Title
Collega Middleware For The Management Of Participatory Mobile Health Communities
Abstract
Recent advancements in wireless technologies and the widespread availability of smartphones equipped with several physical and virtual sensors are leading to the emergence of novel mobile healthcare scenarios where patients with critical physical/behavioral conditions can be provided with anywhere and anytime care assistance even while on the move. Crowdsensing, through the massive use of smartphone sensors further enhances the potential of supporting participatory management of emergency scenarios. This paper presents a macro process modelling of crowdsourced-based participatory emergency scenarios and, accordingly, proposes a crowdsensing-based middleware called COLLEGA that provides comprehensive management functionalities for supporting prompt assistance in case of a medical emergency. In particular, through participatory and opportunistic sensing, the COLLEGA framework allows dynamic formation of ad-hoc assistance groups formed by passing-by users capable of assisting mobile patients in need of help while waiting for professional caregivers and provides support for understanding the emergency situation and effectively planning and executing assistance actions.
Year
Venue
Keywords
2016
2016 IEEE SYMPOSIUM ON COMPUTERS AND COMMUNICATION (ISCC)
m-health, crowdsourcing, security, mobile communities
Field
DocType
Citations 
Health care,Middleware,Mobile computing,Computer security,Crowdsourcing,Participatory management,Computer science,Computer network,Citizen journalism,Wireless sensor network,Mobile telephony,Process management
Conference
2
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.36
5
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Carlos R. De Rolt1144.02
Rebecca Montanari282560.82
Marcelo Luiz Brocardo3304.04
Luca Foschini488489.16
Júlio S. Dias531.73