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ReviewSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Sensors for Context-Aware Smart Healthcare: A Security Perspective.

Edgar Batista, M Angels Moncusi, Pablo López-Aguilar, Antoni Martínez-Ballesté, Agusti Solanas

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Review in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  10. Health Environment and Sustainable Development.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Edgar BatistaDepartment of Computer Engineering and Mathematics, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Av. Països Catalans 26, 43007 Tarragona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-8046-6016
M Angels MoncusiDepartment of Computer Engineering and Mathematics, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Av. Països Catalans 26, 43007 Tarragona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-5305-0568
Pablo López-AguilarAnti-Phishing Working Group EU, Av. Diagonal 621-629, 08028 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-9685-9084
Antoni Martínez-BallestéDepartment of Computer Engineering and Mathematics, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Av. Països Catalans 26, 43007 Tarragona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-1787-7410
Agusti SolanasDepartment of Computer Engineering and Mathematics, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Av. Països Catalans 26, 43007 Tarragona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-4881-6215

Funding

European Commission LOCARD 832735European Cooperation in Science and Technology 19121Government of Catalonia 2017-DI-002Government of Catalonia 2017-SGR-896Government of Catalonia 2020PANDE00103Rovira i Virgili University 2017PFR-URV-B2-41Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology RTI2018-095499-B-C32
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The advances in the miniaturisation of electronic devices and the deployment of cheaper and faster data networks have propelled environments augmented with contextual and real-time information, such as smart homes and smart cities. These context-aware environments have opened the door to numerous opportunities for providing added-value, accurate and personalised services to citizens. In particular, smart healthcare, regarded as the natural evolution of electronic health and mobile health, contributes to enhance medical services and people's welfare, while shortening waiting times and decreasing healthcare expenditure. However, the large number, variety and complexity of devices and systems involved in smart health systems involve a number of challenging considerations to be considered, particularly from security and privacy perspectives. To this aim, this article provides a thorough technical review on the deployment of secure smart health services, ranging from the very collection of sensors data (either related to the medical conditions of individuals or to their immediate context), the transmission of these data through wireless communication networks, to the final storage and analysis of such information in the appropriate health information systems. As a result, we provide practitioners with a comprehensive overview of the existing vulnerabilities and solutions in the technical side of smart healthcare.

Indexed as

Delivery of Health CareTelemedicineHumansPrivacycontext-aware environmentscontextual sensorsinformation securityInternet of Medical Thingssmart healthcareuser-centric sensorswireless body area networks

Identifiers

PMID34696099
PMCPMC8537585

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