Digital Technology in Public Health and Rehabilitation Care: COVID Era provides an in-depth examination on how digital technology has impacted public health and rehabilitation during the COVID-19 pandemic. The book showcases the range of digital technology applications utilized in healthcare, including the use of mobile phones, computers, wearable and non-wearable technologies, sensors, 3D printers, robotics, Artificial Intelligence (AI), internet technologies, websites and apps, virtual and augmented realities, and computer games. With a wealth of case studies and insights, this book is an essential resource on the impact of digital technology on public health and rehabilitation services in the COVID-19 era. The COVID-19 pandemic had a major impact on the rehabilitation services available to those in need, particularly for older adults, people with physical and cognitive impairments, children with autism and ADHD, and individuals with physical and mental health disorders. In response to these challenges, the book focuses on the potential for advanced digital technologies to revolutionize public health and rehabilitation services, highlighting the need for researchers and healthcare professionals to work together to promote digital-based interventions.
Table of Contents
Introduction Health Care Transition 1. Transition to Digital Health: A Necessity, Not A Luxury Digital Health and Telehealth Applications in Rehabilitation Care and Public Health Practice 2. Telemedicine and Telehealth 3. Digital Centers and Telehealth for Marginalized Communities during COVID-19: The Case of Bangladeshh 4. Virtual Care in Speech-Language Pathology Digital Health Applications in Older Adults 5. Opportunities and challenges for the implementation and uptake of robots in residential care: a qualitative study 6. Digital healthcare methods for geriatric Rehabilitation 7. Dementia and Digital Health Digital Health Applications in Pediatric care 8. Digital Production of Paediatric Ankle-Foot Orthoses 9. Technologies and psychophysiological measures for regulation in ASD and ADHD populations Digital Health and Neurological Rehabilitation 10. Augmented Reality Rehabilitation for Stroke 11. Neurotechnologies for Poststroke Motor Rehabilitation 12. Multimodal Emotion Recognition for Positive Human-Robot Interactions Digital Health in Public Health and Nursing care 13. Nursing in the Digital Age: Health technology and its advancement in nursing and healthcare 14. The Application of Digital Health to Fight Against COVID-19 Barrier of Digital Technology application 15. Barrier of Digital Technology application in Public Health in Developing Countries
Authors
Raymond Tong Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Electronic Engineering, Chinese University of Hong Kong, China. Professor Tong received his PhD in Bioengineering from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK. Over the years, he has made great strides in developing a wide range of rehabilitation devices. His innovative work on the "Hand of Hope� rehabilitation robot system was the first Hong Kong invention to have received the grand prize in the 40-year history of the International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva (2012), making Hong Kong internationally visible in this emerging area in healthcare technology. The Kinelabs project awarded Dr. Tong the highest honor of winner in the e-Health category in the Asia Pacific ICT Awards (APICTA) from Brunei in 2012. He was also the recipient of the Grand Award of the innovation awards from the Hong Kong Institute of Engineers in 2008 and the Ten Outstanding Young Persons in Hong Kong in 2013. He is presently the Chairman of the Asia Regulatory Professional Association (ARPA)-Hong Kong Academy. He is a senior Member of the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society of the IEEE and Member of the Hong Kong Institute of Engineers (HKIE). Balasankar Ganesan Institute of Health and Wellbeing, Federation University, Australia..Dr. Balasankar Ganesan is a Lecturer at the Institute of Health and Wellbeing, Discipline of Occupational Therapy, Federation University, Australia. He received his Dual PhD degree from the University of Technology Sydney, Australia, and The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, and an entry-level Occupational Therapy degree from The Tamilnadu Dr. MGR Medical University, India. He is also a registered Occupational Therapist in Hong Kong, the United Kingdom, and India. Additionally, he is a member of the International Society for Virtual Rehabilitation and the International Society of Global Health.
