Critical Perspectives on Technological Innovations in Healthcare - Building the Future

This new complementary volume to Developing and Utilising Digital Technology in Healthcare for Assessment and Monitoring extends well beyond what has been already covered, including AI, Machine Learning and Big Data in health care, data-informed care, tackling health inequalities in cancer care through technological solutions and the policy considerations of digital innovation. 
This book reflects the increasing influx of technological solutions in varying fields within the context of healthcare, which extend from prevention to early detection, treatment and survivorship. With an increasing number of supportive care needs being unmet, such technological solutions can bridge the gaps in how current care is being delivered. An aspect that previously has not received considerable attention is the cultural competence in healthcare AI and robotics, and a chapter dedicated to this topic offers ideas for developing technologies that are culturally competent. The book offers unique insights into the areas and ways in which these interventions (e.g. taking into consideration cultural aspects) can be incorporated in the care continuum empowering the end-user (healthcare professional and patient). The book draws on the experts current (and at times ongoing) research on these topics.
The structure of the book provides multiple perspectives on the topic and makes it appealing to a multidisciplinary and multi-professional audience, with nurses as a primary target but also including clinicians, researchers, patients, technology experts and students. This approach fills a gap in this field not only by familiarizing the reader with a wide range of technological interventions in relation to their application in clinical practice, but also by emphasizing what the data-driven and need-orientated development of future interventions needs to take into consideration. 

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 How SARS-CoV-2 changed the landscape of healthcare: opportunities for technological innovation.- 2 Digital literacy and preparedness of healthcare professionals: The TRANSiTION project.- 3 Culturally competent AI and robotics in healthcare.- 4 Telemonitoring and Teleconsultation in Cancer Care.- 5 Technological innovations to tackle health inequalities in cancer care.- 6 Virtual Spaces in Supportive Care.- 7 Virtual Reality in Stroke Rehabilitation and Treatment: Focusing on the Patient's Experience and Needs.- 8 The use of AI in Screening (INCISIVE).- 9 Design, development, piloting and evaluation of smart, digital health applications to tackle urgent cancer priorities.- 10 Training needs and programmes to empower patient and healthcare professionals adopting telehealth applications.- 11 Symptom monitoring and management digital platforms: current capabilities and future research and clinical practice directions.- 12 21st century cancer care - Follow the Data.- 13 Challenges and future directions.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Andreas Charalambous, BSc, MSc, PGCert (Research), PhD (Oncology Nursing), obtained his BSc in Nursing Science in 1999 by the Northumbria University (U.K), his MSc (Nursing Science) in 2002 and his PhD (Oncology Nursing) in 2008 from Middlesex University (UK). He holds the position of Professor in Oncology and Palliative Nursing Care – Cyprus University of Technology, the position of Adjunct Professor (Docent) – University of Turku, Finland and the position of Visiting Professor – University of Maribor (Slovenia). He is currently the Chair of the Department of Nursing Science at Cyprus University of Technology. He has a proven track in academia since 2004. He is the founder and Past-President of the Cyprus Oncology Nursing Society, European Oncology Nursing Society (EONS) Former President and European Cancer Organization Immediate Past President. He is also the Founder of the Cancer Nursing Fund and the European Cancer Communities Foundation. He is involved in National and International research programs (HORIZON2020, ERASMUS+, COST, EU4HEALTH) in various fields of cancer care. Examples of externally funded projects include: PI in the ERASMUS+ project PROLEPSIS, PI in the ERASMUS+ project SAVE, PI (Cyprus team) in the ERASMUS+ project COMPASS, PI (Cyprus team) in the EU4HEALTH Joint Action Project eCAN, PI (Cyprus team) in the HORIZON project INCISIVE and PI in the EU4HEALTH project TRANSiTION. He has published over 200 National and International publications in esteem journals with over 6000 citations. H-index 43 and i10-index 114.

Zusammenfassung

This new complementary volume to Developing and Utilising Digital Technology in Healthcare for Assessment and Monitoring extends well beyond what has been already covered, including AI, Machine Learning and Big Data in health care, data-informed care, tackling health inequalities in cancer care through technological solutions and the policy considerations of digital innovation. 
This book reflects the increasing influx of technological solutions in varying fields within the context of healthcare, which extend from prevention to early detection, treatment and survivorship. With an increasing number of supportive care needs being unmet, such technological solutions can bridge the gaps in how current care is being delivered. An aspect that previously has not received considerable attention is the cultural competence in healthcare AI and robotics, and a chapter dedicated to this topic offers ideas for developing technologies that are culturally competent. The book offers unique insights into the areas and ways in which these interventions (e.g. taking into consideration cultural aspects) can be incorporated in the care continuum empowering the end-user (healthcare professional and patient). The book draws on the experts’ current (and at times ongoing) research on these topics.
The structure of the book provides multiple perspectives on the topic and makes it appealing to a multidisciplinary and multi-professional audience, with nurses as a primary target but also including clinicians, researchers, patients, technology experts and students. This approach fills a gap in this field not only by familiarizing the reader with a wide range of technological interventions in relation to their application in clinical practice, but also by emphasizing what the data-driven and need-orientated development of future interventions needs to take into consideration. 

Produktdetails

• Mitarbeit: Andreas Charalambous (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Springer, Berlin
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 31.07.2025
• EAN: 9783031871573
• ISBN: 978-3-0-3187157-3
• Seiten: 215
• Illustration: XII, 215 p. 25 illus., 24 illus. in color.
• Themen: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Medizin > Pflege; Virtual Reality, Policy, Nursing, Computeranwendungen in Industrie und Technologie, Mhealth, eHealth, Health Informatics, Healthcare technology, Symptom management through technology, Personalised experience