Guest Editors' Introduction: Pervasive Computing in Healthcare

  • Authors:
  • Gaetano Borriello;Vince Stanford;Chandra Narayanaswami;Walter Menning

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Washington;National Institute of Standards and Technology;IBM Research;Mayo Clinic

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Pervasive Computing
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

Pervasive computing has great potential to improve healthcare, from enriching data collection and distribution to virtually bringing experts to an emergency site. This special issue samples this developing area through five theme articles that go beyond current applications to find a wider range of applicability. This article is part of a special issue on Healthcare.