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Develop a mobile healthcare app for the elderly using Apple Watch, managing health and notifying emergencies, utilizing sensors for heart rate and activities, coded in Swift 2 with Xcode7.
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The Design and Implementation of Mobile Healthcare System with Apple watch For Seniors ArijAlfaidi UCCS Master Thesis Proposal Healthcare for Seniors- alfaidi - UCCS
Introduction • Healthcare is an urgent society problem. • Demand on senior healthcare has been increased • Health information report by the mobile device is critical to the user’s health. Healthcare for Seniors- alfaidi - UCCS
The Goal • To develop mobile application on both the iPhone and the Apple Watch to manage the health of elderly people and evaluate their effectiveness. Healthcare for Seniors- alfaidi - UCCS
Related Work • [Diva2013]"The use of personal digital assistants in clinical decision making by health care professionals: a systematic review." Health informatics journal • [Guar2015] Guardian News (2015). Apple Watch has designs on health industry – but is it good for doctors? The Guardian News. • [Kise2011. "25 ways to use your smartphone. Physicians share their favorite uses and apps.” • [ONei2013]. "Applying surgical apps: Smartphone and tablet apps prove useful in clinical practice. • [Ozda2012"The smartphone in medicine: a review of current and potential use among physicians and students. • [Yoo2013] "The meaning of information technology (IT) mobile devices to me, the infectious disease physician." Infection & chemotherapy Healthcare for Seniors- alfaidi - UCCS
Senior Health App • Remind the user to take their medicine and record the dosage they take. • If the user misses a dosage, the mobile app can notify the emergency contact or the health provider. Healthcare for Seniors- alfaidi - UCCS
Senior Health App Features • The notification will be shown on the watch. • Measure the heart rate and when the heart rate becomes below or above certain threshold, it will notify the user emergency contact. • Remind the user daily to move around and perform some activities Healthcare for Seniors- alfaidi - UCCS
Apple Watch • Data from the Apple watch are provided by the two built-in sensors • One reports the movement of the body.(workout and activities) • The other reports the expansion or shrinkage of blood vessel. (Heart rate and Health) Healthcare for Seniors- alfaidi - UCCS
Tools • To build this application I will use a mac computer with Xcode7 installed. • The language for coding will be Swift 2 • Use: WatchKit, App Group, HealthKit. Healthcare for Seniors- alfaidi - UCCS
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Deliverable • The master thesis report that documents the results of my research including the design and implementation of the mobile apps and the analysis of the experiments conducted. • IPhone and Apple Watch application for improving healthcare for seniors. Healthcare for Seniors- alfaidi - UCCS
References • [Diva2013]Divall, Pip, Janette Camosso-Stefinovic, and Richard Baker. "The use of personal digital assistants in clinical decision making by health care professionals: a systematic review." Health informatics journal 19.1 (2013): 16-28. • [Guar2015], Guardian News (2015). Apple Watch has designs on health industry – but is it good for doctors? The Guardian News. Retrieved from http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/sep/10/apple-watch-health-app-iphone-smartwatch • [Kise2011] Kiser, Kim. "25 ways to use your smartphone. Physicians share their favorite uses and apps." Minn Med 94.4 (2011): 22-9. • [ONei2013] O’Neill, K. M., et al. "Applying surgical apps: Smartphone and tablet apps prove useful in clinical practice." Bull Am CollSurg 98.11 (2013): 10-18. • [Ozda2012]Ozdalga, Errol, Ark Ozdalga, and NeeraAhuja. "The smartphone in medicine: a review of current and potential use among physicians and students." Journal of medical Internet research 14.5 (2012). • [Yoo2013] Yoo, Jin-Hong. "The meaning of information technology (IT) mobile devices to me, the infectious disease physician." Infection & chemotherapy 45.2 (2013): 244-251. • [GreatCall] http://www.greatcall.com/lp/is-mobile-healthcare-the-future-infographic.aspx • [Appledeveloper] https://developer.apple.com/ Healthcare for Seniors- alfaidi - UCCS