Ubiquitous Healthcare Information System: Assessment of its Impacts to Patient’s Information

Abstract

In recent years, healthcare systems around the globe have undergone an increasing pressure to improve healthcare services, for chronic-disease patients as well as the general population, through effective prevention and post-operative care. Growth in governments’ healthcare spending which is fuelled by an ageing population, limited financial and human resources plus an increase in the rate of chronic diseases are considered as the reasons for the increase in healthcare organisations’ pressure. With advancement in technology, healthcare organisations are now moving towards Ubiquitous healthcare, which is an emerging field of technology that uses a large number of environmental and patients’ sensors and actuators to monitor patient’s mental and physical conditions.