Smart+Clothes+&+Patient+Monitoring

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=Information Technology Terms that will come up in this page:=
 * **Sensors**: Input devices used to measure physical traits, such as sound, heat, or light.
 * **PHR**: Personal Health Record; Electronic health records which are stored on the patient's own computer system.
 * **Remote Monitoring**: Use of IT to monitor the health of patients over a large distance.
 * **Camera**: Common input device in robotics.
 * **Monitor**: Output device for visual images.
 * **IP**: Internet Protocol; Standard protocol used on many LANs and on the Internet. See TCP.
 * **** TCP **** : Transfer Control Protocol; Common protocol for LANs and the Internet.
 * **** Cloud Computing **** : System whereby application software and data are stored on a remote Internet server.

=Smart Clothes =

"2015 will be one of those banner years when it comes to the emerging smartwatch and smartclothes market" (Kosir).

Smart Clothes are not referred to as 'smart' without a reason. There is a difference between being a smart dresser and one that wears smart clothes (although you could look like a smart dresser with the numerous wearable technology available). What makes smart clothes so 'smart' is their ability to analyze data about the wearer's body through **sensors**. The **sensors** measure data such as heart rate. With it, a "general profile of a person's health" can be made, thus allowing the wearer to have easily accessible information about their body that would be usually included in one's **PHR** and guessed from the one doctor appointment you make a year.

Patient Monitoring


"19 Million Will Use Remote Patient Monitoring by 2018" (Baum). Patient monitoring refers to using IT systems to watch over and keep track of a patient over long distances. This can also be referred to as **remote monitoring**.

Baum's article which discusses the advances of patient monitoring technology is based on a report by Berg Insight (.pdf attached below and

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== However, as shown above, there is more to **remote monitoring** than wearable technology. **Remote monitoring** may also involve systems where the professional can watch the patient through **cameras** and **microphones** installed in the patient's room/household. **Cameras** take in visual input and and translate the data into a series of pixels which is visible on the professional's **monitor.** The pixels are often sent and recorded through one's **IP**. **IP** stands for **Internet Protocol**, which is the protocol of how a computer such as a PC or laptop is connected to the **internet**. It also decides the format that the information and data is presented, such as reading the colors of the pixels from the video feed. Additionally through this, the information can be saved through **cloud computing**. **Cloud** refers to an online server that constantly saves data in real time and allows the data to be accessible later. ==
 * Remote monitoring** uses technology similar to smart clothes. Their main benefit is from the data collected from **sensors**. Doctors often provide their patients with some sort of wearable technology, such as the Zio XT Patch, to track their health outside of the hospital. The Zio XT Patch itself is used to measure and track the palpitation of the heart. It works with the the company it is produced by, iRhythm, and uses algorithms to pinpoin t any abnormalities and create a report at the end of the 14 day wearing period.

Issues and Impacts
One concern with **smart clothes** where the information is accessible online is related to the right to __privacy and security__. For example, while smart clothes implement the use of **sensors**, one must recognize where the information that is collected goes. Often the information is transmitted because the device is linked through a mobile device through **bluetooth**.

Interesting Links and Videos
'Smart' Clothes Generate Electricity: Here's Why You'll Be Wearing 'smart' Workout Clothes Soon media type="custom" key="28204139" (and the [|article]that goes with it) media type="custom" key="28204149"(and the article that goes with it)