Remote Patient Monitoring in Immersive Health Platforms

Abstract

Remote patient monitoring (RPM) has evolved to be one of the ground-breaking approaches in the current healthcare sector since it enables the monitoring of the patient 24/7 and in cases other than when the patient is in the typical clinical environment. RPM in combination with immersive health technologies like virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and mixed reality (MR) is transforming the process of providing personalized, patient-centred care. This chapter considers how the idea of RPM can be developed into the world of immersive health setting where cloud-edge computing infrastructures, wearables sensors, and Internet of Things (IoT) devices would have the ability to introduce a seamless system in data collection, visualization, and interaction. The chapter also considers factors of user experience focusing on engagement and ease of human–computer interaction of the patients and medical professionals. In order to reveal the practical impact, such significant spheres of application as the management of chronic diseases, care of old age, rehabilitation, and monitoring of mental health are investigated. This chapter provides an in-depth summary of how immersive RPM systems can improve the healthcare outcomes, efficiency, and accessibility in next-generation digital health ecosystems by describing current trends and future research objectives.