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Information Security | 25 October | From Hardware to Applications
Remote monitoring of people at risk and remotely supervised treatments
Hermie J Hermens, University of Twente, The Netherlands
Abstract
The combination of Biomedical Engineering with Information and Communication Technology offers a road to unique innovations in healthcare. It enables remote monitoring and remotely supervised treatment, with the promise to make healthcare more efficient and effective and offering a more personalised care, with a greater involvement of the patient.
Remote monitoring involves the continuous and unobtrusive monitoring of relevant biosignals and contextual information to enable a quick and efficient intervening when required. Examples involve fall detection, monitoring spasticity and the detection of epileptic seizures in ambulant patients.
Remotely supervised treatment generally starts from monitoring but adds dedicated feedback to the user in order to effectuate or modify treatment. A wide range of applications are potentially possible with strongly varying demands on complexity with respect to sensing, technology, security and decision support. Experience is now being gained in supervised upper extremity training of stroke patients at home and fully ambulant training of patients with neck/shoulder and low back pain.
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Hermie J Hermens did his master in biomedical engineering at the University of Twente. His PhD was on Surface Electromyography. At present he is Professor at the University of Twente in neuromuscular control of human movement and Cluster manager non-invasive assessment of motor functions at Roessingh Research and Development, a private research institute in the area of rehabilitation medicine and technology. He was President (2002-2004) and fellow (2006-) of the Int. Society for Electromyography and Kinesiology and is Editor in chief of the Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation (2002-).
Recently he became head of a new research group at the University of Twente, focussed on Telemonitoring and Remotely Supervised Treatment and coordinator of the biomedical master track Health Care technology/Telemedicine, combining Biomedical Engineering with Information and Communication Technology.
Hermens is (Co)-author of over 90 peer reviewed publications. He coordinated three European projects (CREST, SENIAM and Impulse) and participated in 15 other European projects. At national level Hermens was coordinator of the ICT doorbraakproject ExoZorg, focussed on extramural training and he is participating in several other projects aiming at remote monitoring of patients at risk, remotely supervised training and Smart Surroundings.