at the Institute of Health and Wellbeing, Discipline of Occupational Therapy, Federation University, Australia. He received his Dual PhD degree from the University of Technology Sydney, Australia, and The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, and an entry-level Occupational Therapy degree from The Tamilnadu Dr. MGR Medical University, India. He is also a registered Occupational Therapist in Hong Kong, the United Kingdom, and India. Additionally, he is a member of the International Society for Virtual Rehabilitation and the International Society of Global Health.

Affiliations and expertise
Institute of Health and Wellbeing, Federation University, Australia.

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