Agetech Innovations in Healthcare for Older Adults
暫譯: 老年人健康照護的Agetech創新

這本書探討數位科技在實現更有效且整合的老年人健康照護方面的轉型潛力。它通過角色和情境來檢視老化的生物和社會過程，突顯這些過程對當前和未來健康照護交付系統的影響。書中提供了全球視角，討論健康照護系統的發展，並在政策制定和健康科技評估的背景下探討改革和創新的障礙與機會。專注於居家照護、復健、長期照護和初級照護，這本書提供了增強老年人服務的見解和工具。它還針對標準化電子健康紀錄的關鍵採用進行探討，強調其在健康照護系統中對可及性和互操作性的重要性。讀者將接觸到概念模型和倫理考量，這些框架有助於理解健康照護中的挑戰和機會。書中展示了各種AgeTech創新、試點項目和倡議，這些都能滿足老年人的健康照護需求，改善他們的獨立性和生活品質。此外，它還確定了AgeTech未來研究和創新的關鍵領域，鼓勵讀者參與促進對健康照護改革和AgeTech整合的持續思考的問題和議題。

本書針對多元的讀者群，旨在激勵和動員商業領袖、教育工作者和受訓者、研究人員、創新者、政策制定者、健康照護提供者以及公民，特別是老年人。通過呈現證據和實用策略，強調AgeTech在創造一個持續、整合和以學習為導向的健康照護交付系統中的角色。

Donald Juzwishin, Ph.D., a seasoned expert with over 40 years in health leadership, research, and education, has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals on healthcare policy, decision-making, and health technology assessment (HTA). His career includes pivotal roles such as Director of Health Technology Assessment and Innovation at Alberta Health Services and CEO of the Health Council of Canada. With a focus on integrating science and values to enhance clinical and cost effectiveness, equity, and inclusivity, Dr. Juzwishin has contributed to healthcare reform initiatives worldwide, including projects in Brazil, Tanzania, Kazakhstan, Mexico, China, and Ukraine. Now retired on Vancouver Island, he teaches Health Information Science at the University of Victoria, serves as Editor-in-Chief of Healthcare Management Forum and leads a challenge area for AGE-WELL.

Maggie MacNeil, Ph.D., is a post-doctoral fellow in the School of Nursing at McMaster University. Her research focuses on improving the quality of life for older adults through program, policy, service and technology innovations. She holds a Ph.D. in Public Health and Health Systems from the University of Waterloo, where her research focused on policies to enable innovation and adoption of health technologies for older adults. Her post-doctoral work focuses on evaluating citizen engagement in the EMBOLDEN study, a community-based intervention to promote exercise, healthy eating, social participation and system navigation among older adults living in Ontario, Canada. Dr. MacNeil also provides research and evaluation support to Patient Expertise in Research Collaboration (PERC), a research centre that partners with patients to promote and support patient-oriented primary care research.

Axel Meisen, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus (UBC), was Professor of Chemical Engineering and Dean of the Faculty of Applied Science. The Faculty includes Engineering and Schools of Architecture and Nursing. This diversity of professional disciplines, coupled with academic and international projects, shaped Dr. Meisen's interests in professional and academic practice. In 1999, he was appointed President and Vice Chancellor of Memorial University of Newfoundland where he fostered major new research and outreach initiatives. Subsequently, Dr. Meisen held Chair of Foresight at the Alberta Research Council, creating the Jasper Innovation Forum, a collaborative process to address key subjects, including the Future of Health.

Paul Stolee, Ph.D., is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Waterloo's School of Public Health Sciences, where he leads the Geriatric Health Systems Research Group. Dr. Stolee's research focuses on the transitions of older patients between healthcare settings, patient and citizen engagement in healthcare decision-making, primary care, and aging and technology. With over 40 years of experience in geriatrics research and planning, he has worked in community, government, and academic settings. Dr. Stolee has been a faculty member at the University of Waterloo since 2004. He served as Graham Trust Research Chair in Health Informatics from 2004 to 2009, Director of the University of Waterloo Network for Aging Research from 2016 to 2023, and Interim Dean of the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences from May 2018 to June 2019.

唐納德·朱茲維辛（Donald Juzwishin）博士是一位擁有超過40年健康領導、研究和教育經驗的資深專家，他在同行評審的期刊上廣泛發表有關醫療政策、決策和健康技術評估（HTA）的文章。他的職業生涯包括在阿爾伯塔省健康服務擔任健康技術評估與創新主任，以及擔任加拿大健康委員會的首席執行官。朱茲維辛博士專注於整合科學與價值觀，以提升臨床和成本效益、公平性和包容性，他對全球的醫療改革倡議做出了貢獻，包括在巴西、坦尚尼亞、哈薩克斯坦、墨西哥、中國和烏克蘭的項目。現在退休於溫哥華島的他，在維多利亞大學教授健康資訊科學，並擔任《健康管理論壇》的主編，還領導AGE-WELL的一個挑戰領域。

瑪姬·麥克尼爾（Maggie MacNeil）博士是麥克馬斯特大學護理學院的博士後研究員。她的研究專注於通過計劃、政策、服務和技術創新來改善老年人的生活質量。她擁有滑鐵盧大學公共衛生與健康系統的博士學位，研究重點是促進老年人健康技術創新和採用的政策。她的博士後工作專注於評估公民參與EMBOLDEN研究，這是一項社區基礎的干預措施，旨在促進安大略省老年人的運動、健康飲食、社會參與和系統導航。麥克尼爾博士還為患者專業研究合作（PERC）提供研究和評估支持，該研究中心與患者合作，促進和支持以患者為導向的初級保健研究。

阿克塞爾·梅森（Axel Meisen）博士是英屬哥倫比亞大學的名譽教授，曾擔任化學工程教授及應用科學院院長。該學院包括工程學及建築和護理學院。這種專業學科的多樣性，加上學術和國際項目，塑造了梅森博士對專業和學術實踐的興趣。1999年，他被任命為紐芬蘭紀念大學的校長和副校長，並促進了重大的新研究和外展倡議。隨後，梅森博士在阿爾伯塔研究委員會擔任前瞻性主席，創建了賈斯珀創新論壇，這是一個協作過程，旨在解決包括健康未來在內的關鍵主題。

保羅·斯托利（Paul Stolee）博士是滑鐵盧大學公共衛生科學院的傑出名譽教授，領導老年健康系統研究小組。斯托利博士的研究專注於老年患者在醫療環境之間的轉變、患者和公民在醫療決策中的參與、初級保健以及老齡化與技術。擁有超過40年的老年醫學研究和規劃經驗，他曾在社區、政府和學術環境中工作。自2004年以來，斯托利博士一直是滑鐵盧大學的教職員，並於2004年至2009年擔任健康資訊學的格雷厄姆信託研究主席，2016年至2023年擔任滑鐵盧大學老年研究網絡的主任，以及2018年5月至2019年6月擔任應用健康科學院的臨時院長。