Digital Convergence: Better Solutions for People with Dementia
暫譯: 數位融合：為失智症患者提供更好的解決方案
Wickramasinghe, Nilmini, Dang, Thu Ha, Nguyen, Tuan Anh
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商品描述
This book focuses on using analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) to offer a high-quality value proposition to address dementia, a growing and concerning global healthcare problem. By enabling better decision-making support, minimizing medical errors and use of specific treatment strategies, digital technologies are key to effective care for People Living with Dementia (PLWD). By taking a unique triumvirate approach of focusing simultaneously on people issues, technical issues and process issues, the critical success issues are identified.
The first point of concern is the different major stakeholders, including PLWD, their family carer, their challenges and major barriers and facilitators. Next, the vast pool of digital tools is considered, such as the different forms of mobile, platforms, sensors, IoT, chatbots, avatars, robots, augmented reality, virtual reality and mixed reality. This leads next to looking at the important considerations for the design and development of digital health solutions for priority areas of action in the Global Action Plan on Dementia, including co-design and research. By using a global perspective, the international examples help to better appreciate culture and practices, as countries differ significantly regarding many key issues pertaining to healthcare delivery. The editors endeavour to cover all areas pertinent to leveraging digital health solutions to facilitate the realization of value-driven healthcare delivery for all healthcare systems.
This book is a new and comprehensive text, which would serve as an important resource for practitioners and professionals in healthcare and would be beneficial as a supplementary text for students undertaking studies relating to health informatics and public healthcare.
商品描述(中文翻譯)
這本書專注於利用分析和人工智慧（AI）提供高品質的價值主張，以應對癡呆症這一日益嚴重的全球健康問題。透過改善決策支持、減少醫療錯誤及使用特定治療策略，數位技術對於有效照護癡呆症患者（People Living with Dementia, PLWD）至關重要。採用同時關注人員問題、技術問題和流程問題的獨特三方方法，識別出關鍵成功因素。
首先需要關注的是不同的主要利益相關者，包括PLWD、他們的家庭照顧者、他們面臨的挑戰以及主要障礙和促進因素。接下來，考慮到各種數位工具的廣泛範疇，例如不同形式的行動裝置、平台、感測器、物聯網（IoT）、聊天機器人、虛擬角色、機器人、擴增實境、虛擬實境和混合實境。這接著引導我們關注設計和開發數位健康解決方案的重要考量，特別是在全球癡呆行動計畫的優先行動領域，包括共同設計和研究。透過全球視角，國際範例有助於更好地理解文化和實踐，因為各國在許多與醫療服務相關的關鍵問題上存在顯著差異。編輯們努力涵蓋所有與利用數位健康解決方案促進價值驅動的醫療服務交付相關的領域。
這本書是一部全新且全面的文本，將成為醫療實務工作者和專業人士的重要資源，並作為學習健康資訊學和公共醫療相關課程的學生的補充教材。
作者簡介
Nilmini Wickramasinghe Currently, Professor Wickramasinghe is the inaugural Optus Chair and Professor of Digital Health at La Trobe University . She also holds/has held honorary research professor positions at Epworth HealthCare, the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre and Northern Health. After completing 5 degrees at the University of Melbourne, she was awarded a full scholarship to complete PhD studies at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA and later she was sponsored to complete executive education at Harvard Business School, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA in Value-based HealthCare. For over 20 years, Professor Wickramasinghe has been actively, researching and teaching within the health informatics/digital health domain in US, Germany and Australia with a particular focus on designing, developing and deploying suitable models, strategies and techniques grounded in various management principles to facilitate the implementation and adoption of technology solutions to effect superior, value-based patient centric care delivery. In 2020 she was awarded the prestigious Alexander von Humboldt award for outstanding contribution to Digital Health, the first time this honour has been bestowed to someone in the discipline of Digital Health
Thu Ha Dang is a Research Fellow at the School of Computer, Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, La Trobe University. Her background is in medicine, public health, and digital health. Her research focuses on applying digital technology in chronic conditions management. Within these areas, she has conducted a number of studies on cancer and dementia prevention, awareness, and care. She has extensive experience in co-design, development, and evaluation of digital health solutions; mixed-methods research; systematic reviews; and teaching. She has authored over 20 publications and contributed to nearly AU$8.5 million in research funding
Tuan Anh Nguyen is a distinguished researcher and academic renowned for his significant contributions to dementia research, health equity, digital health and the creation of culturally tailored dementia interventions. His career is marked by a steadfast commitment to enhancing the well-being of vulnerable populations, with a particular focus on low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities in Australia. He leads three international grants, has authored over 100 publications, presented at more than 70 conferences, and secured over $19 million in research funding.
Sasan Adibi is an expert in digital health innovation, currently serving as founder and CEO of Research Vitality and Director of Digital Health & AI at GENI. With over two decades of experience across healthcare, academia, and industry, he specializes in developing strategic solutions that bridge clinical practice and technology. His background includes senior roles at Austin Health and the Department of Health, where he led the Outbreak Management System development and managed frameworks for aged-care centers throughout Victoria. Previously, he served as the program leader and lecturer at Deakin University and he managed healthcare technology projects at BlackBerry Corp. Dr. Adibi holds a PhD in Communication and Information Systems from University of Waterloo and is PROSCI certified in change management.
作者簡介(中文翻譯)
**Nilmini Wickramasinghe** 目前，Wickramasinghe 教授是拉籌伯大學（La Trobe University）首任 Optus 數位健康講座教授。她同時在 Epworth HealthCare、彼得麥克卡倫癌症中心（Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre）和北方健康（Northern Health）擔任/曾擔任榮譽研究教授職位。在墨爾本大學完成五個學位後，她獲得全額獎學金，前往美國俄亥俄州克里夫蘭的凱斯西儲大學（Case Western Reserve University）攻讀博士學位，之後又獲得贊助，在哈佛大學（Harvard University）哈佛商學院（Harvard Business School）完成以價值為基礎的健康照護（Value-based HealthCare）為主題的高階教育。Wickramasinghe 教授在美國、德國和澳大利亞的健康資訊學/數位健康領域活躍研究和教學超過 20 年，特別專注於設計、開發和部署基於各種管理原則的適當模型、策略和技術，以促進技術解決方案的實施和採用，從而實現卓越的以患者為中心的價值導向照護交付。2020 年，她因對數位健康的傑出貢獻而獲得著名的亞歷山大·馮·洪堡獎（Alexander von Humboldt award），這是該獎項首次頒發給數位健康領域的專家。
**Thu Ha Dang** 是拉籌伯大學（La Trobe University）計算機、工程與數學科學學院的研究員。她的背景涵蓋醫學、公共健康和數位健康。她的研究專注於在慢性病管理中應用數位技術。在這些領域中，她進行了多項有關癌症和癡呆症預防、意識和照護的研究。她在數位健康解決方案的共同設計、開發和評估、混合方法研究、系統性回顧和教學方面擁有豐富的經驗。她已發表超過 20 篇論文，並為近 850 萬澳元的研究資金做出了貢獻。
**Tuan Anh Nguyen** 是一位傑出的研究者和學者，以其在癡呆症研究、健康公平、數位健康及創建文化適應性癡呆症干預措施方面的重大貢獻而聞名。他的職業生涯以堅定的承諾提升弱勢群體的福祉為特點，特別專注於低中收入國家（LMICs）和澳大利亞的文化及語言多樣性（CALD）社區。他領導三項國際研究計畫，已發表超過 100 篇論文，參加超過 70 場會議，並獲得超過 1900 萬美元的研究資金。
**Sasan Adibi** 是數位健康創新方面的專家，目前擔任 Research Vitality 的創始人兼首席執行官，以及 GENI 的數位健康與人工智慧（AI）總監。擁有超過 20 年的醫療保健、學術界和產業經驗，他專注於開發橋接臨床實踐與技術的戰略解決方案。他的背景包括在奧斯汀健康（Austin Health）和健康部門的高級職位，負責疫情管理系統的開發，並管理維多利亞州的老年護理中心框架。此前，他曾擔任迪肯大學（Deakin University）的計畫負責人和講師，並在黑莓公司（BlackBerry Corp.）管理醫療技術專案。Adibi 博士擁有滑鐵盧大學（University of Waterloo）通信與資訊系統的博士學位，並獲得 PROSCI 變更管理認證。
