Contents
Preface v
Guest Editors vi
Introduction ix
Technological and regulatory challenges and opportunities
1. The Medical Internet of Things: applications in respiratory medicine 1
Alessandra Angelucci and Andrea Aliverti
2. Medical assistive robots 16
Amelia Licari, Giuliana Ferrante, Velia Malizia, Agnese Augello and Stefania La Grutta
3. Digital health frameworks 27
Isaac Cano, Ebymar Arismendi and Xavier Borrat
4. Big data: challenges and opportunities within respiratory care 38
Aniek F. Markus, Johnmary T. Arinze and Katia M.C. Verhamme
5. Artificial intelligence 51
Konstantinos Exarchos and Konstantinos Kostikas
6. European regulation of digital respiratory healthcare 63
Stephen Gilbert
Social challenges of digital respiratory healthcare
7. Leave no one behind: the role of digital health literacy 79
Lars Kayser and Klaus Phanareth
8. Leave no community behind: the digital divide 95
Christa Hansen, Marc Ringel, Laura Evans and Jay Evans
9. Rapport and ethics in a digital world: impact on individuals 107
Elisavet Andrikopoulou, Thomas Thwaites and Ruth De Vos
10. Digital respiratory medicine for children and young people 122
David Drummond, Apolline Gonsard and Paul D. Robinson
11. Policy context for digital transformation: benefits and challenges of 132
implementing EU digital health regulation
Josep-Gabriel Sunyer-Vidal, Marina Rodes and Francisco Lupiáñez-Villanueva
ERS monograph
Digital Respiratory Healthcare Number 102
December 2023