Current Status and Future Trends of Wireless and Mobile Health Technologies in Sleep Medicine: Insomnia Case Study

Abstract

This chapter presents the current status and future directions of mHealth technologies in sleep medicine. The focus is on insomnia case as one of the most common reported sleep disorders with significant consequences on daytime functionality, long-term health and economy. Recent advancements and existing wireless technologies for sleep disorder monitoring, diagnosis and treatment from the two perspectives of smartphone applications level and wireless physiological sensor level have been investigated and described. Key challenges and limitations of the existing technologies from health and medical application perspective have been explained. Moreover, the trend and future directions of mHealth and wireless physiological sensor technologies and the need for the convergence of the two levels of smartphone and physiological sensing for effective and efficient future wireless sleep medicine technology is presented.