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Assistive robot

1a device that can sense, process sensory information, and perform actions that benefit people with disabilities and older adults in the course of their daily living.

Connected health

a model of health care delivery using technology to provide services including information and education.

Consumer empowerment

means that patients are provided with enough information so that they can make informed decisions. They become consumers not patients.

Consumer health informatics

is the field devoted to informatics from multiple consumer or patient views. These include patient-focused informatics, health literacy and consumer education. The focus is on information structures and processes that empower consumers to manage their own health--for example health information literacy, consumer-friendly language, personal health records, and Internet-based strategies and resources.

Cyberchondriac

implies that a person is obsessive about searching for information about illness on the Internet.

Digital divide

the term used to describe the gap between those who have and those who do not have access to online information.

Digital health

The broad scope of digital health includes categories such as mobile health (mHealth), health information technology (IT), wearable devices, telehealth and telemedicine, and personalized medicine. Digital health is the convergence of the digital and genetics revolutions with health and healthcare. As we are seeing and experiencing, digital health is empowering us to better track, manage, and improve our own and our family's health. It's also helping to reduce inefficiencies in healthcare delivery, improve access, reduce costs, increase quality, and make medicine more personalized and precise.

e-health

health care initiatives and practice supported by electronic or digital media. The most typical use is in patient and family education where information is communicated electronically.

ePatient

(Internet patient, or Internet-savvy patient) is a health consumer who uses the Internet to gather information about a medical condition of particular interest to them, and who use electronic communication tools in coping with medical conditions. The "e" "e-patient" stands for "empowered, engaged, equipped, enabled"

Grey Gap

A term used to reflect the age disparities in computer connectivity; there are fewer persons over age 65 who use computer technology than those in younger age groups.

Health Informatics

It is a multidisciplinary field that uses health information technology (HIT) to improve health care via any combination of higher quality, higher efficiency (spurring lower cost and thus greater availability), and new opportunities.

Health Literacy

The ability to access, understand and use health information. The acquisition of knowledge that promotes the ability to understand and to manage one's health.

Information prescriptions

prescriptions of focused, evidence-based information given to a patient at the right time to manage a health problem

Know-do gap

reflects the fact that solutions to global health problems exist but are not implemented in a timely fashion because of the lack of access to important health information. The Internet connections in developing countries are widely scattered and may not be efficient/sufficient for viewing health care information

Medication Management devices

range of telecommunications-ready medication devices to remind or otherwise alert patients to medication compliance needs.

Online Community

is a virtual community whose members interact with each other primarily via the Internet. For many, online communities may feel like home, consisting of a "family of invisible friends"

Participatory medicine

also called shared decision-making, is a process in which both the patient and physician contribute to the medical decision-making process. Health care providers explain treatments and alternatives to patients to provide the necessary resources for patients to choose the treatment option that best aligns with their unique cultural and personal beliefs. [1] Participatory medicine, [2] patient-centered care, [3] and health consumerism [4] are all synonyms for patient participation.

Patient-centered care

providing care that is respectful of and responsive to individual patient preferences, needs, and values and ensuring that patient values guide all clinical decisions.

Patient engagement

encouraging patients to take responsibility for their own health, including helping them to acquire knowledge about their health challenges and ways to promote and maintain health.

Patient Portal

a secure online website that gives patients convenient 24 hour access to personal health information from anywhere within internet connection (4).

Peripheral biometric (medical) devices

a variety of telecommunications-ready measurement devices, such a blood pressure cuffs and blood glucose meters. Examples of commonly used peripheral devices include a weight scale, blood pressure monitor, pulse oximeter, thermometer, glucometer, spirometer, digital camera (to capture images of wounds).

Symptom checker

help you understand your medical symptoms and what they could mean and possible causes.

Sensor and activity monitoring systems

systems for tracking activities of daily living of seniors and other at-risk individuals in their places of residence. Additional applications' use of sensors to deter anomalies or problems such as faucet or stoves left turned on.

Exoskeleton

a unique form of professional service robots, deployed in a wide range of applications, intended to mimic, augment or enhance the body's own movements. These robots provide essential support for human motion, with potential uses ranging from consumer products to military deployment.

Healthcare service robot

relieve the daily burden on healthcare workers by handling routine logistical tasks. Many of these robots function autonomously and can send a report when they complete a task. These robots set up patient rooms, track supplies and file purchase orders, restock medical supply cabinets, and transport bed linens to and from laundry facilities.

Robotic surgery

also called robot-assisted surgery, allows doctors to perform many types of complex procedures with more precision, flexibility and control than is possible with conventional techniques.

Socially assistive robot

(SAR) is a field of robotics that focuses on assisting users through social rather than physical interaction. Just as a good coach or teacher can provide motivation, guidance, and support, socially assistive robots attempt to provide the appropriate emotional, cognitive, and social cues to encourage development, learning, or therapy for an individual.

Wearable devices

also known as "wearables," is a category of electronic devices that can be worn as accessories, embedded in clothing, implanted in the user's body, or even tattooed on the skin.